Columbia regularly provides data showing how Salkehatchie students perform after moving to another USC Campus, which are studied to assess general education. Finally, the Salkehatchie Assessment Committee analyzes the level of writing and critical thinking skills in essays written for courses taken by students who are sophomores or above. USC Salkehatchie assessment of general education is multi-faceted. Since a primary mission of the institution is to provide the first two years of a four-year degree, we see much of what we do as related to the fulfillment of our general education mission. The annual student satisfaction survey has several items related to general education.
Students seem g enerally satisfied with their experience.
This table shows a sample of the results of the past four years. I am satisfied with the extent of my intellectual development since enrolling in this University. The survey administered in 1995 to alumni who graduated in 1991 - 1992 shows an extremely high level of satisfaction with general education at USC Salkehatchie. As for studies of predicted versus actual grade point ratio, students generally continue to do much better than predicted. We see this data as reflective of student performance in general education core courses.