The University of North Texas Deploys TracDat for Continuous Improvement and University Strategic Plan Alignment

PITTSBURGH, PA, November 17, 2008 – Nuventive, a leading provider of individual and institutional assessment solutions, today announced that the University of North Texas (UNT) is implementing TracDat®, an enterprise outcomes assessment management solution, to help transform the institutional effectiveness process.

UNT is a student-centered, public, research university located in Denton, Texas and is the flagship of the UNT system. As one of Texas' largest universities with an enrollment close to 35,000 students, it takes great pride in the quality of its students and their successes from earning a degree at the University of North Texas.

The administration at UNT views institutional effectiveness as a key process to encourage curricular improvement that will facilitate strategic alignment with the University’s strategic plan rather than simply a mandated requirement from an accreditation agency. The University’s institutional effectiveness efforts will help make tighter linkages between strategies, goals and measurement of outcomes.

Accordingly, UNT went to great efforts to find institutional effectiveness software that would replace its home-grown data-reporting system and help the university to align, and even fuse strategic plans and assessment efforts. The main requirements of the new system were ease of use and comprehensive reporting capabilities. The chosen application had to enable planning and assessment alignment vertically from the institutional level to the college level to the department/program level and horizontally to the accreditation, continuous improvement and performance measurement functions.

“We will use TracDat to ensure alignment to the Strategic Plan which is the heart of planning at the University. TracDat will allow for easier review of IE plans and to ensure that all departments are striving for continuous improvement,” said Dr. Allen Clark, Assistant Vice President for Institutional Research and Effectiveness. “The University recognizes the need for reporting to external agencies and felt that TracDat would offer the best capabilities to meet all reporting requirements. It allows for university level reporting but it also allows for reporting to individual agencies.”

“Large complex research and teaching institutions like the University of North Texas are deploying innovative technology solutions to meet the escalating demands for accountability,” said David Raney, MD, CEO of Nuventive. “We are very proud to provide the technology platform that will allow UNT to better align its planning and assessment processes and measure, demonstrate and improve institutional effectiveness.”

About UNT
The University of North Texas is a student-centered public research university and the flagship of the UNT System. Founded in 1890, UNT is one of Texas' largest universities offering 99 bachelor's, 103 master's and 49 doctoral degree programs, many nationally and internationally recognized. With a legacy of excellence in many areas, UNT is one of only seven universities in the nation in 2007 with four Goldwater Scholars in math and science. The university's 64 research centers and institutes allow students to gain hands-on experience through collaborative work with faculty members. Offering a traditional college experience and the quality of a private university at an affordable cost, UNT provides abundant opportunities for its constituents to discover the power of ideas. www.unt.edu

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