TENNAIR 2026

This session will walk through the process for creating ADA compliant reports, best tips to be successful, and ways to avoid potential conflicts.

As a member of the Reaffirmation Class of 2026, Tennessee Tech University recently submitted a successful Compliance Certification with no findings related to Institutional Effectiveness. This session will cover the narrative structure and evidentiary documentation that was developed to demonstrate compliance with SACSCOC Standard 8.2a. A key component of the evidentiary materials included a table that detailed each academic programs compliance with the Institutional Effectiveness standard. In this session, we will discuss how the materials were gathered, how program chairs played an active role in this process, and how this strategy could be used to establish similar compliance with SACSCOC Standards 8.2c and 7.3. Lastly, we will discuss how this process is evolving and leading to the development of Continuous Improvement Awards that will recognize programs and/or units who are seeking improvement. 

Traditional completions metrics tell us the number of earned credentials, but not what the student journey to completion looks like. This session presents a dashboard that emphasizes time to completion by examining key enrollment behaviors, including enrollment gaps and major changes. By focusing on students’ paths rather than solely their endpoints, this approach keeps student success at the center of completions reporting. Framing completions this way helps to highlight where students may need additional support. Attendees will gain ideas for using completions data to identify actionable opportunities to help students navigate their time to completion more effectively.