Student Services Program Review-Spring 2010 - Shasta College

Student Learning OutcomesSLOs have not been clearly developed for this area. There is survey data regardingStudent Satisfaction in the Research Office, unavailable for presentation at this time.Service Learning OutcomePhysical and psychological health is associated with academic development,leadership qualities, overall satisfaction and most importantly academicachievement. Health reasons are cited as one of the major factors in drop outstatistic rates. The Student Health and Wellness Services office stays focused onmaintaining maximum health and wellness services with the understanding andrecognition that there is an ever increasing number of students who exhibitcomplaints of chronic mental health challenges that in many cases are preexistingconditions.Assessment: Student Health and Wellness Services faculty and staff will promoteStudent Health and Wellness Services utilizing the venues of classrooms,residence halls, and other student group presentations, with the purpose ofincreasing student awareness of Student Health and Wellness Services as aresource that assists with student success and retention.Program SummaryThe structure and function of the Shasta College Student Health and Wellness Servicesmirror the recommendations of the Health Services Association of the CaliforniaCommunity Colleges (HSACCC). To that extent, our program could be called a modelprogram.A remarkable array of services is available in a fairly limited physical setting. Theseservices increase the probability of students being able to continue if not complete theirstudies. There is a complex relationship between student health and student education,as they both may be seen as facets of any given person. Students who are at riskeducationally are at risk in terms of health. Students whose health is at risk are also atrisk educationally. And economic vulnerability has impact on health and education both,obviously. Our services are increasingly important as a greater percentage of citizensslip into the ranks of the uninsured. Our health center is affordable for students, and it isoften the students’ only medical home.- 142 -