Strategic Academic Initiatives
Providing guidance on data-driven planning and decision making
Leading strategic campus-wide academic initiatives and assuring institutional accreditation and academic compliance.
What We Do Here
Strategic Academic Initiatives (SAI) facilitates program and operational improvement and assists with efforts that strengthen cross-campus, data-driven planning and decision making. Additionally, our office ensures academic program alignment with institutional policy and external compliance requirements, including UT System, The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), NC-SARA and State Authorization. SAI supports undergraduate curriculum management, including the administration of internal approvals and coordination of necessary external approvals.
SAI manages the University’s accreditation with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). Maintaining accreditation enables UT to receive federal funding and indicates a commitment to dedicating sufficient resources, programs, and services to achieve the mission. We have primary oversight for academic and non-academic assessment.
Accreditation
The University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award baccalaureate, professional, masters, and doctorate degrees.
Assessment
The assessment and evaluation processes produce information to help programs and units investigate barriers, identify areas for improvement, and recognize best practices.
Testing & Evaluation Services
TES provides a broad range of professional and academic testing and evaluation services to members of the University community and residents of the state of Texas and beyond.
Our team
About the staff
Strategic Academic Initiatives staff support all units reporting to The Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost through a portfolio of policies and procedures that facilitate operational improvement.
Assistant Vice Provost for Assessment, Accreditation, and Academic Effectiveness
Director, Curriculum and Academic Administration
Research Associate
Learning Intelligence Analyst
Assessment Manager
Memoranda of Understanding Templates
Note about Memoranda of Understanding Templates
The Business Contracts Office and the Office of the Vice President for Legal Affairs have approved these MOU templates, thus review is no longer required when using as written.