2011 OFYP Annual Report - Orientation and First-Year Programs ...
2011 OFYP Annual Report - Orientation and First-Year Programs ... 2011 OFYP Annual Report - Orientation and First-Year Programs ...
First-Year Assessment PlanThe first-year assessment plan received Institutional Review Boardapproval with the assistance of the Office of Institutional Research.This plan continues to be implemented by collecting data from bothfirst-year and transfer students at various points throughout thefirst-year. This data is used to inform our practice, enhance studentmessages, change program content and make data-driven decisionsabout resource allocation. The intent of this process provides dataon student behavior related to the matriculation process, studentsatisfaction, student success both personally and academically,longitudinal data, and to measure the impact on student retentionand other programs.Reference the presentation Preliminary Results from a LongitudinalStudy of First-Year Students.42
First-Year Assessment PlanThe first-year assessment plan is meant to beiterative - each step informs the next.Throughout the process, data is analyzed andshared with stakeholders while makingchanges to content and or programs.Outcomes are often re-evaluated.Elements of this plan have beenadapted to assess the transferstudent experience.4Assessment Cycle1 Pre-orientationsurvey – Offered byeach college prior toorientation. Collectscommon data as well asspecific individual data foradvisers.2 Student participation – Utilizes theOrientation Database to capture andtrack student attendance behavior.3 Orientation Program Evaluation – includescommon questions/themes for Orientation evaluation process and obtains immediate feedbackregarding Orientation experience.4 Welcome Week Program Evaluation – includes common questions/themes for Welcome Week evaluationprocess and obtains feedback for next yearʼs Welcome Week experience.5 Fall Check-In Survey – Surveys a sample of 500 students and carries through the common questions andthemes.6 Leaverʼs Study – Work with college advisers to identify reasons students have not re-enrolled for springsemester7 Spring Check-In Survey – Surveys a sample of 500 students and carries through the common questionsand themes.8 National Surveys - For example, National Survey on Student Engagement (NSSE) and StudentExperience in the Research University (SERU) survey.9 Identity/Re-evaluate outcomes43
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- Page 10 and 11: OFYP Phone and Web TrafficCall Volu
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- Page 18 and 19: Transfer Student OrientationNew tra
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- Page 23 and 24: Summer Parent Attendence by College
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- Page 30 and 31: Welcome Week 2011Overall Key Findin
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- Page 35 and 36: Transfer Welcome DayTransfer Welcom
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- Page 39 and 40: @ Home in MNIn Fall of 2011, Orient
- Page 41 and 42: OFYP CommunicationsThe new student
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- Page 53 and 54: Grace DohertyBrian DohertySarah Don
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<strong>First</strong>-<strong>Year</strong> Assessment PlanThe first-year assessment plan is meant to beiterative - each step informs the next.Throughout the process, data is analyzed <strong>and</strong>shared with stakeholders while makingchanges to content <strong>and</strong> or programs.Outcomes are often re-evaluated.Elements of this plan have beenadapted to assess the transferstudent experience.4Assessment Cycle1 Pre-orientationsurvey – Offered byeach college prior toorientation. Collectscommon data as well asspecific individual data foradvisers.2 Student participation – Utilizes the<strong>Orientation</strong> Database to capture <strong>and</strong>track student attendance behavior.3 <strong>Orientation</strong> Program Evaluation – includescommon questions/themes for <strong>Orientation</strong> evaluation process <strong>and</strong> obtains immediate feedbackregarding <strong>Orientation</strong> experience.4 Welcome Week Program Evaluation – includes common questions/themes for Welcome Week evaluationprocess <strong>and</strong> obtains feedback for next yearʼs Welcome Week experience.5 Fall Check-In Survey – Surveys a sample of 500 students <strong>and</strong> carries through the common questions <strong>and</strong>themes.6 Leaverʼs Study – Work with college advisers to identify reasons students have not re-enrolled for springsemester7 Spring Check-In Survey – Surveys a sample of 500 students <strong>and</strong> carries through the common questions<strong>and</strong> themes.8 National Surveys - For example, National Survey on Student Engagement (NSSE) <strong>and</strong> StudentExperience in the Research University (SERU) survey.9 Identity/Re-evaluate outcomes43
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