Student Achievement and Satisfaction
Aspen University’s outcomes assessment plan provides an ongoing review of student achievement and satisfaction. The plan has three components:
- student learning outcomes;
- measurement of student learning outcomes; and
- program, course and services improvements resulting from the measurement.
The plan reflects an ongoing process of reviewing performance and achievement of objectives.
The University’s administrators and Professors/Faculty Chairs review the program and courses in conjunction with assessment tools and measurements to determine if program learning goals are being achieved and how the program and courses can be improved. Because a variety of education goals and objectives have been identified by Aspen University, comprehensive assessment strategies require the use of more than one measurement instrument to determine program and course effectiveness. The Aspen University Provost provides overall leadership for the assessment program with support from the Chief Academic Officer, and other support staff.
Doctoral student achievement is measured by:
• DrPH Course Assignments
• Doctor of Public Health Project
• Immersion & Internship Hours
• Signature assignments
The following indirect measurement tools are used to measure overall quality and to assess student satisfaction with the courses and program.
• Student End-of-Course Evaluations
• Alumni Survey
• Employer Survey
• Student Testimonials
To measure satisfaction, Aspen University collects survey responses in each of its courses with the “End-of- Course Survey.” In addition to other questions, this survey contains the following three questions:
- Did you achieve, or will you have achieved upon completing your studies, the goals you had when you started the course or program?
- Would you recommend these studies to a friend?
- All things considered, were you satisfied with your studies with us?
The survey containing these questions is distributed to each student completing a course, and data is collected and analyzed regularly, the timeframe used to collect the data, and the number and percent of “Yes” answers to the three questions listed above.