DeVry University today released its fifth Academic Annual Report, a transparent overview of the university’s quality initiatives and progress in the 2013–2014 academic year. The report includes information about student demographics, improvement efforts, quality metrics, program innovations and accreditation activities, among other initiatives.
The primary focus of the Academic Annual Report is to show enhancements in areas of academic quality, particularly those that help students complete their degree programs and that help to close the skills gap between education and workforce needs.
Academic Quality Highlights
To drive progress in key areas of academic importance, DeVry University participates in the Higher Learning Commission’s Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP). Through AQIP, the university focuses on targeted action projects, which in 2013–2014 included furthering development of the university’s honors program, evolving its faculty model to influence student learning outcomes and improving the tracking of faculty members’ academic accomplishments.
The university holds itself accountable for defining and measuring academic quality through the following five tenets:
Tenet 1: Advances in Curriculum and Innovation
Tenet 2: Student Learning Outcomes and Experience
Tenet 3: Faculty Development and Engagement
Tenet 4: Student Degree Completion and Support
Tenet 5: Student Engagement to Graduation and Beyond
“Over the years, we have broadened the scope of how we define and measure academic quality, an evolution that is reflected in this fifth-year report.”
The report explains how DeVry University looks outward to study and implement best practices in higher education through its participation in the Higher Learning Commission’s Academy of Student Persistence and Completion. The university was one of 13 institutions accepted into the academy’s first cohort. Through this collaborative four-year program, DeVry University is working with peer institutions to implement efforts that will help students reach their academic goals.
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