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The Office of Institutional and Academic Insights’ (IAI) mission is to assist SCU offices and programs turn their operational data into strategic insights and enable the University to “Go Beyond.” To this end, we work with academic programs to identify and assess their Learning objectives and make meaning of them in the broader context of student demographic and performance data.
IAI provides information to leadership in areas of planning, decision-making and is committed to promoting equity by monitoring performance gaps based on demographic factors or matters of prior preparation.
Eric Ditwiler, PhD
Director of Institutional Research, Academic Computing, and Reporting
ericditwiler@scuhs.edu
Melody Rensberger
Director of Assessment
melodyrensberger@scuhs.edu
Retention can mean several things. In our KPIs we use it to mean the percent of students enrolled in one term who either graduate or re-enroll in the next term. If it is the very next term, we call this term to term retention. We also measure and report year to year retention each fall.
Retention can also mean the percent of students in a starting cohort who return for the second term. This is what we mean by ‘retention’ in a student success context.
We adhere to the standard of reporting graduation rates at the advertised normal completion time of the program (100%) and again at one and a half times the normal completion time. Our program lengths are measured in terms and many of them are an odd number of terms long. In this case, we round up to get the 150% mark. For example, for a three-term program, we report the percentage of the original cohort who graduated in three terms and the percentage who graduate within five terms.
Southern California University of Health Sciences Licensure Pass Rates by Program Compiled by the Office of IAI January 2023
Program | Pass Rate |
Doctor of Chiropractic (NBCE) (Four-year rolling average 2018-2021) | 86% |
Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine Programs (NCCAOM) | 100% |
Master of Science in Medical Science (Tiber Comprehensive Exam) | 100% |
Master of Science: Physician Assistant (PANCE) | 91% |
Ayurvedic Practitioner Certificate (NAMACB) | 88% |
Doctor of Chiropractic1
Successful Completion of NBCE Licensing Exams by 6 Months After Graduation
Calendar Year (Last 4 years) | Number of Graduates | Number of Graduates Passing All Parts of licensing exams* or are licensed to practice chiropractic, within six (6) months post-graduation | Percentage of Graduates Passing All Parts of licensing exams* or are licensed to practice chiropractic, within six (6) months post-graduation |
2018 | 124 | 101 | 81% |
2019 | 96 | 88 | 92% |
2020 | 81 | 70 | 86% |
2021 | 120 | 101 | 84% |
Total | 421 | 360 | 86% |
*NBCE Parts I, II, III, and IV |
DAcCHM Licensure and National Examinations
NCCAOM Pass Rate2 (2017 to 2022) | 100% |
CAB Pass Rate (2018-2022) | 88% |
Grad Year | Group | Candidates who took PANCE | Exam Attempts | Exams Passed | Program Exam Pass Rate | National Pass Rate | % who ultimately passed |
2019 | All Takers | 35 | 38 | 35 | 92% | 91% | 100% |
1st Time | 35 | 35 | 32 | 91% | 93% | 100% | |
2020 | All Takers | 46 | 51 | 45 | 88% | 91% | 98% |
1st Time | 46 | 46 | 42 | 91% | 93% | 98% | |
2021 | All Takers | 49 | 66 | 46 | 70% | 91% | 94% |
1st Time | 49 | 49 | 33 | 67% | 93% | 94% |
SCU Ayurveda Practitioner Students
NAMACB Pass Rate (2022 Jan- 2022 Dec)4 | 85% |
SCU dashboards are designed to track metrics related to the progress of the university’s strategic goals. They serve as a central location for university users to access up-to-date information and make faster, smarter, data-driven decisions. The dashboards are designed to respond to SCU’s need for more immediate access to student and faculty data in a user-friendly, transparent, and contextual format. For an example of a Power BI Dashboard, click here. Power BI dashboards are available by SCU Login only.
Assessment at SCU is a continual, collaborative process between faculty members, the Office of Institutional and Academic Insights (IAI) and the Assessment and Learning Council (ALC). This collaboration promotes a culture of assessment which supports and verifies student achievement. The process also generates documentation for accrediting bodies that the educational content is effective and provides a cycle of continual curriculum improvement.
Weave is an assessment and accreditation software that allows for the process of assessment to be collaborative, transparent, and easily customizable for different academic programs and departments. At SCU, we are in the process of migrating past assessment plans and reports to Weave, to have an easily accessible and complete assessment repository.
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ExamSoft is dedicated to providing program, faculty, and exam-takers with a secure, digital assessment platform that produces actionable data for improved outcomes.
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Canvas LMS is built to make teaching and learning easier for faculty and students. Canvas LMS provides course materials, communication tools, participation, grades, data, and insights.
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A common instrument was developed in late 2019 and early 2020 and then each program was invited to add their own program-specific questions.
Current policy is that the window for evaluating opens 80% of the way through the course and ends eight days later. Results are available to instructors after grades are due.
Opening days for all upcoming courses can be viewed by clicking here.
Administrators, instructors, and students can all log in to Blue via SCU’s single sign on by clicking the link below.
Blue creates reports for instructors that compare their results with the average in their program. It also creates aggregate reports for Program Directors and Provosts.
Each summer IAI extracts the previous year’s responses and joins them with information about students and faculty and conducts an in-depth statistical analysis.student evaluation of teaching
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