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Assessment Impact
North Carolina State University
31ASPSA - Academic Support Program for Student Athletes

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Outcome: Academic advising - All FSAs - Providing academic advising for freshman student athletes at a satisfaction level of 4.0 ("Satisfied") or above in five areas, as measured by the NACADA Advising Survey
Tracks: Freshman Student Athletes

Start Date: 08/01/2002
End Date:
Status: Completed
Evaluation of Your Assessment Process:
Assessment Methods
Method Criterion Schedule How do you plan to use this data?
SUR - NACADA Survey of Advising April, 2003 Academic coordinators will receive results and discuss as a staff

Outcome: Academic advising - All SA - Providing academic advising for all student athletes at an satisfaction level of 4.0 ("Agree " or greater) on the Student Academic Advising section (8 questions) of the ASPSA Evaluation Survey.
Tracks: All Student Athletes

Start Date: 08/01/2001
End Date: 05/31/2002
Status: Completed
Evaluation of Your Assessment Process:
Assessment Methods
Method Criterion Schedule How do you plan to use this data?
SUR - ASPSA Evaluation Survey April, 2002

Observations / Interpretation of Data
Observation / Interpretation of Data Decision(s) Made Follow-Up Resolved
05/31/2002 -- Student athletes gave an average score of 3.97 (3 (CONVERTED)
DESCRIPTION: Student athletes gave an average score of 3.97 (3 was "undecided" and 4 was "agree") to the statement "ASPSA provides high quality advising"
TYPE: Distinction / Strength
Continue to involve staff in opportunities for enhancing advising skills
Yes
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Outcome: Academic Advising - All SAs - Providing academic advising for all student athletes at a level of 4.0 ("Agree" or greater) as measured by four questions in the "Academic Advising" section of the ASPSA Evaluation Survey [Show / Hide Outcome Detail]
Tracks: All Student Athletes

Start Date: 08/01/2002
End Date: 05/31/2003
Status: Completed
Evaluation of Your Assessment Process:
Assessment Methods
Method Criterion Schedule How do you plan to use this data?
SUR - ASPSA Evaluation Survey April, 2003 Academic coordinators will receive results and discuss as a staff

Outcome: Academic advising for FSA - Providing academic advising for freshman student athletes at an overall satisfaction level of 4.0 ("more than adequately" or above) as measured by these students' responses to the NACADA survey.
Tracks: Freshman Student Athletes

Start Date: 08/01/2001
End Date: 05/31/2002
Status: Completed
Evaluation of Your Assessment Process:
Assessment Methods
Method Criterion Schedule How do you plan to use this data?
SUR - NACADA Survey of Advising April 2002

Observations / Interpretation of Data
Observation / Interpretation of Data Decision(s) Made Follow-Up Resolved
05/31/2002 -- ASPSA staff exceeded the national norms in the per(CONVERTED)
DESCRIPTION: ASPSA staff exceeded the national norms in the percentage of respondents saying that the advising system meets their needs exceptionally well (40.0% versus 17.8 nationally) or more than adequately (34.7% versus 22.2 nationally)
TYPE: Distinction / Strength
NOTES: Top five needs met: (all above the national average) (1) Dealing with personal problems, (2) Improving my study skills and habits, (3) obtaining course credit through nontraditional means, (4) obtaining financial aid, and (5) meeting requirements for graduation, student teaching, certification, etc. Continue to enhance already strong academic advising skills of staff
Yes
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Outcome: Academic planning -- "at risk" - The appropriate ASPSA staff member, with the student's input, developing a written academic intervention plan that meets criteria set forth by the Director of ASPSA for "at risk" student athletes
Tracks: All Student Athletes

Start Date: 08/01/2001
End Date:
Status: Completed
Evaluation of Your Assessment Process:
Assessment Methods
Method Criterion Schedule How do you plan to use this data?
RUB - Written Academic Plans Developed September, 2001 - ongoing - each semester

