Institutional Effectiveness & Research - Brewton-Parker Christian University

Institutional Effectiveness & Research - Brewton-Parker Christian University
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The Office of Institutional Effectiveness & Research will lead by example in supporting assessment, data reporting and analysis, and in promoting the use of data to improve student success at Brewton-Parker College. In addition to data assessment and analysis, the Office of Institutional Effectiveness & Research supports the college by completing all external surveys and requests for information, such as the provision of information to the U.S. Department of Education via the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), U.S. News and Reports best colleges surveys, and College Board surveys. The Office will also support accreditation efforts by working with the Provost to complete required prospectuses and accreditation review reports, as well as annual faculty, staff, and student surveys.
IER Objective:
Maintain a comprehensive institutional assessment cycle.
Brewton-Parker College Strategic Plan
Maximizing the Mission
Assessment
Annual Assessment Calendar
INSTITUTIONAL GOALS SUPPORTED:
☐ 1.
Integrate spiritual development into all aspects of the college experience.
☐ 2.
Increase enrollment and retention for Christian impact in the community and culture.
☐ 3.
Expand and enhance academic services to support student achievement.
☒ 4.
Manage all college resources with integrity, prudence, accountability, and continued improvement.
DESIRED OUTCOME
MEANS OF ACCOMPLISHMENT & ASSESSMENT
CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS
Facilitate the development or deepening of students’ relationships with God, engagement in service, and integration of aspects of the Christian calling into their everyday lives.
Mentoring, counseling, discipleship opportunities, provision of service opportunities, chapel
Track the number of faith decisions (developing relationship = new believers, deepened relationships = rededications); track the number of students engaged in community and Christian service; subjective observation of Christian impact on those students noted above
Minimum 5 Bible studies, either student or staff led, available for students to participate in
5% increase in student decisions as a percentage of student body as compared to last year
Provide quality on-campus housing for students
Improve the timeliness of the housing assignment process and the registration and retention of current residential students through the Residence Hall Student Self-Selection process.
Room assignments completed by July 1 each year for returning students and new students who have completed all paperwork.
10% decrease in room change requests each year (due to students self-selecting their rooms and roommates)
Maintain a culture of safety and responsibility for students, faculty, and staff on the Mt. Vernon campus.
Campus security will monitor camera feeds for safety concerns and facilitate safety training for students and staff.
Complete 100% of required fire drills on time
Decrease safety and security incidents year-over-year
Provide a variety of recreational activities for students on the Mt. Vernon campus in order to connect students in social settings and promote the mission of the college.
This objective will be assessed based on the number and types of games and activities provided in the student center and throughout campus. Lastly, the Student Activities Department will track the number of students using and participating in the recreational activities.
Increase the number of activities each year
Increase student participation by 10% year-over-year
INSTITUTIONAL GOALS SUPPORTED:
☐ 1.
Integrate spiritual development into all aspects of the college experience.
☒ 2.
Increase enrollment and retention for Christian impact in the community and culture.
☒ 3.
Expand and enhance academic services to support student achievement.
☐ 4.
Manage all college resources with integrity, prudence, accountability, and continued improvement.
DESIRED OUTCOME
MEANS OF ACCOMPLISHMENT & ASSESSMENT
CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS
Student Enrichment Center
The Student Enrichment Center seeks to increase fall-to-fall retention rate of all degree-seeking students and to increase six-year completion rate of first-time, full-time, degree-seeking students by providing support to students through intrusive advising, tutoring services, student success coaching, and mental health counseling.
Provide intrusive advising
Track the following:
- % of students misadvised who took courses outside of their degree plan (EPICC Initiative KPI 13)
- % of students participating in one-on-one advising sessions (EPICC Initiative KPI 14)
- Decrease percentage of students misadvised from 3.5% to 2.0%
- Increase percentage of student advising sessions from 31% to 50%
Provide student success coaching
Track the following:
- % of students tracked via EAB Navigate (EPICC Initiative KPI 12)
- % of faculty trained on new retention-related technology (EPICC Initiative KPI 18)
- % of faculty (per semester) using the early warning system (EPICC Initiative KPI 19)
- Increase percentage of students tracked from 0% to 25%
- Increase percentage of faculty trained from 0% to 50%
- Increase the percentage of faculty from 0% to 25%
Provide tutoring services
Track the following:
- % of all non-dual-enrolled, non-external students who successfully pass courses each year (EPICC Initiative KPI 15)
- % of all non-dual-enrolled, non-external students designated as academically underprepared who successfully pass courses each year (EPICC Initiative KPI 16)
- % of requesting students who receive uninhibited access to tutoring (EPICC Initiative KPI 17)
- Maintain current rate of 77% (may compare percentages to those of dual-enrollment students and distance education students)
- Maintain current rate of 65% (may compare percentages to those of dual-enrolled students and distance education students)
- Increase percentage of requesting students from 22% to 50%
Provide mental health counseling
Track the following:
- % of students needing mental health/wellness services served by the counseling capacity (EPICC Initiative KPI 11)
- Increase percentage of students from 65% to 75%
INSTITUTIONAL GOALS SUPPORTED:
☐ 1.
