Program: Mānoa Advising Center
Date: Wed Oct 28, 2015 - 3:36:26 pm
1) Below are your program's student outcomes (SOs). Please add or update as needed.
1. Students can identify major options
2. Students can learn, identify, and understand General Education, graduation and program requirements using advising combined with supplemental services (MyUH, STAR, catalog, registration guide and program sheets.)
3. Students can identify campus resources available to them and use them, as necessary (Career Center, CSDC, LAC, tutoring, etc.)
2) Your program's SOs are published as follows. Please update as needed.
Program's Website. URL: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/undergrad/mac/
Student Handbook. URL, if available online: Information Sheet, Flyer, or Brochure. URL, if available online: UHM Catalog. Page Number: http://www.catalog.hawaii.edu/undergrad-ed/specialprograms.htm Other: Advising syllabus (on MAC website) 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 (10/28/2015)
4) Did your program engage in any program assessment activities between June 1, 2014 and September 30, 2015? (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, 2014 and September 30, 2015: State the assessment question(s) and/or assessment goals. Include the student outcomes that were targeted, if applicable.
We reviewed the student appointment evaluations suggestions to see if there were improvements that we could make.
In light of recent studies at the University of Texas that demonstrated strong potential effects of positive messaging, we also reviewed and adjusted the wording of our mandatory advising assignments for at-risk students to contain more positivie, supportive messages.
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.
We compiled all comments and sifted out the suggestions that were actionable from the rest of the comments.
We are in the process of analyzing to see if the positive messaging had any impact on our students.
7) State how many persons submitted evidence that was evaluated. If applicable, please include the sampling technique used.
In this case, we will be watching what happens to this group of students in terms of further academic action, declaration of major, and GPA.
By necessity, this is a set group of at-risk students.
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.
We are still in the process of reviewing and would like to run the assignment for two semesters to gather data before we analyze it.
11) What was learned from the results?
We do not currently know what the results are.
12) State how the program used the results or plans to use the results. Please be specific.
We would apply this same concept to all of our materials.
13) Reflect on the assessment process. Is there anything related to assessment procedures your program would do differently next time? What went well?
We hope to work with the Manoa Assessment Office to discuss our plans prior to implementing changes.
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.
I attended the "Assessment for Busy People" workshop held recently. One of the important ideas that I came away with was how vital it is for our assessment to take program changes into consideration. I have realized that it will be very important to assess once our student population stabilizes so that it only includes Exploratory students (and not pre-business, pre-social work, pre-dental hygiene, pre-med, pre-pharmacy, pre-law). At that point, we would need to create a new baseline and then work off of that. One of my long term goals is to apply for a research grant so that we can run focus groups with our students.