As we work to reduce our footprint in accordance with campus sustainability efforts, the Office of Assessment will now be using SharePoint to distribute student Public Affairs essay responses from the University Exit Exam with deans and department heads across campus. Deans will have access to all departments in their college site while department heads will have access to view … [Read more...] about Sustainable Distribution of Public Affairs Data with Colleges
By: Mary Bohlen On May 22-24, 2018 the Office of Assessment held the Human Cultures/Information Literacy Assessment Workshop. Over 35 faculty, staff, and students gathered in the Union Club at Plaster Student Union to assess student learning in the areas of Human Cultures and Information Literacy. Reviewers, who received a stipend of $500 to participate in … [Read more...] about Gen Ed Assessment in the Digital Age
For the past five years, the Office of Assessment has facilitated a three- to four-day workshop to assess undergraduate student learning in general education. We began by assessing student work aligned with the public affairs mission and outcomes. Student work was collected from courses with public affairs outcomes, de-identified, and reported in aggregate--the goal was to take … [Read more...] about Requesting Submissions/Participants – Human Cultures & Information Literacy Assessment Workshop
Hard work doesn't go unnoticed here at Missouri State University. Assessment and the Council on General Education and Intercollegiate Programs (CGEIP) partnered together to honor seven General Education faculty who went above and beyond on their 2015–2016 Annual Assessment Reports. These outstanding faculty members were honored at the All-Faculty Recognition Reception hosted by … [Read more...] about Hard Work Doesn’t Go Unnoticed
By Dr. Keri Franklin Identifying a Problem The Criminology and Criminal Justice Department decided to begin with the end in mind to see if students were prepared for the writing expected in CRM 598, which was a capstone experience that required the completion of a policy analysis paper. Based on a review of student work and a discussion about what writing looks like in … [Read more...] about Closing the Loop: Student Learning in Criminology