Palomar College General Education/Institutional Learning Outcomes Overview Fall, 2015

Assessments Information Literacy, Spring 2012 Critical and Creative Thinking, Spring 2012 Critical Thinking, Spring 2013 Oral Communication, Spring 2013 Quantitative Literacy, Spring 2014 Written Communication, Fall 2014 Intercultural Competency, Spring 2015

Information Literacy 48% of students who have completed 45 units at Palomar College are proficient in information literacy. Over 50% of all students assessed scored either proficient or exemplary on each of the first four competencies (define, access, evaluate and use information). Less than half (42.5%) of the students assessed at proficiency on using information ethically (citing sources).

Information Literacy

Critical & Creative Thinking 56% of those students earned an overall score of proficient or exemplary. Older students performed better than younger students Students scores improved with number of units completed up to 30 units. Then there was a slight decline.

Critical & Creative Thinking Put together workgroup to rethink rubric Assessed just critical thinking again – the following year. Professional development workshops each semester

Oral Communication 70% of those students scored at proficient or above. Younger students scored better than older students. Asian students scored lower than white and Hispanics students.

Oral Communication Professional development workshop on teaching oral communication & presentation skills in the non-speech classroom We would like to offer a series in the TLC on how to overcome communication apprehension

Quantitative Literacy No difference in performance by gender White, Non-Hispanic student group performed better on average than Hispanic student group Youngest students did not perform as well on average as older students

Quantitative Literacy Created workgroup to develop quantitative literacy resources for students and faculty. Group met in June and discussed some of the challenges facing students and faculty. John Harland presented an extensive list of resources that faculty could use in their classes. John is working with some of the faculty members to develop some tailored resources for their courses.

Written Communication 81.2% Competent / More than Competent Results varied by subgroup Women received more “Superior” ratings 30+ students received more “Superior” ratings White, Non Hispanic and multi-ethnic tended to receive higher ratings Students with more units had slightly higher ratings Strengths -Context and purpose, critical thinking, overall structure Weaknesses - Grammar and punctuation

Written Communication Ideas for Action: Need to form a workgroup to develop ideas below Every class should have a writing assignment Encourage revisions Sentence level problems - gather resources – web sites Remind faculty to send students to writing center Workshops on specific areas - weaknesses Faculty forum – discussing areas of concern Offer PD Workshops for faculty -- how to improve writing in your classroom & writing a rubric

Intercultural Competency Assessments varied across the six factors. 53.7%-60.5% of students rated “Proficient” / “Exemplary” Results varied across demographic categories Gender – Overall women rated higher on “Empathy” Age students received proportionately more “Exemplary” ratings Units – All over the board, small trend for students with higher units. Again use caution when interpreting results.

Intercultural Competency Ideas for Action: Rubric was difficult to use. Consider using e-portfolios in the future. Norming needs further refinement. Expand a cultural awareness to an institutional awareness – faculty, staff, administrators PD training for faculty and staff, to model and teach intercultural competence. Investigate a resource center for undocumented students. Align and promote the courses that meet the multi- cultural requirement

GE/ILO tasks for Follow-up with Quantitative literacy resources, reconsider modules Put workgroup together for written communication to tackle suggestions for action Put workgroup together for intercultural competency to tackle suggestions for action Work with PD and Student Equity on Spring Equity Event

GE/ILO tasks for continued Develop workshop for Communication Apprehension for TLC Evaluate the Dashboard Assess Digital Literacy Spring 2016 Research Integrative Learning and consider if there is a way to develop an assessment or approach to an assessment that would evaluate the entire category of Integrative Learning and Personal and Social Responsibility