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

متحف الكفيل يباشر صيانة منسوجات تراثية تابعة للعتبة العسكرية المقدسة

العتبة العباسية المقدسة تستذكر مظلومية الإمام الكاظم (عليه السلام) عبر مجلس عزاء

قسم العلاقات العامة يناقش مع منتدى شباب الإسكان إقامة مهرجان تكريم طالبات المدارس المرتديات العباءة في القادسية

سماحة السيد الصافي يدعو إلى توحيد الجهود في تحقيق التراث لضمان الرصانة والدقة وخدمة الساحة العلمية

المزيد

الآخبار الصحية

6 فواكة تساعدك على الشعور بتحسّن عند المرض

حفاظا على صحة العين.. هذا أفضل وقت لتناول فيتامين أ

الاستخدام اليومي لسماعات الأذن.. أخطر مما تتصور !

هل توقيت نشاطك اليومي يؤثر على صحة دماغك؟.. العلماء يجيبون

المزيد

الآخبار التكنلوجية

ابتكار ألماني قد يغيّر مستقبل صناعة البلاستيك

تحديثات وأرباح عبر المشاهدات.. ما الذي تخطط له "لينكد إن"؟

"الكوكايين الوردي".. مخدر جديد يثير قلق السلطات الأميركية

دراسة: تغيّرات في أسلوب القيادة قد تكشف مبكرا عن الخرف !

المزيد

مواضيع ذات صلة

Parents with Learning Disabilities CONCLUSION

PROVISION OF SUPPORT

CARING FOR CHILDREN

EUGENICS AND ETHICAL ISSUES

PARENTING

DISCRIMINATION AND DIVERSITY

THE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

Parents with Learning Disabilities

Legislation and Learning Disabilities CONCLUSION

LEGAL SAFEGUARDS

MENTAL CAPACITY ACT 2005

THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998