Program: College Opportunities Program
Date: Fri Oct 05, 2012 - 10:10:43 am
1) Below are your program's student outcomes (SOs). Please add or update as needed.
1. Students will fully participate in the COP summer program by:
A. Completing all stated requirements in their orientation sessions;
B. Participating in support services offered by the staff when deemed necessary by students
or staff;
C. Participating in daily COP activities as scheduled.
D. Participating in and completing the COP evaluation requirements at the end of the
Summer Program, as stated in the Student Handbook; and
E. Participating in the Motivational Point System via weekly point cards, as explained in the
Student Handbook.
2. Students will develop the necessary academic skills in order to fully participate as
freshmen at the university by:
A. Attending ALL of the scheduled class meetings;
B. Completing ALL tasks in College Writing, Life Skills, and College Success;
C. Achieving a "C" or better grade in History 152
3. Students will have residence hall experiences in a university community by:
A. Living in the residence hall during the six-week Summer Program and having:
1. experienced living in a co-educational setting on the UHM campus;
2. begun to develop positive behaviors needed in a cooperative residence hall
environment (i.e., consideration for others, observation of quiet hours).
B. Following stated residence hall rules and attending floor meetings and having:
1. met and interacted with a specific residence hall staff;
2. developed an understanding of residence hall services and functions.
C. Being exposed to and interacting with fellow residents and learning to interact positively
with those from different cultural and educational backgrounds.
D. Gaining further knowledge of the University and its residential community through
participation in scheduled residence hall activities during the Summer Program.
4. Students seeking educational funds will fully participate in the UH Mānoa financial aid
program by:
A. Completing a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and requesting College
Scholarship Service (CSS) to send the results to UH Mānoa Financial Aid Services.
B. Returning a Student Aid Report (SAR) to COP; and
C. Providing documentation as requested by the UH Mānoa’s Financial Aid Services to
complete student’s financial aid package.
D. Informing parents or guardians of their financial aid status with UHM Financial Aid
Services and arranging for other sources of funds if not eligible for UHM financial aid.
5. Students will be active participants in the University Community by:
Completing six weeks in the instructional component and the residential-campus life
experience.
2) Your program's SOs are published as follows. Please update as needed.
Program's Website. URL: www.hawaii.edu/cop Student Handbook. URL, if available online: NA Information Sheet, Flyer, or Brochure. URL, if available online: www.hawaii.edu/cop UHM Catalog. Page Number: 55
Other: Other: 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 (10/04/2012)
4) Did your program engage in any program assessment activities between June 1, 2011 and September 30, 2012? (e.g., establishing/revising outcomes, aligning activities to outcomes, collecting evidence, interpreting evidence, using results, revising the assessment plan, creating surveys, etc.)
Yes
No (skip to question 14)5) For the period June 1, 2011 to September 30, 2012: State the assessment question(s) and/or assessment goals. Include the student outcomes that were targeted, if applicable.
COLLEGE OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM
PROGRAM EVALUATION
SUMMER 2012
Please complete and turn in at your final point evaluation meeting on Friday, August 10, 2012
at the COP Office.
Please rate the following items on a scale of 1 to 5 with:
