Texas State Cut Time Spent on Faculty Activity Reporting From 4.5 Months to 2 Weeks
Texas State Cut Time Spent on Faculty Activity Reporting From 4.5 Months to 2 Weeks
1 PagesTexas State Cut Time Spent on Faculty Activity Reporting From 4.5 Months to 2 Weeks The challenge Before Texas State University adopted Faculty Success (formerly Digital Measures), it was like the “Wild West.” The university stored faculty activity data in multiple databases and documents across campus. “People were schlepping binders of paper documents around and going into a room and looking at different things at a specific time,” said Whitten Smart, Special Assistant to the Vice President of Information Technology. Even the two departments that used digital systems for collecting data were not meeting the provost’s needs. The complex annual review process required extensive follow-up and coordination. “The provosts were reviewing 10-year packets and annual reviews in
