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Assessment Team

Student Affairs Assessment Team

The Student Affairs Assessment Team provides direction on best practices in assessment of programs and services. The committee offers tools and support to assist departments in program evaluation, collection and dissemination of data, as well as coordinates dates and timelines for large Michigan Tech Student Affairs assessment projects and national instruments. The team also oversees the Student Affairs annual report processes.

For more information regarding assessments that Student Affairs participates in and when these assessments take place download: National Assessment Overview & National Assessment Overview Graph

Annual Report Note

Annual Reports for 2008 - 2009 are due on October 5, 2009. For more information, and the report format, download Annual Report Format for 2008 - 2009

Members

  • Pat Gotschalk
  • Mike Johnson
  • Susan Liebau
  • Lisa Pignotti
  • Denise Spagnotti
  • Jen Van Essen
  • Beth Wagner, Chair

Michigan Tech Institutional Review Board for Human Subject Research

http://www.admin.mtu.edu/research/vpr/reviewboards/humantraining.html
The Assessment Team requests that the following information be sent to the team via Lisa Pignotti at lcpignot@mtu.edu whenever an assessment project is submitted to the IRB:

  • Name of Survey/Assessment Project
  • Name of Person and Department Submitting
  • Date submitted
  • Effective Dates Approved for Project/Survey
  • Status – Exempt from Review or IRB Approved

External Reviews

Every year a few areas within Student Affairs are chosen to conduct an external review. Experts within that field are invited to campus to evaluate current processes and to offer suggestions for the future. To see what areas have completed an external review and to review their results along with a list of upcoming external reviews, simply click on the *External Review* link above.

Student Voice

In the spring of 2008 Student Affairs joined with Student Voice to provide online assessment resources for staff members. Student Voice allows Student Affairs to effectively gather data through a variety of methods, including emails or PDA devices, review and save assessment projects and utilize support services; all online.

Visit Student Voice or contact one of the Assessment Team members if you are interested in conducting an assessment project or would like to view assessment results.

For more information on Student Voice visit their website.

Student Voice Completed Assessment Projects

National/International Assessment Projects

Internal Michigan Tech Assessment Projects

Upcoming Assessment Projects

Student Affairs Staff Satisfaction Survey

The results are now available!

PDF 2007 Les Cook

Student Satisfaction Survey

The results are now available!

PDF Undergrad 2007 Les Cook
PDF Grad 2007 Les Cook

CORE Drug and Alcohol Survey (CORE)

The Core Drug and Alcohol Survey was developed to measure alcohol and other drug usage, attitudes, and perceptions among college students at two and four-year institutions.

PDF Core 2006 Executive Summary Patricia Gotschalk
PDF Core 2006 Cross-tabulation Report Patricia Gotschalk

Your First College Year (YFCY)

PDF Spring 2007 Kerri Sleeman
PDF YFCY Longitudinal Data Spring 2007 Kerri Sleeman
PDF SA Directors Meeting June 5, 2008 Kerri Sleeman

Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP)
First-Year Students Fall 2006

PDF Trends Report Michelle Nightingale
PDF Institution Summary Michelle Nightingale

Culture Climate Study

Culture Climate Study Christine Anderson

2007 College Students’ Beliefs and Values (CSBV)

PDF Institutional Report Kerri Sleeman

2007-2008 Greek Experience Survey

PDF PowerPoint Presentation Spring 2008 Jason Bergeron

2006 National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)

(see side bar) Beth Wagner