Program: Undergraduate Office of Student Academic Services
Date: Wed Sep 07, 2011 - 12:26:51 pm
1) List your program's student outcomes.
1. Pre-business students will be able to identify admission requirements.
2. Business students will begin to develop an individual academic plan specific to their needs.
2) Where are your program's student outcomes published? Mark all that apply and include URLs when appropriate.
Student Handbook. URL, if available online: NA
Information Sheet, Flyer, or Brochure. URL, if available online:
UHM Catalog. Page Number: 181
Other: New Student Orientation, Access to College Excellence, Manoa Advising Center
Other: Letter of admission to college, UHCC transfer workshops, Senior Exit Survey
3) Provide the program's activity map or other graphic that illustrates how program activities/services align with program student outcomes. Please upload it as a PDF.
- File (09/07/2011)
4) For the period June 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011: State the assessment question(s) and/or assessment goals. Include the student outcomes that were targeted, if applicable.
Assessment Goals: The undergraduate Office of Student Academic Services (OSAS) assists students in the development of meaningful academic plans based on students' abilities, interests, and values.
Outcomes: Program - Individual and group student engagement. Student -Able to identify admission requirements, develop individual academic plans.
5) State the type(s) of evidence gathered to answer the assessment question and/or meet the assessment goals that were given in Question 4.
1. Student evaluations from New Student Orientation, Access to College Excellence, Mandatory Advising sessions, and Individual Advising sessions.
2. Individual academic plans submitted.
6) State how many persons submitted evidence that was evaluated. If applicable, please include the sampling technique used.
Pre-Business students: Approximately 200
Business students: Approximately 550
7) Who interpreted or analyzed the evidence that was collected. Check all that apply.
Faculty/staff committee
Ad hoc faculty/staff group
Director or department chairperson
Persons or organization outside the university
Students (graduate or undergraduate)
Dean
Other
8) How did he/she/they evaluate, analyze, or interpret the evidence? Check all that apply.
Used qualitative methods on interview, focus group, open-ended response data
Scored exams/tests/quizzes
Used a rubric or scoring guide
Used professional judgment (no rubric or scoring guide used)
External organization/person analyzed data (e.g., Social Science Research Institute)
Other: Student generated academic plans
9) For the assessment questions/goals stated in Question 4, summarize the actual results.
The OSAS undergraduate office provided both individual and group student engagement to over 1,000 pre-business students, and over 450 business students.
10) What was learned from the results?
Based on professional judgment, it appears students are becoming more familiar with the admission requirements and the method of developing individual academic plans (both electronic and hard copy).
11) State how the program used the results or plans to use the results. Please be specific.
OSAS undergraduate advisors annually review and edit the student handbook/power point presentation slides (and all publications and services) based on student evaluations received from mandatory advising sessions and senior exit surveys.
12) Reflect on the assessment process. Is there anything related to assessment procedures your program would do differently next time? What went well?
None at this time.
13) Other important information
N/A