In Spring 2019, Dr. Jeff Jones Department Head of Finance and General Business, received an Assessment Grant for his project Assessing Barriers to Involvement in Student Organizations in FGB (Fiance and General Business). Dr. Jones explains that in his project, "We wish to identify barriers that prevent/discourage students from joining and actively participating in students … [Read more...] about Assessing Barriers to Involvement in Student Organizations in FGB
In Spring 2019, Dr. David Rohall Department Head of Sociology and Anthropology, was awarded an Assessment Grant for his project Assessing the Relative Outcomes of Large Sections of Online Introductory Courses. In his project, Dr. Rohall wants to determine whether or not his department can teach large online sections of introductory sociology courses without sacrificing the … [Read more...] about Assessing the Relative Outcomes of Large Sections of Online Introductory Courses
Dr. Mandy Benedict-Chambers, Associate Professor in Childhood Education and Family Studies, has received an Assessment Grant for her project titled Developing a Strategic Vision for the Elementary Education Graduate Program. In her project, "Faculty will assess current practices in recruitment and admission to the program as well as student learning goals and outcomes for each … [Read more...] about Developing a Strategic Vision for the Elementary Education Graduate Program
In Spring 2019 we administered the NSSE (National Survey of Student engagement). In order to incentivize participation students who completed the survey by May 15, 2019 were automatically entered in a random drawing to win 1 of 10 MSU Bookstore gift cards worth $35 awarded to first-year students, or 1 of 10 Bachelor's Degree Graduation Cap & Gown sets worth up to $35 for … [Read more...] about The NSSE 2019 Comes to a Close
Congratulations to Biology instructor Tina Hopper, who won an Assessment Grant for the Summer 2019 semester. Hopper’s project hopes to increase collaboration between general education instructors in Biology. Her hope is that if all general education instructors have parallel goals, all students will have a parallel learning experience regardless of which section of BIO 101 … [Read more...] about Increasing Collaboration to Enhance Student Learning in BIO 101