Observations / Interpretation of Data
Observation / Interpretation of Data Decision(s) Made Follow-Up Resolved
09/30/2001 -- All "at risk" athletes had written plans in place (CONVERTED)
DESCRIPTION: All "at risk" athletes had written plans in place by the end of September, 2001
TYPE: Distinction / Strength
NOTES: No changes required
Yes
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Outcome: ASPSA Web Site - Hits on the ASPSA website will increase 64% [Show / Hide Outcome Detail]
Tracks: Administration/Staff
All Student Athletes
Alumni
Employers
Faculty
Freshman Student Athletes
Graduating Seniors
Juniors
Parents
Seniors
Sophomores
Transfer Student Athletes

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Outcome: Certification of eligibility - Certifying 95% of student athletes as eligible for participation in their sports as measured by NCAA standards
Tracks: All Student Athletes

Start Date: 08/01/2001
End Date: 01/09/2003
Status: Completed
Evaluation of Your Assessment Process:
Assessment Methods
Method Criterion Schedule How do you plan to use this data?
REV - Eligibility Review May, 2002
August, 2002
January, 2003 Will know final results of certification for all sports in January, 2003 (individuals for spring 2003 sports have until the end of fall 2002 to earn certification)

Observations / Interpretation of Data
Observation / Interpretation of Data Decision(s) Made Follow-Up Resolved
08/31/2002 -- More than 95% of student athletes were certified f(CONVERTED)
DESCRIPTION: More than 95% of student athletes were certified for competition by August 31, 2002, based on grades at the end of Summer Session II
TYPE: Distinction / Strength
NOTES: Monitoring appropriate - no changes needed at this time
Yes
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Outcome: Cooperation with the Council of Athletics - Having each ASPSA staff member demonstrate adequate cooperation in answering the questions of faculty members of the Council on Athletics, as measured by responses to a post-review questionnaire completed by the faculty members
Tracks: Faculty

Start Date: 08/01/2001
End Date: 05/31/2002
Status: Completed
Evaluation of Your Assessment Process:
Assessment Methods
Method Criterion Schedule How do you plan to use this data?
QUEST - Post-review questionnaire June, 2002 Academic Coordinators receive results of questionnaire

Observations / Interpretation of Data
Observation / Interpretation of Data Decision(s) Made Follow-Up Resolved
06/01/2002 -- All Council members rated cooperation as "above av(CONVERTED)
DESCRIPTION: All Council members rated cooperation as "above average" or better
TYPE: Distinction / Strength
NOTES: No changes required
Yes
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Outcome: FYS academic integrity 100% attendance - Ensuring that 100% of first year students attend a seminar sponsored by the Office of Student Conduct and complete an academic integrity exercise prepared by OSC [Show / Hide Outcome Detail]
Tracks: Freshman Student Athletes

Start Date: 08/01/2001
End Date:
Status: Completed
Evaluation of Your Assessment Process:
Assessment Methods
Method Criterion Schedule How do you plan to use this data?
SEM - Academic Integrity Seminar and Exercise October, 2001 and each October from this point

Outcome: FYS Academic Transition - Helping first-year student athletes make a successful transition to college. 90% of first-year student athletes will indicate they have made a successful academic adjustment to NC State as measured by the Academic Adjustment Subscale of the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire.
Tracks: Freshman Student Athletes

Start Date: 08/01/2001
End Date: 05/31/2002
Status: Completed
Evaluation of Your Assessment Process:
Assessment Methods
Method Criterion Schedule How do you plan to use this data?
QUEST- Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire April, 2002

Observations / Interpretation of Data
Observation / Interpretation of Data Decision(s) Made Follow-Up Resolved
05/31/2002 -- 51.7% of the women and 26.5% of the men indicated (CONVERTED)
DESCRIPTION: 51.7% of the women and 26.5% of the men indicated they had made a successful transition to college as measured by a 50th percentile score or higher on the Academic Adjustment Subscale of the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire
TYPE: Problem / Limitation
NOTES: Employing a Learning Specialist and four graduate assistants who specifically work with underprepared students and those with diagnosed physical, psychological, and learning disabilities
Yes
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Outcome: FYS cheating knowledge - Having 90% of first year students earn a 80% or higher on an instrument designed to measure level of knowledge about what constitutes cheating
Tracks: Freshman Student Athletes

