College-wide assessment findings by topic or issue
Consistent with its “utilization-focused” approach to assessment, the Office of Institutional Research and Evaluation prepares reports that integrate assessment findings from a variety of sources around specific topics or issues. These thematic reports can help individual faculty members, committees, task forces, departments and programs, and other units of the College use assessment findings to inform and improve their work.
Please note: The reports on this page are currently accessible only from on-campus or VPN-connected computers. This is because most of them include older assessment findings that were governed by restrictive inter-institutional confidentiality provisions that limited the sharing of results to internal audiences. Our more recent assessment projects permit public sharing of aggregate results, and those results are available on our Assessment findings by source of evidence page. As the topical reports below are updated with more recent data, they will be made public. In the meantime, please contact the Office of Institutional Research and Evaluation (ir-e-office@stolaf.edu) if you are interested in reviewing any of these reports but are unable to access them.
Reports concerning specific learning outcomes or curriculum areas
Writing Proficiencies and Experiences at St. Olaf
WRI Requirement Completion and Course Availability
Critical thinking
Oral communication
Research proficiency
Involvement in Undergraduate Research
Quantitative reasoning
Learning in the fine arts
Learning in the humanities
Learning in the natural sciences and mathematics
Learning in the social sciences
Learning in interdisciplinary programs
Reports supporting current projects or initiatives
Main Street: Student reflection on vocation and career goals
Main Street: Students’ experience with mentoring
Main Street: College experiences, college outcomes, and life after college
Main Street: The development of critical life skills
NSSE 2008 - Benchmarks by Faculty
NSSE 2008 - Selected items by Faculty
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