The Senate-Administration Council on Assessment and Planning (SACAP) is charged with overseeing and coordinating assessment at UC Merced.
Accordingly, it ensures that assessment supports the campus's mission and planning priorities, that findings are integrated into campus-planning and decision-making at all levels and that assessment is appropriately resourced. SACAP also advises campus leadership on how best to meet accreditation expectations. SACAP's membership includes Academic Senate and administrative leaders.
To facilitate aspects of this work, SACAP has established the following working groups and committees:
- The Committee for the Review of PLO Reports
- Campus Working Group on Assessment
- Digital Assessment Working Group
Additional information regarding SACAP's responsibilities and membership, as well as its meeting schedule and annual reports are available further down the page.
Responsibilities
The Senate Administrative Council on Assessment and Planning (SACAP) is a co-convened committee of the Academic Senate and the campus Administration for the purpose of overseeing and coordinating assessment and related planning activities across the campus. Specifically, SACAP is charged with
- proposing and overseeing assessment and related planning activities associated with joint academic and administrative functions, including those activities of curricular, co-curricular and administrative units in service of the institution's educational goals and mission; ensuring communication and data sharing between all groups involved;
- reviewing accreditation activities, reports and actions, and advising administration officials and the Division Council on response, efficiency and best practices within institutional constraints;
- developing and regularly updating a plan for ensuring adequate resource support for all assessment and planning activities, especially annual assessments and periodic program reviews;
- making recommendations to the administration and the Academic Senate on the charge and composition of other committees that have regular or periodic responsibility for assessment and planning;
- ensuring that assessment needs and outcomes are built into strategic and long-term planning and campus budgeting;
- providing recommendations on funding needs that will support assessment and planning activities across the campus
Membership
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- Division Council of the Academic Senate vice chair (co-chair)
- Committee for Academic Planning and Resource Allocation chair (or designee)
- Graduate and Research Council chair (or designee)
- Undergraduate Council chair (or designee)
- School of Engineering faculty representative
- School of Natural Sciences faculty representative
- School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts faculty representative
- School dean (co-chair)
- Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education
- Dean of the Graduate Division
- Vice Chancellor for Administration
- Vice chancellor for Student Affairs
- Coordinator for Institutional Assessment
- Vice Provost for Academic Planning (when filled)
- Senate analyst (non-member)
Meeting Schedule
Coming Fall 2012
SACAP Annual Reports
2011-2012