Start Date: 08/01/2001
End Date:
Status: Completed
Evaluation of Your Assessment Process:
Assessment Methods
Method Criterion Schedule How do you plan to use this data?
QUEST - Academic Integrity Questionnaire December, 2001 and 2002

Observations / Interpretation of Data
Observation / Interpretation of Data Decision(s) Made Follow-Up Resolved
12/31/2001 -- 84% of the first year students made a 80 or higher(CONVERTED)
DESCRIPTION: 84% of the first year students made a 80 or higher on a questionnaire designed to measure their knowledge of cheating
TYPE: Problem / Limitation
NOTES: Next year, spend more time on the issues covered by the questions that most students missed 09/30/2002 -- In the fall of 2002, the freshman student athletes heard a case-based presentation on academic integrity presented by the Associate Director of the Office of Student Conduct with noted areas highlighted

Yes
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09/30/2001 -- 99% of first year student athletes attended a sess(CONVERTED)
DESCRIPTION: 99% of first year student athletes attended a session presented by the Associate Director of the Office of Student Conduct on academic integrity and what constitutes cheating
TYPE: Problem / Limitation
NOTES: Make sure student athletes take advantage of makeup opportunities
Yes
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Outcome: Graduation Rate - Student athletes graduating at a rate consistent with the corresponding NC State student body cohort (+ or - 3%).
Tracks: All Student Athletes

Start Date: 08/01/2002
End Date: 05/31/2003
Status: Completed
Evaluation of Your Assessment Process: Student athletes graduated at the rate of 64% - same as the corresponding cohort (64%)
Assessment Methods
Method Criterion Schedule How do you plan to use this data?
PI - Graduation rate June, 2002

Observations / Interpretation of Data
Observation / Interpretation of Data Decision(s) Made Follow-Up Resolved
10/30/2002 -- Student athletes in the 1995-96 cohort graduated a(CONVERTED)
DESCRIPTION: Student athletes in the 1995-96 cohort graduated at the rate of 52% while the overall student body graduation rate was 62%
TYPE: Problem / Limitation
NOTES: Look at numbers of student athletes transferring in good academic standing to other universities; continue to strengthen programming for "at risk" student athletes
Ye
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Outcome: Identification of "at risk" student athletes - Having a 90% success rate of identifying "at risk" student athletes [Show / Hide Outcome Detail]
Tracks: All Student Athletes

Start Date: 08/01/2001
End Date: 05/31/2002
Status: Completed
Evaluation of Your Assessment Process: Using the AI and transfer GPAs of incoming student-athletes, we were able to have 100% success rate - goal met
Assessment Methods
Method Criterion Schedule How do you plan to use this data?
PI - Success rate of identifying at risk athletes January, 2002

Observations / Interpretation of Data
Observation / Interpretation of Data Decision(s) Made Follow-Up Resolved
05/31/2002 -- All "at risk" student athletes were identified and(CONVERTED)
DESCRIPTION: All "at risk" student athletes were identified and then tracked carefully using AI's and, for some, transfer GPAs
TYPE: Distinction / Strength
NOTES: Continue to look carefully at those student athletes who may be at risk due to non-academic factors
Yes
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Outcome: Improving study skills of FYS - Improving student study skills through the Introduction to University Education course (MDS 101C) in the fall semester. The study skills of 90% of first-year student athletes will improve as measured by an increase of 10 percentile points or more on a minimum of one subscale from the pre- to the post-course administration of the LASSI (Learning and Study Skills Inventory).
Tracks: Freshman Student Athletes

Start Date: 08/01/2001
End Date: 05/31/2002
Status: Completed
Evaluation of Your Assessment Process:
Assessment Methods
Method Criterion Schedule How do you plan to use this data?
EVAL - LASSI conducted pretest in August, 2001, and posttest in December, 2001 ASPSA staff provided overall results

