UWC-Student Services Assessment Committee Minutes
September 22, 2008

Members present: Krista Maxson, Jim Settle, Michelle Patrick, Bob Trusz, Jonica Burke, Barb Bradbury, Randy Warman

A copy of the structure of the University Wide Assessment Committee was distributed and during the review it was pointed out that some of the people mentioned were retired or had moved to different offices.  Krista explained that two of the committees were still being put together and gave a brief history of the assessment committee. 

Jonica reported that the workshop scheduled for Oct. 23rd had been changed to a webinar to be scheduled on Oct. 23rd or 24th.  There are 20(?) audits that need to be done and Jonica is going to assign each of us 5 audits to do online before Oct. 16th.  There will be a meeting in Columbus in December, possible on the 2nd.

Jim passed out 4 copies of the NSSE report and pointed out some outliers such as a low score for students taking foreign language or completing an internship or field experience.  He reported that the NSSE is a survey that is required for the VSA and that Xuemei (director of institutional research) will write up the report of the data from NSSE that is required for the VSA.

Krista asked if anyone brought summaries or examples of the assessments being done in their office, pointing out that she had received an email from Barb with her response but had not had a chance to review.  Michelle reported on the survey the Student Success Center distributed in the Univ 101 course during 06/07.  Krista asked everyone to send her an email briefly describing any assessment efforts that have been or are being done in their office to her so she can report to the executive committee next week.  Bob asked if he should report on assessment efforts being planned and the answer was yes. 

There was a discussion about making a report to share with different constituencies and Jim ended up volunteering to put together a list of the top and bottom ten things reported by NSSE. 

Jim reported that he would recommend that NSSE be done every other or every third year.  He would like us to look at giving the CIRP, an entering freshman survey administered during orientation and the CORE, an alcohol and drug survey administered in the spring.

UWC-Student Services Assessment Committee Minutes
September 4, 2008

Members present: Krista Maxson, Jim Settle, Michelle Patrick, Bob Trusz, Jonica Burke, Barb Bradbury, Randy Warman, Mary Cummings
Jim Settle led a discussion about the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). The survey was conducted in the spring and we had a good comparable return rate. He mentioned some highlights and promised to bring copies for us to view at the next meeting.

There was a discussion about what assessment efforts are being made in the different offices and a suggestion was made to bring examples or summaries of what they are to the next meeting or they could be emailed to Jim Settle or Krista Maxson.

Jonica Burke informed us about an assessment audit that would look at our online offerings. There is going to be a workshop in Columbus on October 23rd. The committee agreed to take part.

Krista asked about future meeting times and Jim responded that Peggy would take care of arranging future meetings.