September 2021 Newsletter Archives - Office of Institutional Research and Assessment

Life After 91�� Survey

Thu, 02 Sep 2021 17:04:28 +0000

91�� currently is collecting information on graduates from 2019-2020 with the Life After 91�� Survey. In this survey, we ask graduates about their post-graduation employment and education status and how well prepared they felt for their job and/or educational pursuits. The link to complete the survey is . We are encouraging units to share this link with baccalaureate recipients from December 2019, May 2020, and August 2020 .

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91�� Data Website Update

Thu, 02 Sep 2021 17:03:34 +0000

The OIRA 91�� Data web pages have been updated with information about the number of degrees conferred in 2020-2021. On this page, you will find the overall degrees conferred, as well as degrees conferred by college and major. (Information on degrees conferred by minor will be coming soon.) 91�� awarded 2,370 degrees in 2020-2021: 1,779 undergraduate, 110 graduate certificates, 396 master’s degrees, 20 post-master’s certificates, and 65 doctoral degrees.

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Student Evaluations of Teaching Update

Thu, 02 Sep 2021 17:00:04 +0000

Since spring 2020 all student evaluations have been administered online. Initial response rates dipped after the move to online (see table below), but this was also likely influenced by the COVID-19 move to remote instruction. Response rates rebounded in fall 2020 and spring 2021 but remained slightly lower than pre-pandemic rates. Response rate reports with data disaggregated by course level and course components can be found on the OIRA website (bottom of page).

Table 1: Overall response rates for online student evaluations of teaching at 91��.

Timing information for tasks associated with the fall 2021 student evaluations can also be found on the OIRA website (in Important Dates section).

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Assessment 101 Video

Thu, 02 Sep 2021 12:55:56 +0000

The OIRA has developed a short video providing an overview of the program assessment process. It can be found on our website: /oira/assessment/.

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Assessment Mini Grant Initiative

Thu, 02 Sep 2021 12:54:47 +0000

To further support the development and use of assessment information for improvement, OIRA is offering grants up to the amount of $1,000 ($4000 total available). Grants will be awarded to 91�� faculty or staff members in academic areas to conduct assessment-related projects or initiatives that directly support student learning outcome assessment processes for undergraduate, graduate, or certificate programs. More information can be found here: /oira/assessment/current-assessment-activities/. Grant submissions are due Oct 1, 2021.

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Assessment Workshop Series

Thu, 02 Sep 2021 12:54:21 +0000

Following our kickoff session with Sandra Bailey, the OIRA will be launching a series of assessment workshops for the fall. The workshops will include the following:

Assessment 101 (Sept. 22 at 1pm)
Building Strong Program Learning Outcomes (Oct. 6 at 1pm)
Practical Steps for Building a Curriculum Map (Oct. 20 at 1 pm)
Using Assessment Data for Curriculum Conversations (Nov. 17 at 1 pm)

All sessions are now being held via Zoom. We will include you in a calendar invite with the Zoom link when you register. Please for the fall workshop series.

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Invited Assessment Speaker

Thu, 02 Sep 2021 12:53:34 +0000

The Value of Assessment: Small Strategies with Big Impact

Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at 2-3 PM

Dr. Sandra Bailey is professor of business management at Oregon Institute of Technology. She is also the former director of academic excellence at Oregon Tech. During her seven-year tenure as director she guided the institution from an accountability focus to an improvement orientation coordinating assessment with curricular design and faculty professional development. At Oregon Tech she also led a task force in a comprehensive general education review using assessment results and the Degree Qualifications Profile to guide the redesign of general education. Oregon Tech’s new Essential Studies program is an integrated general education program with clear alignment to institutional student learning outcomes. Bailey served on the steering committee of the Multi-State Collaborative to Advance Quality Student Learning (MSC), serves as a reviewer for the Excellence in Assessment designation, and was the Oregon state lead for AAC&U’s Faculty Collaboratives project. She has organized statewide faculty conferences in Oregon and facilitated assignment design workshops with faculty across the country.

All UMS employees are invited to attend. Please register and submit questions .

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