Progress and Performance

Strategies

1. 1.1 Expand learning outcomes assessment
2. 1.2 Expand and promote opportunities for students to engage in research and Active Learning
3. 1.3 Improve key student student transition experiences
4. 1.4 Encourage better advising and student ownership of education
5. 1.5 Promote and support high quality graduate education
6. 1.6 Assist students to explore ethical issues in their processional and personal lives

Selected Performance Measures

• Percentage of academic programs with specified learning objectives
• Percentage of academic programs with a formal assessment plan
• Percentage of undergraduates who have participated in academic research with faculty outside of class, written a thesis, or completed a capstone project
• First-year and third-year undergraduate retention rates
• Four-year and six-year undergraduate graduation rates
• Graduate student completion rate
• Average graduate student time-to-degree
• Participation in LEAP, iLEAP, and STEP
• Selected measures from the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) such as "Level of Academic Challenge", "Active and Collaborative Learning", "Student-Faculty Interaction", "Enriching Educational Experiences", "Supportive Campus Environment" and "Percent of students reporting having completed a practicum, internship, field experience, co-op experience, or clinical assignment"
• Percentage of students reporting that Penn State contributed to their "developing a personal code of values and ethics"