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Report Title | Brief Description | Sponsoring Department | Summary Report | Completed |
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ATC Howdy Camp 2024 Counselor/Teamer/Cochair & Camper Surveys | The purpose of this assessment was to understand the experiences of students who participated in Howdy Camp, sponsored by Aggie Transition Camps (ATC). Howdy Camp is an extended (three-day) optional orientation camp for students who are transferring to Texas A&M University as well as first-time in college students starting in the spring semester. There was one session held in early January. A few weeks into the semester, one survey evaluation was sent to co-chairs, counselors, and teamers, and another survey was sent to participants (campers) to assess their camp experiences, and whether participant (camper) learning outcomes were met. In addition, the counselors, co-chairs, and teamers assessment intended to ascertain if they felt equipped through their training to confidently lead small groups and assist new students in their transition to Texas A&M during and after camp. The report summarizes the results of these assessments | Student Activities | Howdy-Camp-2024-Summary-Report.pdf | 05/09/2024 |
Aggie Wellbeing Assessment - Academics | The Wellbeing Improvement Survey for Higher Education Settings (WISHES) has been administered to the Texas A&M University student body in College Station since the 2021-2022 academic year. Texas A&M University surveyed the student body to better understand students’ overall well-being, intermediate outcomes, educational outcomes, and student experiences that influence wellbeing. The survey covered topics such as overall health, psychological distress, suffering or struggling, flourishing, belonging at Texas A&M, resilience, binge drinking, health and academic risks, engagement in extracurricular activities, having a friend, mentor, or professor who makes them excited about learning and cares for them. The WISHES survey is administered in October, November, February, March, and April of each academic year. In the 2021-2022 academic year, the survey was also administered in September to students living on campus. However, the March and April surveys scheduled for spring 2023 were not administered. Since the 2021-2022 academic year, 20,360 students responded to at least one question, yielding an overall response rate of 12%. This report focuses on students’ overall academics. | Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research | Executive-Report-Academics-April-2024.pdf | 05/03/2024 |
Aggie Wellbeing Assessment - Discrimination | The Wellbeing Improvement Survey for Higher Education Settings (WISHES) has been administered to the Texas A&M University student body in College Station since the 2021-2022 academic year. Texas A&M University surveyed the student body to better understand students’ overall well-being, intermediate outcomes, educational outcomes, and student experiences that influence wellbeing. The survey covered topics such as overall health, psychological distress, suffering or struggling, flourishing, belonging at Texas A&M, resilience, binge drinking, health and academic risks, engagement in extracurricular activities, having a friend, mentor, or professor who makes them excited about learning and cares for them. The WISHES survey is administered in October, November, February, March, and April of each academic year. In the 2021-2022 academic year, the survey was also administered in September to students living on campus. However, the March and April surveys scheduled for spring 2023 were not administered. Since the 2021-2022 academic year, 20,360 students responded to at least one question, yielding an overall response rate of 12%. This report focuses on students’ overall academics. | Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research | Executive-Summary-Discrimination-April-2024.pdf | 05/03/2024 |
Aggie Wellbeing Assessment - Overall Wellbeing | The Wellbeing Improvement Survey for Higher Education Settings (WISHES) has been administered to the Texas A&M University student body in College Station since the 2021-2022 academic year. Texas A&M University surveyed the student body to better understand students’ overall well-being, intermediate outcomes, educational outcomes, and student experiences that influence wellbeing. The survey covered topics such as overall health, psychological distress, suffering or struggling, flourishing, belonging at Texas A&M, resilience, binge drinking, health and academic risks, engagement in extracurricular activities, having a friend, mentor, or professor who makes them excited about learning and cares for them. The WISHES survey is administered in October, November, February, March, and April of each academic year. In the 2021-2022 academic year, the survey was also administered in September to students living on campus. However, the March and April surveys scheduled for spring 2023 were not administered. Since the 2021-2022 academic year, 20,360 students responded to at least one question, yielding an overall response rate of 12%. This report focuses on students’ overall academics. | Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research | Executive-Summary-Student-Wellbeing-April-2024.pdf | 05/03/2024 |
