Intuitive, Configurable Solution Supports Strategic Planning, Frees Staff to Offer Meaningful Guidance on the Practice of Assessment
Pittsburgh, PA – February 2, 2021 – Nuventive, a planning and improvement software leader for higher education, announced today that Texas A&M University-Commerce selected the Nuventive Improvement Platform to streamline institution-wide accreditation and program-review processes. By switching from cumbersome PDF reporting to Nuventive’s intuitive and configurable system, the Department of Institutional Effectiveness and Research (IER) staff has more time to offer meaningful guidance to faculty and staff, so they can improve the quality of assessment information and academic programs.
The institution is the third-largest in the Texas A&M University System. It offers 134 degree programs at the undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral levels. As part of its stated strategic priorities and goals, the institution aims to “increase organizational effectiveness by developing sound business practices that are intentional, collaborative and data-informed.”
To support such a data-informed culture, the Nuventive Improvement Platform helps higher education institutions use information to innovate and continuously advance their most pressing initiatives, from strategic planning to accreditation, learning outcomes, program review, and more.
The institution has already used the solution to manage their 2019-2020 assessment process, which they completed faster than ever before. They are in the process of expanding its use into program review.
“We’re very happy with our collaborative relationship with Nuventive, which has brought us a lot of new ideas and best practices to explore,” said Dr. Dan Su, Executive Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Research at A&M-Commerce. “With limited time and resources available to train faculty and staff on a new platform, we wanted a system that was comprehensive but easy for them to use.” She also noted that senior-level administrators report that it is “surprisingly pleasant” to use, as well, especially with the structured rubrics embedded in the review process.
“We did a very comprehensive investigation of competing solutions, and Nuventive rose to the top, based on their expertise, price, ease of use, and flexibility,” said Su, who had previously used the solution at Stephen F. Austin State University. “Our experience since then has proven Nuventive to be the right platform for us.”
Powered by Microsoft® Azure, the Nuventive Improvement Platform:
- Supports any planning, improvement, or transformation initiative on campus or system-wide.
- Brings structure and continuous improvement to the full lifecycle of planning, collection, analysis, action, and evaluation.
- Builds individual and institutional capabilities for improvement that can be applied to future initiatives.
“We’re delighted to welcome Texas A&M-Commerce to the growing Nuventive community, and congratulate them on already using it to improve their reporting for the last academic year,” said Nuventive CEO Dr. David Raney. “As they move into program review, our team looks forward to collaborating with them to bring business process and information together in an easy-to-use, transformative way.”
Two members of Dr. Su’s staff will join Nuventive in a webinar on the institution’s assessment programs titled “Newly Improved: Transitioning Assessment Reporting to the Nuventive Improvement Platform.” on March 16, 2021 at 2:00 PM Eastern. Registration information can be found at https://go.nuventive.com/newly_improved. For more information, contact Nuventive at LearnMore@Nuventive.com or +1.412.847.0280.
About Nuventive
Nuventive enables higher education institutions to turn their plans into progress through the better use of information. Its cloud-based platform-as-a-service brings business process and information together to support any improvement initiative, including overall strategy, accreditation, student success, learning outcomes, general education, sustainability, administrative outcomes, program review, and diversity. Nuventive is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with distribution in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific regions. For more information, please visit www.nuventive.com or call +1.412.847.0280.
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