Institutionalizing a General Education Program Review Process: Outcomes Assessment

Established in 1965 and located in the greater Los Angeles area, California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) is one of 23 California State University campuses; enrolment is approximately 13,000 students. About 90% of incoming freshmen need remediation in mathematics, English, or both before they can begin undergraduate classes. There is a high degree of ethnic/ racial diversity: approximately one-third of the students are African American, one-third Latino, and one-sixth each Asian and Caucasian. CSUDH's accreditation body, the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, requires a commitment to creating and sustaining campuses as learning communities. The University's response is reflected in its mission statement, "The University is a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic teaching and learning community dedicated to ...educating a student population of unprecedented diversity ..." (CSUDH Catalog, 2005-2007, p. 12). The concept of learning community entails a paradigm shift for faculty and students to move from teacher-centred learning to student-centred learning (Barr & Tagg, 1995). One interpretation of this movement is that the teacher is responsible for creating an environment conducive to learning and the student is responsible for learning. One method for promoting this shift is to establish a student learning outcomes assessment process whereby program-level and course-level outcomes are identified in student-centred, measurable and/or observable terms, followed by assessment to judge whether learning has occurred as stated in the outcomes.

Since 2001, CSUDH has been engaged in showing evidence of student learning outcomes achievement to our accreditation agencies and stakeholders, including funding sources. The building of this body of evidence is in response to the national challenge in the United States for higher education to demonstrate measurable learning outcomes (Allen, 2004). We describe one initiative which includes a comprehensive review process of the General Education (GE) Program, and an evaluation of the effectiveness of the GE Program.

اخر الاخبار

اخبار العتبة العباسية المقدسة

قسم الشؤون الفكرية يطلق الدورة السابعة للدراسات الحوزوية الإلكترونية بمشاركة 17 دولة

المجمَع العلمي يختتم دورته التطويرية الخامسة لأساتذة التربية الإسلامية في النجف

وفد العتبتين المقدستين يحضر مجالس عزاء ضحايا حريق الكوت

العتبة العباسية المقدسة تشارك في استعادة مكتبة جامعة الموصل ورئاسة الجامعة واليونيسكو تشيدان بالشراكة معها

المزيد

الآخبار الصحية

أخصائية تكشف خطورة عادة "شائعة" في غسل المناشف

دراسة: بيضة واحدة أسبوعيا قد تقي من الإصابة بـ

على عكس الشائع.. هذا هو العدد المثالي للخطوات اليومية !

شهر التوعية بالساركوما... أطباء يحذرون من "السرطان الصامت"

المزيد

الآخبار التكنلوجية

ذكر أم أنثى؟.. دراسة تنسف الاعتقاد الشائع حول جنس المولود

بحجم برج بيزا.. تحذير من كويكب يقترب من الأرض في هذا الموعد

أقصر يوم في تاريخ البشرية.. الموعد قريب ؟!!

مايكروسوفت تحذر شركات وأجهزة حكومية من هجوم "يوم الصفر"

المزيد

مواضيع ذات صلة

An assessment framework: some background and a sales spiel

Why an assessment framework?

Assessing problematic graduate attributes: a case study

Influence by scholarship

Influence by operationalization

Influence as mentor

Curriculum influence

A conceptual framework for the A/ Deans learning and teaching role

The role of the Assistant Dean, learning & teaching

An Assistant Dean, Learning and Teachings Role in Quality Assuring Assessment

Institutionalizing a General Education Program Review Process: Outcomes Assessment Next steps

GE Program evaluation