Response to Requirements
Despite the pandemic this grew?
Enrollment
The Waugh Student Center and Freed Center for Leadership and Service were examples of which student-focused strategies?
Facilities
What stands out as a distinguished initiative that offers students opportunities for experiential learning and interdisciplinary exposure?
SURP
Which two things have made revenue estimates less accurate?
Rising costs have outpaced the revenues, and changing enrollment patterns
Since 2017, Vanguard has made significant strides in leveraging what?
Institutional research and using internal and external data to support evidence-based decision making
Hispanic employees constituted which percentage in 2020?
14.8% (up from 11.6% in 2017)
Which of our efforts utilizes a decentralized model?
Diversity
Who serves as the primary designers and evaluators of student learning?
Faculty members
What allows for synergy and personnel cost management?
Shared positions between Academic and Student Affairs (Worship Director and Assistant Director of Global Education and Outreach
Which dataset has been a cornerstone for program and institutional-level planning since its inception in 2010?
Annual Program Vitality Datasets
What document was completed and approved per our Fall 2021 Progress Report?
Faculty Handbook
What are Vanguard’s three institutional core values?
Truth, Virtue, and Service
Vanguard has a six-year cycle of what?
Program Review Assessment (and now, Student Development Department Assessment)
Vanguard further developed which mechanisms for financial sustainability?
Advanced Fundraising, Cultivated Major Donations, Built the Endowment (Gifts and Grants too)
Parking during construction is thought to have impacted what?
Commuter Retention (fell by 5.1% in 2022-2023 to the lowest level since 2013)
Which two strategic partnerships with faith-based organizations were mentioned?
Jakes Divinity, SoCal Network of the Assemblies of God
Affordability is an example of what?
The Four Student-Focused Strategies (the others include Access, Success, and Facilities)
Based on learning outcomes, faculty develop what to assess student performance?
Rubrics
Which two things have characterized the steepest, most challenging climbs on Vanguard’s journey?
Ensuring resources for degree programs and institutional operations
An example of annual program revision included which bachelor’s program reducing required unit counts from 66 to 52/53?
Communication
The special visit addressed which categories?
Planning Alignment, Revenues, Planning Integration, Support Services, Diversity
The mission of Vanguard University is?
Pursue knowledge, cultivate character, deepen faith, and equip each student for a Spirit-empowered life of Christ-centered leadership and service.
Vanguard’s academic programs have carefully outlined what?
Entry requirements, curriculum content, and expected learning outcomes
What are examples of recent improvements in campus facilities?
Waugh Student Center, Freed Center for Leadership and Service, Men’s Baseball Field and Theater Renovations, Dormitory Improvements, Elevator Replacements, Perimeter Project, Reacquisition and Upgrade of Seymour and Layne, Increased Science Lab Modulars
What did the Great Colleges to Work For Survey reveal more attention needed to be given to?
Helping employees understand the necessary requirements for career advancement