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Working Groups: Questions
MIDDLE STATES SELF-STUDY DESIGN FINAL DRAFT
QUESTIONS SUBMITTED BY WORKING GROUPS
Working Group #7
Standard 7: Institutional Assessment
- How effective has Hostos been in developing a culture of assessment across the College? To what extent has Hostos committed appropriate resources and staff training to accomplish institutional goals in this area?
- What methods or approaches are used to assess institutional effectiveness? How has Hostos implemented changes that might be indicated by the outcomes data?
- How is Hostos using outcomes assessment and program assessment as part of the resource allocation and planning processes?
- To what extent are students involved in the assessment of institutional effectiveness?
- To what extent has the college developed processes to measure, assess and manage external environmental factors such as; budget cut, population shifts, and cost-effectiveness and relevance of academic programs?
- To what extent has the college developed processes to measure and assess student’ achievement and success after graduation? How are these date used for institutional planning?
Standard 14: Assessment of Student Learning
- How is the institution making use of existing data on institutional outcomes to define and improve student success?
- Are current assessments of student learning valid and reliable?
- How effectively is the college measuring student learning outcomes in technology rich courses?
- How effectively does the college prepare ESL and Dev. Ed student to succeed in college level courses?
- How effectively has the College adjusted to the change in demographic profile of its students in terms of communication strategies, curriculum, learning styles and the college experience?
- What processes are in place to track the progress of students academically at risk (<2.0 GPA)? How effectively does the College use data collection and assessment to improve the academic progress and retention of these students?
- How well does the College assess the value of students’ co-curricular and extra-curricular activities, student life, and other student engagement activities as a contributor to students’ retention, academic progress, and graduation?
- How well are the course, program, and institutional goals for student learning interrelated and consistent with the college’s mission and relevant disciplines?
- To what degree are faculty engaged in assessing student outcomes to improve curricula and teaching?
- To what extent has the College developed systematic processes to measure and assess students’ achievement and success after graduation? How effectively are these data used for institutional planning?
- Career/ employment outcomes; Assessing employment rate of students from specialized programs.
- Transfer outcomes: Assessing student transfers into four year colleges.
- Continuing education: Assessing Alumni engagement in "life-long-learning".
- Professional Licensure; Assessing the pass rate within the specialized programs for licensure exams.
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