Institutional Assessment

The successful graduate of MSSU will demonstrate literacy.

Outcomes

• The successful graduate of MSSU will demonstrate literacy within broad areas of knowledge.
• The successful graduate of MSSU will demonstrate literacy that is discipline specific.

Measures

• Broad literacy - ETS Proficiency Profile.
• Discipline-specific literacy - mapped from measures of knowledge base as articulated in program-level assessment plans.

The successful graduate of MSSU will demonstrate preparedness to contribute positively to local, national, and global communities.

Outcomes

• The successful graduate of MSSU will identify with the universalities of the human experience.
• The successful graduate of MSSU will interact with others in a culturally competent manner.
• The successful graduate of MSSU will make decisions that are sensitive to the interdependence of individuals and systems.
• The successful graduate of MSSU will participate in the social and political life of the community.

Measures

• Identification with human experience - map from a variety of courses.
• Cultural competence - National Survey of Student Engagement.
• Principled decision-making (interdependence) - map from a variety of courses.
• Community engagement - National Survey of Student Engagement - Topical Module Civic Engagement 2019.

The successful graduate of MSSU will attend to personal and professional well-being.

Outcomes

• The successful graduate of MSSU will strive for physical wellness.
• The successful graduate of MSSU will pursue social wellness.
• The successful graduate of MSSU will reflect on occupational wellness.
• The successful graduate of MSSU will seek intellectual wellness.
• The successful graduate of MSSU will strive for emotional wellness.

Measures

• Learning outcomes are mapped from degree-program outcomes and examined campus wide through the Missouri Assessment of College Health Behaviors (MACHB) and the College Senior Survey.

• Goal: For the Fall 2018 Cohort (FTFTBS), MSSU will have a first- to second-year retention rate of 67%.
• Aspirational Goal: For the Fall 2018 Cohort (FTFTBS), MSSU aspires to attain a first- to second-year retention rate of 68%.

Rationale

For the Fall 2015 cohort, MSSU’s MDHE peer group of 19 institutions has a first- to second-year median retention rate of 67%. For the last decade MSSU has hovered between 60-65% for this retention measure. MSSU would like to perform equal to or slightly higher than its peer group for first- to second-year retention.

Source: University Council Meeting, 4/30/18

• Goal: For the Fall 2018 Cohort (FTFTBS), MSSU will have a four-year graduation rate of 16%.
• Aspirational Goal: For the Fall 2018 Cohort (FTFTBS), MSSU aspires to attain a four-year graduation rate of 17%.

Rationale

For the Fall 2010 cohort, MSSU’s MDHE peer group of 19 institutions has a four-year graduation rate of 16%. For the last decade MSSU has hovered between 11-16% for this retention measure; we have not seen the 16% mark since the Fall 2008 cohort. MSSU would like to perform equal to or slightly higher than its peer group for four-year graduation rate. If first to second year retention rates and four year graduation rates increase, then a six-year graduation rate increase is likely to follow.