Assessment will host our Annual Assessment Workshop in Glass Hall on May 21-22. This summer we are focusing on the General Education Goals 10: Life Science and 11: Physical Science. We sent out invitations to everyone who teaches courses in the Natural World section of general education.  If you have colleagues or students who would be interested in attending, please let us … [Read more...] about Assessment Workshop is May 21-22: What You Need to Know

Depending on the nature of the survey, response rates of three to five percent can be considered a success. And determining the "ideal" threshold of participants can be a surprisingly complicated process. But it's probably safe to say that you aren't going to find many survey authors who'd prefer fewer responses to more responses. And if you're conducting a survey with a small … [Read more...] about The Response Rate …and How to Get It

There's room for debate on what a "good" response rate is for a survey. But what if your audience isn't seeing it to begin with? The university learned long ago how to avoid important messages being flagged as junk or spam. But this semester marks the first time in three years when Assessment has conducted university-level surveys using email. And although the precaution of … [Read more...] about “Neither a spammer nor a clutterer be.”