Unit: Tropical Agriculture & Human Resources, College of
Program: Academic Advising
Date: Fri Oct 10, 2014 - 8:50:15 am

1) Below are your program's student outcomes (SOs). Please add or update as needed.

CTAHR's Academic and Student Affairs Office (ASAO) supports the following student outcomes (SO) for academic advising:

Within a year of entering CTAHR, advisees are able to…

  • Locate and use university resources and services to help identify and achieve goals. (investigation/research)
  • Come to academic advising sessions prepared with questions, an academic plan, and/or other relevant materials. (preparedness)
  • Design a reasonable and timely academic plan that leads to a Bachelor degree in a desired field. (decision making)
  • Evaluate current academic and career goals in light of personal values, interests, aptitudes, and skills. (personal-academic connection)

2) Your program's SOs are published as follows. Please update as needed.

Program's Website. URL:
Student Handbook. URL, if available online:
Information Sheet, Flyer, or Brochure. URL, if available online:
UHM Catalog. Page Number:
Other: CTAHR ASAO Academic Advising SOs are not published
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.

Activity Map File(s) from 2014:

4) Did your program engage in any program assessment activities between June 1, 2013 and September 30, 2014? (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 between June 1, 2013 and September 30, 2014: State the assessment question(s) and/or assessment goals. Include the student outcomes that were targeted, if applicable.

Survey questions asked of CTAHR Students to assess Academic Advising

Background questions

  • What is your academic major?
  • What is your academic standing?

Other specific questions:

  • Check the following academic tools that you are able to use to identify and understand program requirements: MyUH, STAR, UHM Catalog, Online Schedule of Classes, Program/Degree Sheets, 4-Year Plans.

For the following, rate Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Undecided, Agree, Strongly Agree

  • I am able to locate and use University resources and services to identify and achieve goals.
  • I come to academic advising sessions prepared with questions, an academic plan, and/or other relevant materials.
  • I am able to design a reasonable and timely academic plan that leads to a Bachelor degree in a desired field.
  • I am able to evaluate current academic and career goals in light of personal values, interests, aptitudes, and skills.

Open-ended questions

  • How can academic advising be improved in CTAHR?

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.

Results of student surveys.

7) State how many persons submitted evidence that was evaluated. If applicable, please include the sampling technique used.

We surveyed CTAHR students and received 52 responses.

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.

Summary of survey responses is attached as Activity Map File #2 in Question 3.

IN THE FUTURE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF ATTACHMENTS COULD BE UPLOADED HERE.

11) What was learned from the results?

Based on the results of this and previous assessments, CTAHR has decided to utilize professional advising.  We plan to begin phasing into professional advising in the next 12 months.

12) State how the program used the results or plans to use the results. Please be specific.

We asked the students surveyed to indicate their majors. We will share the responses of the students, including responses to open-ended questions, with their respective advisors.

13) Reflect on the assessment process. Is there anything related to assessment procedures your program would do differently next time? What went well?

Hopefully, by next year, CTAHR will have professional advisors and we will change our assessment process for Academic Advising signficantly.  ASAO surveys all graduating seniors. We plan to revise our exit survey to gather additional information on the Academic Advising SOs.

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.

We do not have additional important information to add.