Prior to this time education, research and service were assessed in the academic departments. Organized research on this campus is conducted through the Texas Institute of Applied Environmental Research and the Office of Sponsored Projects. Service has continued to be assessed in the individual departments. Some degree areas do not have such external measures available for use and have developed internal methods of measurement. These internal assessments are in the first two years of use.
All academic departments consider goals and results of assessments in allocating resources.
There may been a lack of systematic documentation of the linkage between strategic planning, institutional effectiveness and budgeting. A major step toward this systematic documentation of the linkage took place in the last budget planning cycle, for 1999-2000 academic year. Account managers were asked to provide their departmental goals on the budget request forms in preparation for their individual budget hearings. These goals were discussed in the request hearings in the light of their monetary requests. The budget managers will have written documentation of the results of assessment.