English History Pol. USCS student averages increased in seven of the eight assessment indicators of the test from 1996 to 1997. Ratings on fourteen of the sixteen items listed on the form increased from 1996 to 1997. The results of this survey will be available in August 1998. Also the Bachelor of Science in Management Technology degree program began this year at the University Center.
Faculty continues to increase their number of intellectual contributions.
The purpose of assessment is to improve the academic program. The English program's annual assessments have been useful in detecting problems in meeting our instructional objectives. The first year data were collected, 1992-93, the department based assessment on eight goals different from those used in subsequent years. These goals were so abstract, that it was difficult to measure if they had been met. As a result, the department assessment committee found itself unable to evaluate five of the eight goals.