Integrate spiritual development into all aspects of the college experience.
☒ 2.
Increase enrollment and retention for Christian impact in the community and culture.
☒ 3.
Expand and enhance academic services to support student achievement.
☒ 4.
Manage all college resources with integrity, prudence, accountability, and continued improvement.
DESIRED OUTCOME
MEANS OF ACCOMPLISHMENT & ASSESSMENT
CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS
The Office of the Registrar seeks to provide timely and accurate service for students in the areas of registration and scheduling management, academic records maintenance, transcript production, student verification letter, and graduation audits.
Processing registration changes (change of major, change of schedule) upon request
within the next 2 business days of receiving request
Processing the closing of a term and providing necessary departmental data
within the next 2 business days of the end of the semester (after the last date to post grades)
Processing transcript requests
within the next 2 business days
Timely submission of National Student Clearinghouse error resolution reports
Within the next 2 business days
Completion of graduation audits
within 30 days of receiving student’s Application for Graduation
Processing verification letter requests (enrollment, non-attendance, degree completion, etc.)
within the next 2 business days
Processing transient permission requests
within the next 3 business days
INSTITUTIONAL GOALS SUPPORTED:
☐ 1.
Integrate spiritual development into all aspects of the college experience.
☒ 2.
Increase enrollment and retention for Christian impact in the community and culture.
☒ 3.
Expand and enhance academic services to support student achievement.
☐ 4.
Manage all college resources with integrity, prudence, accountability, and continued improvement.
DESIRED OUTCOME
MEANS OF ACCOMPLISHMENT & ASSESSMENT
CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS
In order to serve our students and allow them to be successful in the classroom, the Office of the Provost seeks to provide reasonable accommodations to all students with disabilities or impairments within an efficient time frame. This will be accomplished through the SEC Director as part of our student success initiative.
Each semester, pull all accommodated students’ class schedules and inform each student’s current instructors of the student’s learning accommodations via email
E-mail all accommodation notices within
24-hours
of drop/add
Increase awareness and training for faculty on best practices for creating an inclusive learning environment for students with disabilities.
Measurement 1: Track the percentage of faculty who complete disability training each year.
Measurement 2: Track the percentage of faculty requesting additional training, resources, or support regarding disability services throughout the year.
All faculty will be trained regarding disability services and campus support resources.
INSTITUTIONAL GOALS SUPPORTED:
☐ 1.
Integrate spiritual development into all aspects of the college experience.
☒ 2.
Increase enrollment and retention for Christian impact in the community and culture.
☐ 3.
Expand and enhance academic services to support student achievement.
☒ 4.
Manage all college resources with integrity, prudence, accountability, and continued improvement.
DESIRED OUTCOME
MEANS OF ACCOMPLISHMENT
CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS
Provide fast and effective technological assistance to faculty, students, and staff by responding to technological concerns
Respond to technology support ticket requests in a timely manner and implement timely and effective solutions
Ticket responses must occur within 5-8 business hours of receipt
Customer satisfaction ratings – minimum 80% rating 4 or higher
Provide adequate academic computer centers for class use and student use.
Increase and maintain the number of computers in computer labs and classrooms on campus.
Satisfaction rating for available technological resources of 80% rating 4 or higher
Year-over-year increase in faculty use of the computer labs on campus to host classes (integrating technology with learning)
Support faculty so that they may create high-quality student learning experiences in both the classroom and online.
Provide training opportunities and technology upgrades and purchases to assist faculty in their teaching pursuits
Maintain and continually upgrade faculty classroom technology based on availability of resources and new trends
Facilitate a minimum of 2 faculty training events each year
Faculty satisfaction with classroom computer and non-computer technology – minimum 50% rating a 4 or higher
INSTITUTIONAL GOALS SUPPORTED:
☐ 1.
Integrate spiritual development into all aspects of the college experience.
☒ 2.
Increase enrollment and retention for Christian impact in the community and culture.
☐ 3.
Expand and enhance academic services to support student achievement.
☒ 4.
Manage all college resources with integrity, prudence, accountability, and continued improvement.
DESIRED OUTCOME
MEANS OF ACCOMPLISHMENT
CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS
Provide effective campus visit opportunities for prospective students and successfully inform students of all pertinent information during those visits.
At the completion of each student visit, whether one-on-one tours, athletic team tours, or preview days, have prospective students and parents to complete a satisfaction survey.
