Annexure 1

Amity Leadership
1.

How are current objectives for Amity aligned with the mission?

2.
How are information resources and related support aligned with (1)
educational objectives? (2) student learning outcomes? (3) the needs of faculty
and students? Are these resources sufficient?
3.
How are the roles and responsibilities outlined in the organizational chart
communicated within the AMITY community? Is the structure well understood
within the institution? Are policies followed? //Framed within realignment:
Describe the plans to measure the impact of realignment on effectiveness and
success indicators; on the campus climate. How will you prioritize the many
aspects of the realignment implementation?
4.
Is AMITY well managed? How do you know? Describe how AMITY
upholds sound and ethical practices.
5.
How do you use the trends found in data to make decisions? How do you
ensure the quality and integrity of data? How do you use data to ensure the
degrees offered remain rigorous and aligned with core purposes?
6.
Have you established benchmarks based on comparable institutions
performance? How can you compete with these institutions? How does the
culture at AMITY encourage innovation?
7.
How does AMITY leverage the resources to best meet capacity needs? How
can AMITY position itself to work toward enhancing effective relationships and
partnerships?

Budget and Planning

1.

What are the top priorities for AMITY in the next 3 years?

2.
Is AMITY operating within its operating revenues and budgets? What are
the trends?
3.
Describe how you plan to address any feedback received from the annual
independent financial audit conducted.
4.

How can AMITY best manage the budget planning in the current economy?

5.

Is AMITY financially stable now? For the future?

Student Learning Outcomes

1.
Are student learning outcomes published at the course, school, and
university levels? Are these published in syllabi? Are these mapped to courses?
Has their assessment plan been developed and implemented?
2.

Have standards been established for these student learning outcomes?

3.
Does the assessment plan include more than one method? Do these include
more than one evaluators perspective? What are the limitations of the outcomes
measures selected? How are the limitations accounted for? Do the assessment
methods match the criteria articulated as critical for success in target career
domains?
4.

From whose perspectives are outcomes being assessed?

5.
How do the outcomes of student learning inform institutional performance
and improve teaching?
Transdisciplinary Studies
1.
Does AMITY have the capacity to administer the Transdisciplinary studies
program as designed? How is student learning affected and best assessed in a
transdisciplinary environment?
2.
How should AMITY approach the next steps in transdisciplinary
development? What will be the role of transdisciplinary studies in the future?
Research That Matters
1.
Does AMITY have the capacity to support the current requests for research
support from faculty and students? What are the strengths of the current system?
How could the capacity be improved?
2.
How does AMITY support the current research institutes? Do the institutes
leverage the resources of the other institutes within AMITY? Are procedures in
place to assess the effectiveness of current research institutes? Are procedures in
place to assess feasibility of new institutes?

3.
Describe the system used by the research institutes to assess the impact of
involvement in the institutes on student learning outcomes and success. Describe
plans to enhance current means of graduate research support.
Institutional Research, Planning and Effectiveness
1.
Describe the current system in place for measuring data about students
(retention, completion, and achievement of success). Are these data
disaggregated? How are these data used? Do you have the capacity to complete
the data collection, analysis, and reporting needed to address strategic data needs?
How are the data incorporated into institutional review and decision making?
2.
What are the key performance indicators used to measure success at the
course, program, school, and university levels? Have goals and expectations been
established? How has triangulation been used in making meaning of assessment
measures? What data is made public? Where is this shared?
3.
How is program review managed? How does the process help schools
achieve greater levels of success and excellence? Describe the assessment of
student learning and evaluation of student success indicators that are included.
4.
How do you ensure the quality and integrity of the data? How do you
manage requests for new data collection and analysis efforts?
5.
Does AMITY analyze the differences in success of diverse students and
faculty? How does AMITY proactively work to create a campus climate that
fosters and supports diversity in gender, race/ethnicity, heritage, thoughts, and
beliefs? Are diversity plans integrated into school and university functions? How
do diversity plans positioned to contribute to student success?

Institutional and Instructional Technology

1.
How does AMITY ensure its members develop the critical information
literacy skills needed to locate, evaluate, and responsibly use information?
2.
What are the best practices for using information technology to maximize
learning outcomes, facilitate faculty productivity, and improve college
completion? What is the "sweet spot" for institutional IT spending when
balancing efficiency and outcomes? Which IT environments are most conducive
to innovation? What are the minimum IT requirements for supporting innovation?
Forums

Students
1.
How do faculty members support your learning at AMITY? What types of
formative feedback to you receive?
2.
To what extent are programs designed to be completed in a timely manner?
How are programs and services configured to meet your needs as a student?
Describe how the capacity of the library, information services, co-curricular, and
other service enhance your experience at AMITY. Why do some students require
longer than 6 years for completion of doctoral studies?
3.
How have the curriculum and the support services at AMITY prepared you
for your career? Describe the nature of your relationship with your faculty
advisors and mentors. How have you, as a student, been engaged in governance at
AMITY?
4.
Describe your graduate community. Do you have a different sense of
belonging to your school as compared to AMITY? Describe your experience with
and involvement in campus life.
Faculty
1.
Describe the development and training offered to you by AMITY
(workshops, webinars, events, conferences). How have these experiences
enhanced your work as a faculty member? Were they effective? How does the
culture at AMITY encourage innovation?
2.
How do the faculty evaluation, promotion and tenure processes address the
scholarship of teaching and learning? How is this type of scholarship valued and
encouraged? How effectively do the institutions workload policies and practices
balance appropriate expectations for faculty scholarship and creative activity,
teaching assignments, and other uses of faculty time?
3.
How does AMITY ensure that adjunct, extended, and other faculty members
are oriented, supported, and integrated appropriately into the academic life of the
institution?
4.
Do you have the resources and support to assess and improve student
learning and success? How do you modify courses and programs to reflect new
knowledge and changing needs of society?
5.
Describe the extent of your authority over academic programs and policies.
Is your role clear? Do you have sufficient number and types of avenues for
governance? How does AMITY support academic freedom? How can AMITY
enhance the capacity for academic inquiry and engagement?

6.
Describe your understanding of the program review process. (What is your
level of involvement in this cycle?)
Staff
1.
How does AMITY support and continue to develop the staff in a way that
encourages effectiveness and work toward achieving the AMITY mission?
2.
How does AMITY define your role in decision making processes? In what
ways does AMITY engage you in the processes of decision making?