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Assessment - OSU Perspective

OSU Perspective is a publication from the Student Affairs Office of Research and Evaluation. The newsletter was developed to provide assessment and other information about our students and programs. We hope that by making this information available to OSU faculty and staff, we can stimulate conversation that helps to keep students and student learning at our core. OSU Perspective is published quarterly in print and on the web.

Volume 5 (1) April 2008
Contents: PERSPECTIVE is back!; Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership; Student Voice: A New Assessment Tool and Management Software; National Survey of Student Engagement; Thoughts on Assessment.

Volume 4 (2) June 2006
Contents: National Survey of Student Engagement--OSU Results, Weatherford Hall: The Living and Learning Environment, International Assessment and Retention Conference, and Faculty Survey of Student Engagement--OSU Results.

Volume 4 (1) October 2005
Contents: Student Success: Creating conditions that Matter, What OSU First Year Students Say About Their First Few Months of Residential Experience, Student Borrowing and Debt Burden, and Thoughts on First Year Retention.

Volume 3 (3) May 2005
Contents: Greater Expectations, University Assessment Council Launched, Financial Aid - Working to Help Students Succeed, So Many Outcomes So Little Time (How to Focus Your Assessment), For Further Reading.

Volume 3 (2) April 2005
Contents: OSU Students of Color Results on the National Survey of Student Engagement, Project DEEP: Documenting Effective Educational Practices, First Year Students' Opinions on Social and Political Issues, For Further Reading, Student Affairs Assessment Council Updates.

Volume 3 (1) January 2005
Contents: OSU Student Learning and Assessment Symposium A Success, Key OSU Results on the 2004 National Survey of Student Engagement, 20 Tips for Survey Design, What is the Bologna Process?, For Further Reading, Student Affairs Assessment Council Wants You!, Faculty and Students Invited to Respond to Surveys on Student Engagement in 2005.

Volume 2 (4) June 2004
Contents: Student Affairs Use of Large Scale Surveys, OSU Symposium Slated for Fall, 2004, Entering OSU First Year Students, First Year Student Experiences, Faculty and Students Respond to Surveys of Student Engagement, Student Affairs Assessment Team Invited to NC State Assessment Symposium.

Volume 2 (3) February 2004
Contents:  Use of a Large Scale Survey for Benchmarking Library Service Quality, "Matching Service" to Help Students Pick Roomies, OSU Odyssey--What Do Students Think?, First Year Students Tell Us about Their First Year at OSU.

Volume 2 (2) Special Edition, November 2003, 2003 | Volume 2 (2) November, 2003 [plain text]
Contents:  Rec Sports-An Excellent Place to Workout and Play!  Students Rate MU as One of the Best!  How Do Students Rate OSU Student Health Services Quality?  Use of External Resources for Conducting Assessment; What Do Students Who Use the OSU Counseling and Psychological Services Tell Us?  GPA's of Students in Residence Halls Tops Those Who "Live Out."  START Soars!

Volume 2 (1) September, 2003 | Volume 2 (1) September, 2003 [plain text]
Contents: Student Leaders of Positive Innovation make Recommendations to Provost's Council, Student Affairs Council Wants You!, Gap Measurement Analysis: A Useful Model for Service Quality Assessment, Assessment Expert to Consult at OSU, MU Looks Good!

Volume 1 (3) May, 2003 [pdf] | Volume 1 (3) May, 2003 [plain text]
Contents: What Do Incoming OSU First Year Students Tell Us?, Did You Know?, Total Immersion--Enhancing the OSU Student Experience, For Further Reading, Using Assessment Data in Student Life, OSU Perspective: What Is It?, Assessment Highlights from Student Affairs Departments

Volume 1 (2), March 2003 [pdf] | Volume 1 (2), March 2003 [plain text]
Contents: Health Impediments to Academic Performance, Students' Personal Challenges During the First Year, What Do Students Say About Study Abroad?, Speaking: Fundamental for College Graduates?, Did You Know?, Assessment Highlights from Student Affairs Departments

Volume 1(1), January, 2003 [pdf] | The text only version of this document is unavailable at this time.  Request a hard copy.
Contents: Good Educational Practices, Did You Know?, How are First Year and Senior Students Using Their Time?, OSU Perspective: What is it?, Assessment Highlights from Student Affairs Departments

Ideas and suggestions for the OSU Perspective are welcomed.

Contact:
Rebecca A. Sanderson, Ph.D.
Director
Student Affairs Research and Evaluation
102 Buxton Hall
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331

Email Rebecca.Sanderson@oregonstate.edu or call (541) 737-8738