95% of campus visits will be rated four or better
Award and package all student financial aid within an efficient time frame.
Run a report from our systems database, Collegix, which discloses the receipt of a student’s FAFSA, as well as the financial aid award package date.
Complete and send award package information within 30 days of receiving a student’s FAFSA
INSTITUTIONAL GOALS SUPPORTED:
☐ 1.
Integrate spiritual development into all aspects of the college experience.
☐ 2.
Increase enrollment and retention for Christian impact in the community and culture.
☒ 3.
Expand and enhance academic services to support student achievement.
☐ 4.
Manage all college resources with integrity, prudence, accountability, and continued improvement.
DESIRED OUTCOME
MEANS OF ACCOMPLISHMENT & ASSESSMENT
CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS
The Fountain-New Library seeks to track and increase student usage of the library and library resources to increase and improve student learning.
Student usage will be tracked based on three criteria: the number of students who enter the library, the number of circulation checkouts, ebook usage, and database usage.
Year-over-year increases in students utilizing the library, ebooks, database usage, and the number of circulation checkouts.
INSTITUTIONAL GOALS SUPPORTED:
☐ 1.
Integrate spiritual development into all aspects of the college experience.
☐ 2.
Increase enrollment and retention for Christian impact in the community and culture.
☐ 3.
Expand and enhance academic services to support student achievement.
☒ 4.
Manage all college resources with integrity, prudence, accountability, and continued improvement.
DESIRED OUTCOME
MEANS OF ACCOMPLISHMENT
CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS
Maintain a comprehensive institutional assessment cycle.
Create an assessment calendar for all areas requiring data submission, review, and improvement. Provide updates and reminders to employees, as well as work with administration to obtain timely submission of requested data and reports.
Complete all 5 components of institutional planning
on time
Student Achievement
Description of Measures
National Student Clearinghouse Completion Rate
The NSC Completion Rate tracks the six-year graduation rate of the fall semester cohort of degree-seeking, first-time college students enrolled either part-time or full-time for more than 21 days. The rate includes former dual enrollment students, as well as students who first entered college the summer prior to the fall semester. This rate differs from the IPEDS graduation rate below, because it tracks students’ degree completion from any college or university in the country (provided that the school participates in the National Student Clearinghouse data sharing program).
Student Retention Rate
This rate measures fall-to-fall retention of Mount Vernon day students. Students who graduated are excluded.
Course Completion Rate
This measures the rate at which students successfully complete their courses with grades of D or higher each semester (fall/spring). This rate excludes students in the Georgia Baptist, Corrections, and Dual Enrollment programs.
IPEDS 150% Graduation Rate
The IPEDS graduation rate tracks the rate at which the cohort of first-time, full-time students who entered Brewton-Parker College 6 years ago remained at and graduated from Brewton-Parker College. Thus, students who transfer into Brewton-Parker College are not included, nor are students who transfer out of Brewton-Parker College.
Writing Proficiency Rate
This rate tracks the percentage of students who took and successfully passed ENG 101 with a C or higher the first time they take it. This rate does not include students who take ENG 101 as dually-enrolled students or those who took ENG 101 at a different college or university. It also excludes students who did not complete the course (withdrawals or removals).
Community & Christian Involvement
This measure tracks the number of students involved in community service or Christian services on campus or in the surrounding area. Examples of service include but are not limited to Baptist Christian Ministries, Ministerial Association, campus chapel services, mission trips, Lions’ Den conferences, apologetics and other workshops, and any type of community service work whether for class, sport, or personal transformation.
2024-2025
2023-2024
2022-2023
2021-2022
2020-2021
2019-2020
2018-2019
2017-2018
Faculty Professional Development
Newsletter- Faculty-Development-24-25
2023-2024
2022-2023
2020-2021
2019-2020
2018-2019
Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act (EADA)
EADA-Report-on-Athletic-Program-Participation-Rates-and-Financial-Support-Data 2024-2025
Note that reports on athletics are not available until October of the following academic year.
2023-2024
2022-2023
2021-2022
2020-2021
2019-2020
2018-2019
2017-2018
Student Right to Know Act (SRKA)
SRTK-Athletic Graduation Data for Brewton-Parker College 2024-2025
SRTK Athletic Graduation Data for Brewton-Parker Christian University 2023-2024
Toni Banks
Vice President for Institutional
Effectiveness and Research
912-583-3118
tbanks@bpc.edu
Physical Address
201 David-Eliza Fountain Circle
Mount Vernon, GA 30445
Mailing Address
P. O. Box 197
Mount Vernon, GA 30445
912-583-2241 |  1-800-342-1087
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Purpose
The purpose of the nursing program is to prepare graduates who have the knowledge and skills to provide patient-centered holistic care that is safe, compassionate, honoring to Christ, and that meets the healthcare needs of diverse populations.