1 VERY POOR I didn’t like it at all, no personal growth for me, very poorly presented and organized
2 POOR Some gains in my personal growth, needs help with presentation and organization
3 OK I saw gains in my personal growth, okay presentation and organization
4 GOOD Many changes in personal growth, very well presented and organized
5 VERY GOOD Extreme gains in my personal growth, extremely well presented and organized
VERY VERY
POOR POOR OK GOOD GOOD
1. Hale-Lokelani check-in 1 2 3 4 5
2. Sunday Briefing 1 2 3 4 5
3. First day orientation 1 2 3 4 5
4. Organization and administration of the Summer Program 1 2 3 4 5
5. Participation in the COP point system and its effectiveness 1 2 3 4 5
6. College Writing Course 1 2 3 4 5
7. Help and/or support from writing instructor 1 2 3 4 5
8. History 152 Lecture 1 2 3 4 5
9 History 152 Lab 1 2 3 4 5
10. Help and/or support from History Teaching Assistant 1 2 3 4 5
11. Life Skills course 1 2 3 4 5
12. College Success Lecture 1 2 3 4 5
13. College Success Lab 1 2 3 4 5
14. Help and/or support from your assigned counselor 1 2 3 4 5
15. Overall rating of the summer instructional program 1 2 3 4 5
16. Hale Aloha Dining Hall 1 2 3 4 5
17. Help and/or support from your RA’s and HD 1 2 3 4 5
18. Help and/or support from your Residential Hall Peer Mentor 1 2 3 4 5
19. Overall rating of your residential hall experience 1 2 3 4 5
OVER
20. What did you like best about the COP summer program?
21. What did you like least about the COP summer program?
22. Is there one thing that stands out as being “most valuable” to you this summer in your transition
to UHM?
23. If you could change one thing about the COP summer program, what would it be?
24. Do you feel the summer program has prepared you for the fall semester? Please explain.
6) State the type(s) of evidence gathered to answer the assessment question and/or meet the assessment goals that were given in Question #5.
Evaluation responses which included ratings and open-ended responses.
7) State how many persons submitted evidence that was evaluated. If applicable, please include the sampling technique used.
N=93
8) Who interpreted or analyzed the evidence that was collected? Check all that apply.
Program faculty/staff member(s) Faculty/staff committee Ad hoc faculty/staff group Director or department chairperson Persons or organization outside the university Students (graduate or undergraduate) Dean or Associate Dean Advisory Board Other: 9) How did he/she/they evaluate, analyze, or interpret the evidence? Check all that apply.
Compiled survey results Used quantitative methods on student data (e.g., grades, participation rates) or other numeric data Used qualitative methods on interview, focus group, or other 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: 10) For the assessment questions/goals stated in Question #5, summarize the actual results.
Participants were asked to rate 19 different components of the COP program using a scale of 1=Very Poor to 5=Very Good. Components included orientation, housing, dining, classes, support from COP staff and instructors. All components received a rating of 4.2 or better with students most pleased with the Help and/or support they received from their assigned counselor (5.0), the overall rating of the summer instructional program (4.9), and the college writing course (4.9). Rated on the lower end (4.2) were checking into the residential hall, the dining facility, and getting help and/or support from their History Teaching assistants. Participants rated the organization and administration of the summer program with a 4.7.
When asked what they liked the best about the summer program, the most common response had to do with meeting people, bonding, and the family feeling. Students also mentioned that they liked gaining a head start, living in the dorms, and just being a part of the overall experience.
When asked what they liked the least, students mentioned that the distance between classes and the dorms was the main drawback. They also mentioned that the program's duration of 6 weeks was too short. Many students also indicated that there was nothing in the program that they did not like.
Students expressed that the bonding and friendships they made were the most valuable during the summer program. Other areas of value to them included transitioning to college, experiencing college life and the dorms, growing up and becoming independent, and the support and services they received from the COP staff.
All students were positive in their response to the question of whether or not the program prepared them for their first year at UHM. 100% said that they were prepared for their first year.
11) What was learned from the results?
All participants felt that their participation in the summer program prepared them for their first year at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. They liked and valued the fact that they got to meet new people, gain a head start to college, be independent, live in the residential hall, and just participate in the overall summer program experience.
Students provided a Good or better rating of the summer program components which included orientation, housing and check-in, classes, instructor and staff support, dining facilities, and the overall administration of the summer program and classes.
12) State how the program used the results or plans to use the results. Please be specific.
COP staff will review the evaluation results to plan for the upcoming 2013 summer program.
13) Reflect on the assessment process. Is there anything related to assessment procedures your program would do differently next time? What went well?
No. COP will continue to use the same process to collect participant feedback regarding the summer program.
14) If the program did not engage in assessment activities, please explain.
Or, if the program did engage in assessment activities, please add any other important information here.
The 2012 Summer Program began with 95 students who were deemed inadmissible to the university for lacking the minimum requirements for admission to UHM. At the end of the summer program 97% successfully completed the program and gained admission to UHM this fall 2012 semester. All students are enrolled full-time and live in the residential hall.