A general description of assessment activities for each of the three areas is provided below. From time to time, as the programs and services continue to develop, these assessment activities will be changed to reflect current program expectations. Students complete the Academic Profile once they have completed most or all of the general education course requirements, which is about the time they reach Junior-level student classification. Only group scores are used for analyzing the results and determining effectiveness of the general education program. Although individual student scores are confidential, students receive a copy of their individual scores so that they may examine their personal strengths and areas in need of improvement.
Some students also find their individual scores useful in making future course-taking decisions.
Other elements of the general education program include the proficiency examinations of written composition and mathematics. Although successful completion of these two proficiency assessments are required of students to exit the Junior Division, group results from these examinations contribute to the overall assessment of the general education program. Student responses to questionnaires disseminated by the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment, as well as others distributed at the college and department levels are used to obtain information about the quality of academic offerings, advising, programs, facilities, services, and so on. These surveys are an important and integral part of continual efforts to enhance the quality of the general education program at Southeastern. Faculty and staff in each program design and implement their assessment plans so that the processes and results are meaningful for facilitating ongoing program development.