Office of Academic Excellence

The Office of Academic Excellence is responsible for ensuring the overall institutional effectiveness and accreditation compliance in accordance with the SACSCOC Standards. The primary responsibilities across this unit are represented below.

At KSU, we strive for excellence in all we do. The Office of Academic Excellence promotes this idea through the following initiatives:

  • Institutional Effectiveness and Impact Measures
  • Assessment of Academic Programs
  • Continuous Improvement Inquiries for Administrative, Academic, and Student Support Units
  • Periodic Academic Program Review
  • Institutional Policies
  • Regional and Program Accreditation
  • QEP Leadership

 

Strategic Priorities for Academic Excellence

  1. Align institutional initiatives to promote coherence with the goal of “Reduce to Increase”.
  2. KSU will position itself to receive zero findings from SACSCOC reviewers for the Fifth-Year Interim Report.
  3. Encourage a shift from “teaching focused” to “learning focused” institution.
  4. Promote an institutional culture that expects the demonstration of impact using meaningful data to drive continuous improvement.
  5. Adopt basic expectations for all academic programs that require the documentation elements of a quality curriculum.
  6. Address concerns relating to non-compliance for SACSCOC Standards 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, 8.2a, and 8.2c.
  7. Improve the number of courses coded with HIPs and the associated reflections as part of the QEP.
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Faculty & Staff

Name
Position

  • Institutional Effectiveness Manager

    kfranc31@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4426
    KH 4442

  • Associate Vice Provost and SACSCOC Liaison and Professor of Special Education and Educational Technology

    lfunk@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3315
    KH 4443

  • Executive Director of Planning and Accreditation Readiness and Professor of Criminal Justice and Sociology

    jmcmaho7@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2643
    KH 3453