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Session Title: Developing and Integrating an Assessment Model in Student Affairs: Yes You Can!
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Panel Session 357 to be held in Suwannee 17 on Thursday, Nov 12, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
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Sponsored by the Assessment in Higher Education TIG
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| Erin Ebersole, Immaculata University, eebersole@immaculata.edu
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| Abstract:
In March 2007 Learning Outcomes were adopted by the Student Affairs Department. In Fall 2007 an Assessment Committee was convened to begin looking not only at how to assess the learning outcomes, but also how to assess Student Affairs programs and services division-wide. The committee has a representative from each of the Student Affairs divisions, as well as from Mission and Ministry, and Institutional Research. By collaborating, the committee developed an assessment process that can be applied globally to Student Affairs, as well as utilized by each division, to examine how well the Learning Outcomes are being met as they relate to the students of the College of Undergraduate Studies. The presentation will describe the process and challenges encountered to present.
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The Wonderful World of Assessment
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| Erin Ebersole, Immaculata University, eebersole@immaculata.edu
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In order to strengthen the quality of education delivered, Immaculata University has adopted a rigorous standard of assessment that can only be accomplished through a model of continuous quality monitoring and improvement. This monitoring occurs across the broad spectrum of academic departments and non-academic offices. Immaculata University believes that critical to all decision-making is the use of empirical evidence from multiple sources, and that a culture of assessment should permeate how the institution documents its effectiveness.
The Office of Institutional Research, Planning, and Assessment has worked closely with the Division of Student Affairs to develop a standard of assessment that is applicable to all departments within the division.
This part of the panel discussion will cover the motivation behind our Student Affairs assessment processes (in relation to overall campus assessment) as well as tips to developing a successful assessment process (academic or non-academic).
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Assessment: The Student Affairs Perspective
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| Diane Massey, Immaculata University, dmassey@immaculata.edu
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For many people assessment or evaluation is a bad and scary word. A satisfaction survey is typically the instrument utilized in Student Affairs to evaluate events and programs. Assessment is just not something we're used to doing. To some it seems like busy work and another thing added to the "To Do" list. Some equate assessing the effectiveness of their programs with a personal evaluation of their performance as an employee. At Immaculata University we were required to start looking critically at our departments, the programs, and services offered to ensure students' needs are being met and that we are affecting them in a positive way. This part of the panel discussion will provide a look at assessment from the perspective of a Student Affairs professional, and the fear factor that came along with the development and introduction of this new assessment process.
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