Aggie Wellbeing Assessment - Quality of Life | The Wellbeing Improvement Survey for Higher Education Settings (WISHES) has been administered to the Texas A&M University student body in College Station since the 2021-2022 academic year. Texas A&M University surveyed the student body to better understand students’ overall well-being, intermediate outcomes, educational outcomes, and student experiences that influence wellbeing. The survey covered topics such as overall health, psychological distress, suffering or struggling, flourishing, belonging at Texas A&M, resilience, binge drinking, health and academic risks, engagement in extracurricular activities, having a friend, mentor, or professor who makes them excited about learning and cares for them. The WISHES survey is administered in October, November, February, March, and April of each academic year. In the 2021-2022 academic year, the survey was also administered in September to students living on campus. However, the March and April surveys scheduled for spring 2023 were not administered. Since the 2021-2022 academic year, 20,360 students responded to at least one question, yielding an overall response rate of 12%. This report focuses on students’ overall academics. | Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research | Executive-Summary-Flourishing-vs.-Struggling-April-2024.pdf | 05/03/2024 |
Aggie Wellbeing Assessment - Sense of Belonging & Engagement | The Wellbeing Improvement Survey for Higher Education Settings (WISHES) has been administered to the Texas A&M University student body in College Station since the 2021-2022 academic year. Texas A&M University surveyed the student body to better understand students’ overall well-being, intermediate outcomes, educational outcomes, and student experiences that influence wellbeing. The survey covered topics such as overall health, psychological distress, suffering or struggling, flourishing, belonging at Texas A&M, resilience, binge drinking, health and academic risks, engagement in extracurricular activities, having a friend, mentor, or professor who makes them excited about learning and cares for them. The WISHES survey is administered in October, November, February, March, and April of each academic year. In the 2021-2022 academic year, the survey was also administered in September to students living on campus. However, the March and April surveys scheduled for spring 2023 were not administered. Since the 2021-2022 academic year, 20,360 students responded to at least one question, yielding an overall response rate of 12%. This report focuses on students’ overall academics. | Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research | Executive-Summary-Sense-of-Belonging-and-Engagement-at-Texas-AM-April-2024.pdf | 05/03/2024 |
Aggie Wellbeing Assessment - Sleep | The Wellbeing Improvement Survey for Higher Education Settings (WISHES) has been administered to the Texas A&M University student body in College Station since the 2021-2022 academic year. Texas A&M University surveyed the student body to better understand students’ overall well-being, intermediate outcomes, educational outcomes, and student experiences that influence wellbeing. The survey covered topics such as overall health, psychological distress, suffering or struggling, flourishing, belonging at Texas A&M, resilience, binge drinking, health and academic risks, engagement in extracurricular activities, having a friend, mentor, or professor who makes them excited about learning and cares for them. The WISHES survey is administered in October, November, February, March, and April of each academic year. In the 2021-2022 academic year, the survey was also administered in September to students living on campus. However, the March and April surveys scheduled for spring 2023 were not administered. Since the 2021-2022 academic year, 20,360 students responded to at least one question, yielding an overall response rate of 12%. This report focuses on students’ overall academics. | Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research | Executive-Summary-Sleep-April-2024.pdf | 05/03/2024 |
I-Week 2024 | The International Festival, known as I-Week, is a weeklong festival and Texas A&M’s largest cultural celebration. It is designed to bring cultural awareness to those attending as well as to serve as a platform for cultural organizations and individuals to share their home cultures with the Texas A&M community. This year, I-Week took place February 26-March 1, 2024, and consisted of a variety of events including I-Exhibit, I-Story, I-Dinner, I-Show, I-Art, and I-Awards. International Student Association (ISA) wanted to assess attendees of any activity during the weeklong event. This is the fourth year that Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research worked with the International Student Association to assess this annual program. | Memorial Student Center | Summary-Report-I-Week-2024.pdf | 04/25/2024 |