Observations / Interpretation of Data
Observation / Interpretation of Data Decision(s) Made Follow-Up Resolved
05/31/2002 -- 90.35% improved one subscale or more - goal was me(CONVERTED)
DESCRIPTION: 90.35% improved one subscale or more - goal was met
TYPE: Distinction / Strength
NOTES: Will continue to emphasize areas that were not as strong for a majority of the student athletes
Yes
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Outcome: Major placement - 5th semester - Placing 90% of student athletes entering their fifth semester of enrollment in a specific major [Show / Hide Outcome Detail]
Tracks: Juniors
Start Date: 08/01/2001
End Date: 05/31/2002
Status: Completed
Evaluation of Your Assessment Process: Will have data in January, 2003, once all student athletes are certified for spring 2003 sports
Assessment Methods
Method Criterion Schedule How do you plan to use this data?
Placement - Placement in specific majors January, 2002

Observations / Interpretation of Data
Observation / Interpretation of Data Decision(s) Made Follow-Up Resolved
12/31/2001 -- More than 95% of fifth semester student athletes w(CONVERTED)
DESCRIPTION: More than 95% of fifth semester student athletes were placed in majors by the end of December, 2001
TYPE: Distinction / Strength
NOTES: Continue to explore options with those students who are not yet in majors because of GPA
Yes
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Outcome: NCAA eligibility knowledge - Having ASPSA staff members demonstrate knowledge of NCAA eligibility requirements at the level of adequate or greater during an annual review including a written evaluation by the Director of ASPSA
Tracks: Faculty

Start Date: 08/01/2001
End Date: 05/31/2002
Status: Completed
Evaluation of Your Assessment Process:
Assessment Methods
Method Criterion Schedule How do you plan to use this data?
REV - Annual Review June, 2002

Observations / Interpretation of Data
Observation / Interpretation of Data Decision(s) Made Follow-Up Resolved
05/31/2002 -- All ASPSA staff members working directly with eval(CONVERTED)
DESCRIPTION: All ASPSA staff members working directly with evaluation of NCAA eligibility requirements were judged to have adequate or greater knowledge of those requirements
TYPE: Distinction / Strength
NOTES: Continue to enhance training of all ASPSA staff in the area of compliance
Yes
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Outcome: Postgraduate scholarships - Ensuring that student athletes are competitive in their search for postgraduate scholarship monies and honors, as demonstrated by the awarding of a minimum of two postgraduate scholarships
Tracks: Seniors

Start Date: 08/01/2001
End Date: 05/31/2002
Status: Completed
Evaluation of Your Assessment Process: Three NCAA postgraduate scholarships went to NC State student athletes and one ACC postgraduate scholarship went to one of these athletes - total was 4 - goal was met
Assessment Methods
Method Criterion Schedule How do you plan to use this data?
COMP - NCAA and ACC postgraduate scholarship competition appropriate deadline

Observations / Interpretation of Data
Observation / Interpretation of Data Decision(s) Made Follow-Up Resolved
03/01/2002 -- NC State student athletes received three NCAA post(CONVERTED)
DESCRIPTION: NC State student athletes received three NCAA postgraduate scholarships and one ACC postgraduate scholarship
TYPE: Distinction / Strength
NOTES: Continue to work with student athletes on strengthening applications for postgraduate scholarships
Yes
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Outcome: Service learning information - Having MDS 101C instructors distribute to 100% of their first-year student athletes materials on service learning opportunities available through the university
Tracks: Freshman Student Athletes

Start Date: 08/01/2001
End Date: 12/31/2001
Status: Completed
Evaluation of Your Assessment Process:
Assessment Methods
Method Criterion Schedule How do you plan to use this data?
Examine class roll sheets October or November, 2001

