Jane Puhlman, Communication Sciences and Disorders:  CSD will be reorganizing their program assessment process and exploring the use of Brightspace for collecting and managing program assessment data.

Lynn Atkins, School of Biology and Ecology: SBE will be developing curriculum maps for each of the three disciplines in the school as well as developing rubrics to determine program effectiveness for each of the learning outcomes.

John Mascetta, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Advising Center: The CLAS Advising Center will be doing a comprehensive assessment of non-major first year seminars offered through CLAS.

Kate Ruskin, Ecology and Environmental Sciences Program: Kate will be creating a data entry and information-sharing portal for the assessment data gathered each year by the Ecology and Environmental Sciences (EES) program.

Learn more about the Assessment Mini-Grant Initiative here.

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UM

• Overall UM spring enrollment, including Early College, was up by 530 students (5%): 11,383 this year vs. 10,853 last year. Excluding Early College, enrollment was 3% above last year (10,961 this year vs. 10,626 last year). 
• Total undergraduate enrollment was at 8,969, 2% above last year.
• Total graduate enrollment was 2,414 (15% above last year).  This is a record for graduate enrollment at 91¸£Àû.
•  Early College enrollment was up by 195 students (85% increase over last year).     
• Degree-seeking undergraduate enrollment was up by 46 students (1%) and degree-seeking graduate enrollment is up by 384 students (21%).
• Overall fall-to-spring retention rate for degree-seeking undergraduates was flat to last year at 91%.  The fall-to-spring retention rate for first-year students was down by 1 percentage point (89% vs. 90%).

UMM

• Overall, enrollment at the University of Maine at Machias, including Early College, was flat to last year at 680.  Excluding Early College, enrollment was down by 75 students (a 14% decrease).  
• Early College enrollment was up by 75 students (52% increase over last year).
• Overall fall-to-spring retention was three percentage points below last year (80% vs. 83%).

The Spring 2021 Majors Report (i.e., enrollment by major, academic unit, and college) has now been posted to our website here. Spring 2021 Enrollment Report

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