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Assessment

The faculty and staff of Âé¶¹Ö±²¥ are committed to providing students with opportunities to develop learning abilities that will last a lifetime. In every course, course-level outcomes (CLOs) have been identified, and instructors have determined how these outcomes are to be assessed (e.g., through a project, exam, or paper). Each course-level outcome is mapped to a program-level outcome (PLO) and a division-level objective (DLO). Finally, each division-level outcome has been mapped to an institution-level outcome (ILO).

All areas of the college are represented in the College’s assessment process: faculty, academic affairs professionals, student affairs professionals, support staff, and students. The faculty and staff of Âé¶¹Ö±²¥ are committed to providing students with opportunities to develop learning abilities that will last a lifetime.

This is a graphic showing the various stakeholders (Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, Support Staff, Students, and Faculty) contributing to institutional assessment.

Curricular Mapping

In every course, course-level outcomes (CLOs) have been identified, and instructors have determined how these outcomes are to be assessed (e.g., through a project, exam, or paper). Each course-level outcome is mapped to a program-level outcome (PLO) and a division-level objective (DLO). Finally, each division-level outcome has been mapped to an institution-level outcome (ILO).

This is a pyramid graphic displaying how course-level outcomes (at the base) feed upward into program-level outcomes, which feed upward into division-level outcomes, which feed upward into institution-level outcomes.

The institutional-level outcomes have been defined as:

  • Communication: Students express thoughts, ideas, and feelings in both written and oral modes.
  • Critical Thinking: Students apply a rational and methodical approach to problem solving based on use of appropriate evidence.
  • Cultural and Global Awareness: Students demonstrate an understanding of the influence of culture and society.
  • Information Literacy: Students locate, evaluate, retrieve, organize, create, and disseminate information.
  • Quantitative Reasoning: Students use and understand numbers to interpret, evaluate, and express information in quantitative terms.

The division-level outcomes have been defined as:

  • Arts & Science Division Outcomes: 
    • Transfer Readiness: Content area competency, planning and goal setting, communication and advocacy
    • Lifelong Learning Practices: Adaptability and skill development, growth mindset and self-directed learning
    • Ethical Citizenship: Academic integrity, civic engagement, inclusivity and equity
  • Career and Technical Education Division Outcomes:
    • Traditional and Standard Industry Specific Skills: Traditional and standard industry specific skills. Examining and employing current industry trends.
    • Workplace Safety Practices in the Environment: Workplace safety practices in the environment and within the products and services provided.
    • Learned Problem Solving Techniques: Learned problem solving techniques that are efficient and accurate.
    • Effective Communication: Best practices in technical communication in written, oral, and graphical forms. Interpersonal skills in customer service and co-worker engagement.
    • Material Waste Management: Sustainable practices in manufacturing, service, and design.
  • Health Sciences Division Outcomes:
    • Provide Safe Patient Care: Provide safe patient care to diverse populations.
    • Decision-making Skills: Apply proper moral and ethical decision-making to solve problems.
    • Display Professionalism Characteristics: Display professionalism characteristics at all times within the healthcare program.
    • Communication Skills: Use closed-loop communication skills to reduce risk and errors.

Program-level outcomes can be found on a respective program’s page.

The Assessment Handbook reviews the history of assessment at the College, the College’s assessment philosophy, and current practices.

Âé¶¹Ö±²¥ uses to support its assessment efforts. Training on how to use this software has been made available to faculty by the Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Research on the Intranet.