Mission Statement
In concert with Brewton-Parker Christian University’s mission, the School of Nursing is committed to provide nursing education through the application of biblical truth to promote the formation of graduates who engage in evidence-based practice, lifelong learning, and servant leadership through the development of clinical reasoning, professional nursing skills, and Christian values.
Candace Lilford
Profeessional Tutor
Candace Lilford graduated with her bachelor’s degree in Theatre Generalism in 2021 from Anderson University and with her master’s degree in English Literature in 2023 from the University of Alabama. She presently serves as Professional Tutor for the Student Enrichment Center while also teaching sections of ENG 101 and 102.
As part of her two-year master's program, Ms. Lilford taught sections of ENG 101 and 102, while also serving as teaching assistant for British Literature Survey courses and volunteering in the university’s Writing Center. Ms Lilford has also presented papers at the Hudson Strode Conference and the South Eastern Christian and Literature Conference as well as working on various theatrical productions.
Born in North Carolina of South African descent, Ms. Lilford has lived in Uganda, Botswana, South Africa, and Trinidad before settling in Mount Vernon with her family in 2016, where she attended Brewton-Parker Christian University as a dual enrollment student. She presently resides in Mount Vernon with her family and spends her free time watching old TV shows.
Linda Armstrong
Academic Advising and Career Specialist
Linda Armstrong earned an Associate Degree in Criminal Justice Technology from Southeastern Technical College and a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Walden University. Throughout her career, Linda has worked with diverse populations, including at-risk youth and families and youth in crisis because of mental health and other issues. Her empathetic nature has made her an effective advocate for those in need. In addition to her professional work, Linda is also is committed to volunteerism. She has dedicated countless hours as a youth mentor, and to teaching about her faith at various Christian organizations. She believes in the power of positivity and its ability to transform not only her life but also the lives of others.
"If you must look back, do so forgivingly. If you will look forward, do so prayerfully. But the wisest course would be to be present in the present gratefully." ~ Maya Angelou
Willie Ford
Academic Advising and Career Specialist
Greetings, Baron Nation!
It's truly a joy to be back in a place that has shaped me so profoundly. I'm Willie Ford, a proud 2022 graduate of historic Brewton-Parker Christian University, holding a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology with a Minor in Education. Following my graduation, I embarked on a journey in education, teaching Special Education within the Vidalia City School District. In addition to my role as an educator, I had the privilege of serving as the Unit Director at the J.D. Rabun Boys and Girls Club. All the while, I was honored to pastor at the esteemed New Hope Baptist Church of Rhine, Georgia. With God's grace, I managed these responsibilities, and now, I'm thrilled and ready to contribute to the welfare of our students, aiming to inspire through service.
Dusty Arnold
Mental Health Counselor
Dusty Arnold  is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst as well as a BPC alumnus. He has years of experience working with a variety of mental health issues including anxiety, grief, and challenges related to Autism. He specializes in behavior-related interventions that can help college students build on their strengths to set achievable goals while also learning how to deal with the thoughts and feelings that sometimes get in the way. He incorporates Biblical values and evidence-based treatments to meet students wherever they happen to be on their journey to spiritual and psychological health.
Carl Anthony "Tony" Wardlaw
Assistant Student Enrichment Director & Student Success Coach
Carl Anthony “Tony” Wardlaw – For over 25 years, Dr. Wardlaw has worked in leadership, counseling, and pastoring. Beginning with working in middle management for a manufacturing company in Douglas, GA, Dr. Wardlaw has also worked in the academic, nonprofit, public, and private sectors. Additionally, he served over 7 years in the United States Military as a Military Intelligence Officer before resigning his commission as a Captain in the Army.
Currently serving as the Assistant Director of the Student Enrichment Center, Student Success Coach, and Adjunct Faculty at Brewton-Parker Christian University in Mount Vernon, GA, he also serves as the Pastor of The Green Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Dublin, GA.
As a member of the renowned International Gospel Singing Group, The Wardlaw Brothers, Dr. Wardlaw has traveled all over the nation and abroad ministering and singing the Gospel of Christ Jesus. Dr. Wardlaw has served as a consultant for various agencies and has worked as a Fatherhood Coordinator and G.E.D. instructor within the Technical College System of Georgia and participates in local and national civic and philanthropic work.
Dr. Wardlaw holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in International Business from the University of Georgia, two master's degrees from Troy University (Master of Science in Clinical Counseling and Psychology and Master of Education in Counseling), and a Doctorate in Education from Argosy University in Organizational Leadership. Dr. Wardlaw is a Lifetime Silver Member of The NAACP and a member of The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. He is happily married to the former Mrs. Stephanie Scott. They have 3 Children; Chambria, Marc, and Carleigh.
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