2007-2008 Institutional Core Competencies
Written communication skills
Problem-solving skills
Measurements
Direct: Assignments embedded in 46 classes across all Walsh College degree programs.
- Instructor received randomly selected names of ten students in their course.
- Instructors completed standard template (rubric) to evaluate the student performance in written communication and problem-solving skills.
- Instructor selected assignment from course syllabus to evaluate student learning, using a scale of Excels, Acceptable, or Needs Improvement.
Direct: Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA)
- Holistic assessment of critical thinking, analytic reasoning, problem solving, and written communication skills
- Stratified random sampling technique
Indirect: Surveys
- Currently enrolled students
- Graduating students
- Walsh Alumni
Written Communication Skills Results
Course-Embedded Assignment
- 82% of undergraduate students
- 86% of graduate students
- Assessed by instructors as “excelling” or “performing acceptably”
Collegiate Learning Assessment
- Graduating undergraduate students in 95th percentile, “well above expected”
- Undergraduate value-added was in 79th percentile, “above expected”
Surveys
- Several surveys returned favorable results, with graduate students self-evaluating lower than undergraduate students.
Problem-Solving Skills Results
Course-Embedded Assignment
- 79% of undergraduate students
- 88% of graduate students
- Assessed by instructors as “excelling” or “performing acceptably”
Collegiate Learning Assessment
- Graduating undergraduate students in 95th percentile, “well above expected”
- Undergraduate value-added was in 79th percentile, “above expected”
Surveys
- Several surveys returned favorable results, with graduate students self-evaluating lower than undergraduate students.
2008-2009 Institutional Core Competency
Oral communication skills
Measurements
Direct: Assignments embedded in 21 classes across all Walsh College degree programs.
- Instructor received randomly selected names of ten students in their course.
- Instructors completed a standard template (rubric) to evaluate student performance in oral communication skills.
- Instructor selected assignment from course syllabus to evaluate student skills, using a scale of Excellent, Satisfactory, or Unsatisfactory.
Indirect: Surveys
- Currently enrolled students
- Graduating students
- Walsh Alumni
Oral Communication Skills Results
Course-Embedded Assignment
- 93% of undergraduate students
- 91% of graduate students
- Assessed by instructors as “excelling” or “performing satisfactorily”
Surveys
- Generally favorable results with undergraduate students self-evaluating themselves as having improved more than graduate students.
2007-2008 Programmatic Outcomes Assessment
Degree Programs Assessed
The Bachelor of Accountancy
Bachelor of Business Administration
Bachelor of Business Administration – General Business
Bachelor of Business Administration – Management
Master of Business Administration
Bachelor of Accountancy
Direct Measures: Pre- and Post-Tests and CPA exam
Indirect Measures: Senior exit survey and alumni survey
Results
- From entrance through completion, pre- and post-test scores increased by 47 points.
- Walsh students scored higher than the national average for the CPA examination sections on financial accounting and auditing
- Scores for the overall CPA entire examination closely tracked the national average.
- 92% of the seniors surveyed reported that the program quality was “good to excellent”.
- Virtually all alumni surveyed reported that the program prepared them to meet their career goals.
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
Direct Measures: Educational Testing Service Business Major Field Test (MFT)
Indirect Measures: Senior exit survey and alumni survey
Results
- Business Major Field Test (MFT) scores increased dramatically from entrance through completion.
- 78% of seniors reported that the quality of the program was “good to excellent.”
- 94% of alumni reported that the program prepared them to meet their career goals.
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA - GB)
Direct Measure: Educational Testing Service Business Major Field Test (MFT)
Indirect Measures: Senior exit survey and alumni survey
Results
- Business Major Field Test (MFT) scores increased from entrance through completion.
- 79% of seniors reported that the quality of the program was “good to excellent.”
- 75% of alumni reported that the program prepared them to meet their career goals.
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA -MGT)
Direct Measures: Capstone course team projects and upper division management course research paper
Indirect Measures: Senior exit survey and alumni survey
Results
- Students did a good job integrating concepts into reasonable points, with competent or better narratives with examples, construction, and sentence structure.
- 78% of graduating students surveyed reported that the quality of the BBA-MGT program was “good to excellent.”
- Virtually all alumni surveyed reported that the program prepared them to meet their career goals.
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Direct Measures: Educational Testing Service Business Major Field Test (MFT)
Indirect Measures: Exit survey and alumni survey
Results
- Test scores improved strongly from the time students entered the MBA program until they graduated.
- Walsh average score for the MBA Major Field Test tracked the national average.
- 86% of graduating students reported that the quality of the MBA program was “good to excellent”.
- 95% of alumni reported that the program prepared them to meet their career goals.