Institutional Effectiveness

Sep 9, 2025

No Surprises: A Look at the ADKAR Framework for Successful Change

“Create no surprises.” This sticky note reminder now hangs from my desk monitor. I added it recently after realizing I was about to share information in a group setting that…

Aug 20, 2025

NC State’s Packways QEP Experiences Pilot Year Success

NC State's Quality Enhancement Plan, "Packways: Learning by Doing," focuses on increasing student access to, participation in and value gained from high-quality High-Impact Experiences. The Packways pilot year (2024-25) established a strong foundation for the initiative.

Aug 12, 2025

Engineering Change and Empowering Transformation in Higher Education: Takeaways from NCCI’s Annual Conference

Imagine nearly 200 experienced, dedicated higher education professionals, gathered to explore pressing questions, like: No need to imagine. This occasion actually exists. It’s the Network for Change and Continuous Innovation…

Jul 14, 2025

Implementation Insights – Institutional Effectiveness

Last month, the provost announced strategic planning and implementation’s relocation to Institutional Effectiveness (IE). Implementation Specialist Genevieve Rockett and I are excited to continue supporting university excellence and continuous improvement…

Jun 23, 2025

3 Vice Provost Units To Be Restructured and Renamed

Three NC State vice provost units will be restructured and renamed in order to better align their functions and titles, effective July 1.

Copper Wolf on Central Campus in the fall.

Apr 16, 2025

NC State’s Packways – Pilot Year Progress and Looking Ahead

NC State's Quality Enhancement Plan, "Packways: Learning by Doing," focuses on increasing student access to and participation in High-Impact Experiences.

NC State's Memorial Belltower stands in front of a clear summer sky on a June afternoon

Feb 5, 2025

Update on SACSCOC Reaffirmation of Accreditation Process

The Board of Trustees of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) officially reaffirmed NC State’s institutional accreditation through 2034, with no additional requested reports. The decision was made during the SACSCOC annual meeting on December 8, 2024.

Letitia Santos, a graduate student in biological and agricultural engineering and at 2024 FFAR Fellow, uses remotely sensed data and machine learning techniques to measure, monitor and report weed and soil conditions

Nov 13, 2024

Five Questions with Rebecca Sanchez, Director of NC State’s QEP

Packways: Learning by Doing was selected as the university’s 2024-2029 Quality Enhancement Plan topic. We sat down with QEP Director Rebecca Sanchez and asked her about high-impact experiences at NC State and what’s next in the rollout of Packways: Learning by Doing, the university’s QEP.

Sep 25, 2024

Rebecca Sanchez Named Director of NC State’s Quality Enhancement Plan

Rebecca Sanchez has been named director of NC State’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), effective October 1.

Nov 16, 2023

Update on NC State’s 2024 Reaffirmation Process

NC State’s Office of Assessment and Accreditation ensures the quality of an NC State education for all undergraduate and graduate students. In 2024, the office will guide the university through the Southern…