I. OBJECTIVES, OUTCOMES and ASSESSMENT A ... - pace university

faculty members engaged with industrial projects who have evidence of
employment needs.
Program alumni/ae prosper to the extent that they have been provided with
knowledge and abilities beyond entry level skills that will promote professional
ascent. For example, life-long learning and being equipped for responsible and
ethical participation in professional roles is integral to positions of ever increasing
responsibility (objective 1). Assessment taps into the experiences and
recommendations of recent alumni/ae with a survey, the latest of which was
performed in November 2005. The results help to shape the objectives and the
resulting curriculum.
The faculty’s sense of professional accomplishment rests on the ability of the
program to attract motivated students and prepare them for success. For
example, when speaking about program worthiness, the faculty emphasizes a
firm grasp of foundational ideas and the ability to use this knowledge in problemsolving
(objective 2). Faculty input on the objectives comes primarily by way of
their participation in the Curriculum Committee.
Members of the Advisory Board extend themselves to see the School prosper in
many ways. For example, the Advisory Board actively promotes the Annual
Leadership in Service and Technology fund-raiser for scholarships. The stature
of the School reflects upon their own. Beyond this, Advisory Board members are
also employers, and as such they provide the employers’ opinions on the
objectives. For example, informedness on social issues surrounding the
application of computing technology is an objective they endorsed (objective 5).
In the end, all of our stakeholders benefit when the program meets each of the
five objectives and produces well-rounded, well-equipped graduates.
B.1.A.5. For each program educational objective, indicate the following:
• the mechanism(s) used to measure it.
• when it is measured and who is responsible for obtaining the
measurement.
• the extent to which the educational objective is being met.
• all improvements, if any, that have been identified as a result of
the assessment data collected.
• the implementation time-line for any improvements identified.
• where the improvement has been documented.
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