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Department Name: Assessment Plan for Academic Year: Director: Assessment Contact(s) (if not the director): Department Mission Statement: Department Vision Statement: Department Goals: UEP Assessment and Report.201314 Robbie Evans 2013-2014 1. Financial Stability - To create opportunities that promote the success of students by offering services and events that students identify to relieve financial stress and promote financial competence and confidence. The services will be offered in the fall and spring semesters. 2. Lift As You Climb - Positive Goals & Values - To promote positive goals and values by encouraging community service, making students aware of positive role models, historical and contemporary, and promoting positive discussion and goal setting in our events and communications with students every semester. 3. Life-Long Network of Support - Provide employment, social and networking opportunities, and continual communication to encourage bonding and support for UEP students to assist each other in maintaining relationships and working together for upward mobility each semester. The Urban Experience Program is dedicated to ensuring that students of UEP are equipped with comprehensive services that meet the holistic needs of the UEP students. The mission of the Urban Experience Program (UEP) complements the larger mission of the University of Houston by expanding opportunities for academic and economically underserved students.

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Page 1: Department Name: UEP Assessment and Report.201314 ... · Department Vision Statement: ... UEP Assessment and ... comprehensive services that meet the holistic needs of the UEP students

Department Name:

Assessment Plan for Academic Year:

Director:Assessment Contact(s)

(if not the director):Department Mission Statement:

Department Vision Statement:

Department Goals:

UEP Assessment and Report.201314

Robbie Evans2013-2014

1. Financial Stability - To create opportunities that promote the success of students by offering services and events that students identify to relieve financial stress and promote financial competence and confidence. The services will be offered in the fall and spring semesters.

2. Lift As You Climb - Positive Goals & Values - To promote positive goals and values by encouraging community service, making students aware of positive role models, historical and contemporary, and promoting positive discussion and goal setting in our events and communications with students every semester.

3. Life-Long Network of Support - Provide employment, social and networking opportunities, and continual communication to encourage bonding and support for UEP students to assist each other in maintaining relationships and working together for upward mobility each semester.

The Urban Experience Program is dedicated to ensuring that students of UEP are equipped with comprehensive services that meet the holistic needs of the UEP students.

The mission of the Urban Experience Program (UEP) complements the larger mission of the University of Houston by expanding opportunities for academic and economically underserved students.

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Learning Outcome(s) and/or Program Objective(s)

Method FrequencyTimeline (Month)

PurposeGoal(s)

Supported

As a result of participation in on-campus social service opportunities, students will save time and appreciate the special benefits and the thoughtful details arranged by UEP for their comfort and dignity. This is a new service and a target percentage of student participants will be established after the first year of assessment.

Surveys and Interviews with participants will determine trends.

Once a semester.

Spring 2014 March or April

To respond to the needs of students regarding social services.

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Results: The survey data revealed that some students utilzed on campus social service sponsored by UEP.

Action: Based on the data, this service will be continued for the Fall of 2014. After the fall the service will be reevaluated.

Program or Services Being Assessed: Social Services Opportunity

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Learning Outcome(s) and/or Program Objective(s)

Method FrequencyTimeline (Month)

PurposeGoal(s)

SupportedAs a result of reading the UEP e-newsletter subscribers will be able to identify or articulate that the UEP Newsletter contributes to and/or broaden their knowledge base. This is a new format of distributing the UEP newsletter and a target number of subscribers that identify this information will be established after the first year of assessments.

A review or survey will be part of the newsletter.

Once in fall and spring semester.

December and May Broaden the knowledge base to which readers have access.

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Action: Based on the data, UEP will continue to use the newsletter as a programming and marketing tool. In addition the newsletter will regularly be evaluated for effectiveness.

Program or Services Being Assessed: UEP Newsletter

Results: Survey was administered at the end of Spring smester. The survey data revealed that the newsletter is one of the communication

formats that UEP students are informed about UEP events.

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Learning Outcome(s) and/or Program Objective(s)

Method FrequencyTimeline (Month)

PurposeGoal(s)

SupportedAs a result of attending the Spring Refresher, students will be able to articulate their most important need as a UH student out of the different student needs that UEP offers services for that contribute to students success.

The needs assessment form will be used to determine the areas of perceived need.

Spring semester

Spring 2014 February or March

Data will be used to evaluate interest and effectiveness of various programs and events. Changes can be made based on the data or the interest level.

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Results: Survey data provided did not address this program objective/learning outcome.

Action: Based on lack of data from previous UEP administration, current UEP administration will create, administer, and evaluate this

programming event in the future.

Program or Services Being Assessed: Student Interests Assessment, administered at Spring Refresher