MISSION

Support Missouri Valley’s mission, vision, values, and goals by providing meaningful, accurate, and timely information to facilitate institutional effectiveness, planning, decision-making, and policy formation

VISION

Provide Missouri Valley with a useful and accessible information support system for informed decision-making

VALUES

Integrity
Collegiality
Efficiency
Accountability
Confidentiality

GOALS

• Articulate and cultivate a shared understanding of factors that influence institutional success
• Create a culture of assessment to plan, implement, improve, and sustain assessment activities
• Encourage information sharing and collaboration across campus
• Compile, analyze, and interpret information used to improve effectiveness
• Use information to both pose and answer policy questions
• Coordinate accreditation activities

Dr. Marilyn Belwood
Director of Institutional Research
Phone:  660-831-4085

 
The Director of Institutional Research works collaboratively with the Assessment Advisory Board (AAB) in overseeing assessment activities.  The AAB is composed of members of the faculty, staff, administration, Board of Trustees, and students.

2009-2010 Assessment Advisory Board (AAB)

• Don Huff**—Board of Trustees, Strategic Planning
• George Clemens**—Board of Trustees, Academic Affairs
• Buddy Mayfield**—Staff, Director of Financial Aid
• Kevin Hart*—Staff, Retention/Dual Credit Coordinator
• Jennifer Eimers**—Faculty, Arts and Humanities Division
• Allan Wilson**—Faculty, Math/Science Division
• Bill Wright**—Faculty, Social Science Division
• Linda Gordon**—Faculty, Education, Health, and Human Services Division
• Larry Stockman*—Faculty, Business Division
• Todd Mick*—Chief Academic Officer
• Lindsey Simmons*—Student, Co-Chair of Student Government Association
• Paul Spitzig*—Student, Co-Chair of Student Government Association

* First year
** Second year