QTA Committee
The QTA Committee is drawn from faculty, staff, and administration from:
- Academic Affairs
- Campus Life
- Assessment, Research & Planning
- Administrative Units
The Committee, established in 2006, reports directly to the College President.
The Committee's Charges (Revised 2019)
- Organizing assessment components to demonstrate the full range of assessment activity within the institution
- Providing a locus of control and oversight to which and from which assessment activities are initiated, gathered, evaluated, reported, utilized, refined, and maintained
- Providing and facilitating professional development for the Assessment Academy
- Serving as the selection committee for President's Award for Outstanding Assessment
- Providing oversight for all Core Curriculum assessment processes and cycles
- Maintaining and assessing functionality of the QTA website and the Penn College Plan and Process
QTA Process

The chart above is a graphical representation of Penn College's institutional assessment process. As depicted, the process involves several levels of data gathering and analysis, as well as response and planning activities.