PREAMBLE: The overarching purpose of general education is to cultivate students' intellectual, personal and ethical development and thus equip them to be life-long learners, able to adapt to an ever-changing environment.
General Education Assessment Plan
General Education Core Goals Matrix
2010 General Education Assessment Report
2007 General Education Assessment Report
2006 General Education Assessment Measurement Update
2005 General Education Assessment Measurement Update and Request for College Response
2003 Baseline Analysis of Core Goals for General Education
At several points during students' undergraduate experience they may be asked to participate in campus-wide general education assessment activities. The following is an overview of what students could expect:
First-Year:
- ETS Proficiency Profile: : Administered to incoming first-year students in the fall of odd number years
- National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE): Administered in the spring to first-year students in even number years
Senior Year:
- ETS Proficiency Profile: Administered to senior students in the spring of odd number years
- National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE): : Administered to senior students in the spring of even number years
In addition to these institution-wide assessments some departments have special assessment requirements
where for example; students may be asked to take a senior test or exit survey.
Updated: August 3, 2010
