Taking the Yellow Brick Road:

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Taking the Yellow Brick Road Off to Find
General Education Student Learning Outcomes

Jozi DeLeon Associate Provost
Bobbie Derlin Planning and Outcomes Assessment
Debra Teachman Campus Academic Officer Alamogordo
New Mexico State University NMHEAR Albuquerque
NM 2/24/08
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Three Primary Challenges State Policy
Environment Transfer Articulation General
Education Decision Making Was Disconnected From
Other NMSU Curriculum Decisions Realizing The
Power Of One University NMSU
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AAHE HLC/NCA Fall 2002 Workshop Development Of
The NMSU Outcomes Assessment Capstone
Project Fall 2002 General Education Task
Force Appointed by Provost Summer 2003 2004
NMHEAA Retreats Focused on General Education
Assessment And Two-Year Four-Year Outcomes
Assessment Integration
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General Education Task Force Goals Identify of
Best Practices To Enrich Undergraduate Student
Experience Improve Student Learning
Outcomes Facilitate Articulation
Transfer Maintain Reputation for Academic
Excellence
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Presently Proposed General Education Mission
General Education at NMSU provides all students
with a broad foundation and common framework upon
which to develop knowledge and skills, social
consciousness and respect for self and others
thus enabling them to function responsibly and
effectively in society now and in the future.
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State Policy Environment Transfer Articulation
NMCHE Lower-Division General Education Common
Core Curriculum 35 semester hours
Communications Mathematics Laboratory Science
Social/Behavioral Science Humanities/Fine Arts
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State Policy Environment Transfer Articulation
NMSU General Education Requirements38
Credits Developing Critical Thinking Modes of
Expression (16 credits lower division) Establish
ing a Common Background (16 credits lower
division) Viewing a Wider World (6 credits
upper division) APPROVED BY BOARD OF REGENTS,
MAY 12, 1989
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State Policy Environment Transfer Articulation
Examine Credits Required Examine Upper Division
Credits Reconcile NMSU and NMCHE General
Education Structures Remove Impediments to
Student Articulation And Transfer Among NMSU
Two-Year Campuses The Four-Year Campus Between
NMSU and Outside Two-Year Institutions
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General Education Decision Making Was
Disconnected From Other NMSU Curriculum
Tie General Education Course Certification
Procedures More Tightly To Student Learning
Outcomes That Could Be Readily Measured Integrate
Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Procedures
That Engage Faculty Improve Dissemination of
Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Results
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Realizing The Power Of One University Integrate
Four-Year and Two-Year NMSU Campuses Achieve
Consistency In Service Delivery Facilitate
Collegial Relationships Among Faculty Realize
Synergy Among Faculty And Staff To Support
Student Success
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Student Learning Outcomes Development Fall
2003 Process To Support GETF Goals Student
Success Strategies Exploration Modified Nominal
Group Process Work Groups
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Student Learning Outcomes Exploration Related to
Best Practices Identification Results of
Student Surveys Spring 03 Members Collected
Over 200 SLOs WWW Readings Reports
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Student Learning Outcomes Modified Nominal Group
Process Members Analyzed And Ranked gt120
SLOs 3 Types OF Analysis Mission/Vision-Based
Analysis Knowledge And Skills Social
Consciousness Respect For Self And Others
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Student Learning Outcomes Modified Nominal Group
Process NMCHE Structural Analysis Communications
Mathematics Laboratory Science
Social/Behavioral Science Humanities/Fine
Arts
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Student Learning Outcomes Modified Nominal Group
Process Outcomes Assessment Analysis Central vs.
Classroom Suggested Method/Technique Top 20
Ranking
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Student Learning Outcomes Modified Nominal Group
Process Staff Analysis Votes NMCHE and
Mission/Vision Criteria Top 20 gt25 SLOs What
We Learned Knowledge And Skills Communications Soc
ial Consciousness
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Student Learning Outcomes Development Fall
2003 3 SLO Author Groups Five NMCHE Structural
Categories Communications Mathematics Laboratory
Science Social/Behavioral Science Humanities/Fin
e Arts Viewing The Wider World (Upper Division)
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Student Learning Outcomes Development Spring
2004 GETF Recommendations Vs. NMSU Prior
General Education Requirements Presented SLO
Recommendations to Faculty
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Student Learning Outcomes Development Summer
Fall 2004 Revisited Our Work Recommendations
to Provost 1/05 Initiating University Community
Review Approval Processes Now Anticipated
Implementation Fall 06