Mount Madonna Institute

The Office of Institutional Effectiveness is responsible for coordinating institutional research, strategic planning, and assessment responsibilities. The office provides action-oriented data that helps decision-makers foster student success and institutional effectiveness.

Some activities to support the institute include:

Institutional Research and Planning

Assessment of Student Learning

Program Review

To promote educational effectiveness at Mount Madonna Institute, student learning outcomes were developed. These outcomes describe what students’ knowledge, skills or attitudes should be by the end of their program.

Institutional Learning Outcomes
MMI’s Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOs) reflect the broader mission of the institution and as such are a hallmark of education at Mount Madonna. The ILOs represent an overarching set of learning outcomes at the completion of graduates’ training, regardless of specific discipline studied.

ILO 1: Intellectual Inquiry
MMI graduates explore purpose and meaning through scholarly activity and demonstrate skill in critical thinking and effective communication.

ILO 2: Personal, Professional, and Social Responsibility
MMI graduates demonstrate ethical reasoning, intercultural awareness, leadership and collaboration, and commitment to service.

ILO 3: Integrative Knowledge
MMI graduates synthesize body-mind-spirit knowledge, experiences, skills and practices to promote optimal well-being in themselves and in their communities.

ILO 4: Specialized Knowledge
MMI graduates creatively apply knowledge, theories, methods and practices in their chosen field to contemporary life opportunities and challenges.

Program Learning Outcomes for MA-Ayurveda
Upon successful completion of the Master’s Degree Program in Ayurveda, a student will be able to do the following:

PLO 1: Ayurveda Framework of Health: Apply Ayurveda framework when considering disease prevention and management.
The student will be able to analyze, develop and evaluate the Ayurveda framework for disease prevention and management for optimal well-being.

PLO 2: Clinical Practice: Demonstrate synthesis and application of the Ayurveda Framework through supervised clinical experience and patient assessments.
The student will be able to investigate, design and document therapeutic recommendations.

PLO 3:  Research Analysis: Investigate, integrate and assess research for scholarly enhancement in the field of Ayurveda.
The student will be able to identify, interpret, examine, and synthesize research on disease prevention and management as it applies to Ayurveda.

PLO 4: Ayurveda Integration: Function effectively as an Ayurveda health specialist, adapting Ayurveda for an integrative approach to health. 
The student will be able to interpret, discriminate, and formulate the Ayurveda framework with a clear understanding of their scope of practice within healthcare subsystems to deliver excellent care and education for clients and the community.

The overarching purpose of assessment is to support the stated mission of MMI. In developing the assessment framework, MMI has employed a systemic process for evaluation of courses embedded within the academic degree program, the Master of Arts degree in Ayurveda. We also incorporate the professional competencies that the National Ayurveda Medical Association (NAMA) expects of graduates of high-quality Ayurveda programs. MMI is committed to the following goals for the assessment process:

The Assessment and Program Review Plan is available upon request.

Program Review is a systematic way to assess and improve the quality of MMI’s academic program, the Master of Arts degree in Ayurveda. The purpose of program review is to assure that the faculty and administration are providing a high-quality professional graduate program and to find ways to improve the quality of education, scholarship, and service at MMI.

In 2016, we undertook a complete Program Review Self Study of the Master of Arts degree in Ayurveda, which was completed in January 2019 and submitted for external review. This report was prepared by the Program Review Committee made up of College of Ayurveda Faculty, MMI Administrators and staff, one MMI Board member, and one College of Ayurveda alum/currently registered student. We decided to take such a broad approach in order to fully understand the quality of the Program. MMI and its College of Ayurveda recognizes that this is a working document that will require continual reflection and revision as the review process continues. An external review was completed in February 2019. An Action Plan was approved in July 2019. These reports are available upon request.