{"id":617,"date":"2013-07-16T08:32:28","date_gmt":"2013-07-16T08:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sadlouskos.com\/Business-Consulting-Services\/?p=617"},"modified":"2013-08-08T15:27:08","modified_gmt":"2013-08-08T15:27:08","slug":"higher-education-student-services-redesign-phase-2-assess-the-current-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sadlouskos.com\/Business-Consulting-Services\/next-generation-student-services\/higher-education-student-services-redesign-phase-2-assess-the-current-organization\/","title":{"rendered":"Higher Education Student Services Redesign Phase 2: Assess the Current Organization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sadlouskos.com\/Business-Consulting-Services\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Slide2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-684\" alt=\"SSRSlide2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sadlouskos.com\/Business-Consulting-Services\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Slide2-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sadlouskos.com\/Business-Consulting-Services\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Slide2-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.sadlouskos.com\/Business-Consulting-Services\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Slide2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sadlouskos.com\/Business-Consulting-Services\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Slide2-630x472.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.sadlouskos.com\/Business-Consulting-Services\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Slide2.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u201cAssess the Current Organization\u201d is the third in a blog series that provides a high-level process roadmap for structuring a student services redesign initiative. This process can be applied in all higher education institutions for entire student services organizations or individual departments. To review this blog series from the beginning, click <a title=\"Higher Education Services Redesign in Six Phases: An Overview\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/12nprZT\" target=\"_blank\">&lt;here&gt;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Phase 2, the goal is to gather sufficient intelligence about how students are served as they navigate from being a prospective student to an alumnus of the institution. If an individual department is under review, the goal is to understand where these services fit into the student services eco-system. There are four steps in this assessment phase:<\/p>\n<h2><b>\u00a0<\/b>Step 1: Review background data.<\/h2>\n<p>The background materials may include: department strategic plans, marketing materials, process maps, annual reports and other existing service materials. The goal is to understand the student services eco-system in its entirety.\u00a0 Intelligence gathered during this step is used to develop interview guides, focus groups guides and survey tools.<\/p>\n<h2>Step 2: Conduct individual interviews.<\/h2>\n<p>Individual interviews are conducted with campus, academic, and administrative leaders in each of the student service areas.\u00a0 The goal is to develop a complete picture of the strengths, challenges and opportunities to improve services.<\/p>\n<p>Sample questions may include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Describe the strengths of the current student services model.<\/li>\n<li>What distinguishes your institution\u2019s student services from others?<\/li>\n<li>What is your institution&#8217;s vision for student services?<\/li>\n<li>Where are there opportunities for improvement?<\/li>\n<li>What role will campus leadership have in guiding student services towards their vision?<\/li>\n<li>How will instruction influence this process?<\/li>\n<li>What guiding principles should the steering committee consider when prioritizing initiatives?<\/li>\n<li>Which external organization\u2019s student service model do you recommend for best practice research?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Interview results are then used as input to design focus group guides.<\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0<b>Step 3:<\/b> Conduct focus groups.<\/h2>\n<p>The objective is to ensure that all key demographic perspectives are represented in the organization review.\u00a0 Focus groups are assembled with students, cross-sections of departmental staff, and faculty. Focus group questionnaires are developed with the audience in mind.\u00a0 As an example, student focus groups may focus on identifying experiences as they progress from enrollment through commencement.\u00a0 The facilitators gather real stories to add qualitative context. Faculty focus group participants may discuss what they see and hear from students and how current service models impact the academic experience. Staff provides insight into opportunities for service improvement, service strengths and ideas for vision.<\/p>\n<h2><b>\u00a0Step 4:<\/b>\u00a0 Analyze data.<\/h2>\n<p>The final step in this process is analysis and synthesis of all data collected.\u00a0 The project team will create a State of Student Services Assessment Brief. This document represents a summary of findings.<\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0Questions to consider:<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>What student needs are currently going unmet?<\/li>\n<li>Does the State of Student Services Assessment Brief provide a complete picture of the current environment?<\/li>\n<p>Questions about this phase or how to begin a student redesign initiative? Contact me at<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:dianna@sadlouskos.com?subject=Student Services Redesign Inquiry\">dianna@sadlouskos.com<\/a>.\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAssess the Current Organization\u201d is the third in a blog [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-higher-education","category-next-generation-student-services"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Higher Education Student Services Redesign Phase 2<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u201cAssess the Current Organization\u201d is the third in a blog series that provides a high-level 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