THE UNIVERSITY SELF-STUDY
Achieving Our Institutional Goals
"We believe the progress of the University of Pittsburgh over the past 15 years has been driven significantly by the effective use of assessment as a guide to planning and budgeting and as a tool for guiding change. We have worked to incorporate assessment into our way of thinking as we plan for the future and as a means of helping us to determine whether we are truly achieving our institutional goals and fulfilling our mission. This includes a formal process for assessing student-learning outcomes that was introduced in 2006." Read the full Self-Study >
Chancellor
Mark A. Nordenberg
"Everyone in the University of Pittsburgh community has been committed to the goal of continually improving Pitt's position relative to the country's very strongest research universities...."
Provost
Patricia E. Beeson
“Today, particularly in the face of widespread financial constraints, creating the capacity to measure effectiveness and efficiency is not an option, but a basic responsibility...."