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Residential Life Assessment Guide
The Follow-Up Report: Guides and Handbooks
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The Follow-UpReport
Institutional AssessmentGuidelines:
Residential Life
 
(A Guides and Handbooks Report)
Todd V. Titterud
Revised 06/27/2007
 
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Institutional Assessment Guidelines:
 
Residential Life
 
(Todd V. Titterud, Revised: 06-26-2007)
The materials in this guideline have been collated to assist your department in theinstitutional assessment process. The examples from similar departments in otherinstitutions are included for comparison purposes to help you develop or revise your owndepartment’s efforts. They are not intended as recommendations but as efforts to bereviewed and critiqued to improve your own learning and understanding. While some may bemodels of best efforts, others may reveal the range of understanding and interpretation whichis still prevalent. Each department and institution is following their own learning curve towardthe common goal of establishing a culture of evidence-based continuous improvementfounded on student and institutional learning.
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Sample Mission Statements
Georgia State University:
University Housing seeks to provide educational and social opportunities that facilitatethe growth and development of our residents and to provide state of the art facilities,which support our endeavors and complement the academic mission of Georgia StateUniversity.
San Jose State University:
As an integral part of San José State University and the Division of Student Affairs, themission of the University Housing Services is to provide supportive and affordableresidential learning communities that promote academic success and individualdevelopment. To this end, housing programs and services are centered on threesimple ideas: to provide our residents with community, convenience and value.
St. Francis University:
Residence Life is an integral part of student learning at Saint Francis University.Because of our twenty-four hour, seven day week contact with students, the Office ofResidence Life is in a unique position to affect every aspect of each resident'scollegiate experience. We provide safe and well-maintained living facilities, whileenhancing students' academic success and personal growth. We provide a learning
 
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environment that promotes a sense of community within the halls, promotes studentinvolvement and leadership, encourages personal development, and inspires a senseof responsibility to the local and global community.
University of Montana, Missoula:
The Residence Life Office provides residence halls and apartment facilities atUniversity Villages that serve as an integral component of the academic program andsupport services to The University of Montana. This mission includes providing aliving/learning environment and related academic and co-curricular educational,personal development and social programs that support the student and institutionalgoals as well as nurtures the spirit and principles of community living. Our missionalso includes providing facilities that are healthy, safe and student preferred at acompetitive market cost. Lastly fiscal responsibilities and operational effectivenessmust be preserved to balance the immediate student needs and the long-termstewardship responsibilities of The University.
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Sample Goals
St. Francis University:
The Office of Residence Life serves the residents by striving . . .
to provide a safe, secure and well maintained living environment through qualityservices, which meet the daily living needs of residents;
to provide customer service and quality in all aspects of the Residence Life programthrough evaluation, revision, efficiency and open communication, while alwaysrecognizing the needs of each individual; and
to enhance the academic atmosphere of the residence halls through collaboration withfaculty and other college personnel.
Seattle University:
Residence Life & Housing Goals
Provide safe, secure, clean and attractive residential environments
To promote community living in the residence halls
To promote student involvement with campus community
Provide seamless living-learning environments that promote student learning anddevelopment
To nurture student leaders committed to service
University of Montana, Missoula:
Residence Life Office Department Goals:
 
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Visit The Follow-Up Report website, (https://sites.google.com/site/thefoll... and blog, (http://thefollowupreport.blogspot.com/) for related information on assessment, planning, research, SLOs, and accreditation issues, activities, and materials of and for community colleges in the ACCJC region.

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