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Fall
2002 * Volume 5 * Number 1
A NOTE FROM THE CO-CHAIRS OF THE ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE
In This Issue
This issue of the Assessment Newsletter contains two brief reports
conducted on behalf of the NCA Self-Study Committee. Since the findings
directly impact institutional assessment, the Assessment Committee thought
it was important to share the findings with the larger campus community.
A slightly longer version of this report was made available to the members
of the Academic Affairs Board this fall, and an even longer version (with
dozens of pages of open-ended comments) is available in the Frost Center.
The other article in this issue is from Professors Jarvis and Shaughnessy,
who this fall attended a professional conference on the role that faculty can
play in assessment. I am sure you will find their discussion of assessment,
teaching, and learning to be interesting and informative. The Assessment Committee
budget provided for travel money to this conference. Last year the Assessment
Committee provided funding for Bill Reynolds, Jeremy Billetdeaux, and Chila
Ruf to attend assessment conferences. I invite faculty to submit requests for
funding for assessment initiatives that would aid their department's assessment
efforts. These include travel, outside speakers, and short-term summer stipends.
The only payment in return that the Assessment Committee requires is that you
write a short article for the Assessment Newsletter!
SURVEYS OF ALUMNI AND EMPLOYERS CONDUCTED
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by Scott VanderStoep,
Assessment Committee Co-Chair
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GRADUATES EVALUATE THEIR HOPE COLLEGE
EXPERIENCE
The Carl Frost Center for Social Science Research conducted an alumni survey
on behalf of the NCA Self-Study Committee. A total of 1600 graduates from the
graduating classes 1992 – 2001 received a survey; 100 graduates were
randomly selected from each of the 1992 – 1998 classes and 300 graduates
were randomly selected from 1999 – 2001 classes. A total of 264 graduates
responded (17% response rate). The Alumni Survey had two purposes: 1) to determine
the degree of community involvement of Hope College graduates and 2) to solicit
alumni evaluations of academic and co-curricular programs at Hope. (It is important
to note that Hope implemented the new general education requirements in Fall
semester, 1998. Thus, all of the graduates who completed this survey graduated
under the former general education requirements.)
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OTHER ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE
Faculty Work and Student Learning: Meeting New Challenges
in a World of Transitions |