Agricultural and Life Sciences Awareness & Satisfaction Assessment | Staff in the Career Center specifically working in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (AGLS) wanted to know students’ level of awareness of their services and level of satisfaction with those services. They wanted to understand students’ perceptions of their office and to address any gaps or perceived gaps in their services. This was the first time Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research (SAPAR) helped the AGLS Career Center staff assess students and their awareness and satisfaction with their office. | Career Services | Career-Center-AGLS-Awareness-Summary-Report.pdf | 04/19/2024 |
MSC SCONA 69 - Spring 2024 | Each spring the Memorial Student Center (MSC) Student Conference on National Affairs (SCONA) hosts a conference to provide “programs for students across Texas, the nation, and the world to exchange ideas and discuss the role of the United States in the global community.” The theme for SCONA 69 was “American Grand Strategy: Winning the Decisive Decade,” and was held on February 15-17, 2024. SCONA 69 utilized speakers and team facilitators with first-hand experiences in the topics to guide delegates in the creation of a policy paper. MSC SCONA has worked with Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research to assess various aspects of the conference most years since 2008. | Memorial Student Center | MSC-SCONA-69-Report-Spring-2024.pdf | 04/19/2024 |
The Big Event - Spring 2024 | According to its website (http://bigevent.tamu.edu/), “The Big Event is the largest, one-day, student-run service project in the nation where students of Texas A&M University come together to say ‘Thank You’ to the residents of Bryan and College Station.” The Big Event leaders worked with Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research to understand how Bryan/College Station community members and volunteers reacted to their experience with The Big Event (TBE). This was the 19th time Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research (SAPAR) helped The Big Event in assessing community members’ or volunteers’ experiences. | Student Organization | The-Big-Event-2024-Summary-Report.pdf | 04/18/2024 |
Programs and Facilities Satisfaction Assessment - Spring 2024 | The Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) wanted to determine students’ level of satisfaction with facilities and programs, as well as understand why students do not utilize Rec Sports offerings. Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research has worked with Rec Sports for similar projects in the past since 2013. | Recreational Sports | Rec-Sports-Program-Facility-Satisfaction-Summary-Report-Spring-2024.pdf | 04/15/2024 |
Student Media Market Assessment | Student Media wanted to assess their customers, viewers, and those who consume student media through Texas A&M Student Media, including The Battalion newspaper, The Batt Online, Maroon Life magazine, and The Aggieland yearbook. The purpose of the assessment was to better understand how they consumed information, preferences in content, connectivity towards the yearbook, and future content and digital creation of content. Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research worked with Student Media in the past, but this was the first time for this project. | Student LIfe | Student-Media-Market-Survey-Summary-Report-Spring-2024.pdf | 04/12/2024 |
SGA Academic Affairs Future Initiatives | The Student Government Association (SGA) Academic Affairs Committee wanted to gather feedback from the Texas A&M University student body to gain insight into what issues or initiatives were essential to the student body and how their committee could better meet the needs of the students at Texas A&M. The survey focused on academic resources, additional costs students incur for classes they take, professors, and classroom management system. Student Government Association has worked with Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research (SAPAR) on numerous projects in the past; however, this was the first time for this assessment focus. | Student Organization | Summary-Report-Academic-Affairs.pdf | 04/05/2024 |
SGA Diversity and Inclusion Committee Student Feedback | The Student Government Association (SGA) Diversity and Inclusion Committee wanted to gather feedback from the Texas A&M University student body to gain insight into what issues or initiatives were essential to the student body and how their committee could better meet the needs of the students at Texas A&M. The survey focused on potential issues students could be facing in the current environment regarding diversity and inclusion and how it impacts students’ success at Texas A&M. Student Government Association has worked with Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research (SAPAR) on numerous projects in the past; however, this was the first time for this assessment focus. | Student Organization | Summary-Report-Diversity-Inclusion.pdf | 04/05/2024 |
Report Title | Brief Description | Sponsoring Department | Summary Report | Completed |