Observations / Interpretation of Data
Observation / Interpretation of Data Decision(s) Made Follow-Up Resolved
05/31/2002 -- All freshmen student athletes in the MDS 101C clas(CONVERTED)
DESCRIPTION: All freshmen student athletes in the MDS 101C class were given materials from the Center for Student Leadership, Ethics, and Public Service to inform them of university-sponsored opportunities for service learning
TYPE: Distinction / Strength
NOTES: Continue to provide information
Yes
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Outcome: Service learning involvement - Having students involved in the service learning project during the Spring, 2002, semester report a Good or higher level of satisfaction with their experience, as measured by the ASPSA Evaluation Survey.
Tracks: All Student Athletes

Start Date: 08/01/2001
End Date: 01/06/2002
Status: Completed
Evaluation of Your Assessment Process: Program delayed - not included in ASPSA Evaluation Survey
Assessment Methods
Method Criterion Schedule How do you plan to use this data?
SUR - ASPSA Evaluation Survey Not scheduled at this time 01/06/2002 - ASPSA decided that the program is not ready for implementation for at least one year

Observations / Interpretation of Data
Observation / Interpretation of Data Decision(s) Made Follow-Up Resolved
01/01/2002 -- Postponed program for at least one year - not incl(CONVERTED)
DESCRIPTION: Postponed program for at least one year - not included in survey
TYPE: Problem / Limitation
NOTES: No
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Outcome: Tutor evaluation by supervisor - Having tutors in eleven core disciplines (see attachment A) rated by the Tutorial Coordinator as "Good" or better, as measured by an evaluation instrument designed by ASPSA.
Tracks: Faculty

Start Date: 08/01/2001
End Date: 05/31/2002
Status: Completed
Evaluation of Your Assessment Process:
Assessment Methods
Method Criterion Schedule How do you plan to use this data?
OBS - observation of tutorial sessions May, 2002

Observations / Interpretation of Data
Observation / Interpretation of Data Decision(s) Made Follow-Up Resolved
05/31/2002 -- The overall score for tutors rated was 1.4375 on a(CONVERTED)
DESCRIPTION: The overall score for tutors rated was 1.4375 on a Likert scale that started with 1- "excellent," 2 - "above average" and so on.
TYPE: Distinction / Strength
NOTES: Continue to provide training to tutors
Yes
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Outcome: Tutorial Assistance - Having students report an average satisfaction level of "Good" or better for those tutors assigned to them, as measured by the ASPSA Evaluation Survey.
Tracks: All Student Athletes

Start Date: 08/01/2001
End Date: 05/31/2002
Status: Completed
Evaluation of Your Assessment Process: The average response was 2.22 to a evaluative rating of tutors (2 was "above average" and 3 was "good") - goal was met
Assessment Methods
Method Criterion Schedule How do you plan to use this data?
SUR - ASPSA Evaluation Survey April,2002

Observations / Interpretation of Data
Observation / Interpretation of Data Decision(s) Made Follow-Up Resolved
05/31/2002 -- The average response was 2.22 to a evaluative rati(CONVERTED)
DESCRIPTION: The average response was 2.22 to a evaluative rating of tutors (2 was "above average" and 3 was "good")
TYPE: Distinction / Strength
NOTES: Maintain strong evaluations through continued training
Yes
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Outcome: Tutorial knowledge of compliance issues - Having all tutors earn an 80% score or higher on a compliance questionnaire measuring their knowledge of NCAA rules regarding academic support.
Tracks: Faculty

Start Date: 08/01/2001
End Date: 05/31/2002
Status: Completed
Evaluation of Your Assessment Process:
Assessment Methods
Method Criterion Schedule How do you plan to use this data?
QUEST - Compliance Questionnaire once per semester

Observations / Interpretation of Data
Observation / Interpretation of Data Decision(s) Made Follow-Up Resolved
05/31/2002 -- All tutors who completed the compliance questionna(CONVERTED)
DESCRIPTION: All tutors who completed the compliance questionnaire made a 90% or better
TYPE: Distinction / Strength
NOTES: No changes required
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