Assessment Results

The Texas A&M University Police Department (UPD) is required to survey “citizens” as a part of national accreditation requirements with International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA). UPD surveys the campus community on a regular basis to gather input from the community, identify and improve practices, and address attitudes that might contribute to tension and grievances. The process for gathering that information can be determined by the department. The broad description of the assessment content includes:

• Overall departmental performance
• Overall competence of department employees
• Officers’ attitudes and behavior toward citizens
• Concern over safety and security within the department’s service area as a whole
• Recommendations and suggestions for improvement

Student Life Studies initially worked with UPD in 2010 to address specifically the accreditation requirements and topics using a campus-wide survey of students, faculty, and staff.

According to its website (http://fishcamp.tamu.edu/), Fish Camp “welcomes the freshmen class to Texas A&M each year with the purpose of giving them an opportunity to have fun, make friends, and learn more about life at Texas A&M.” Furthermore, Fish Camp “is led by A&M students who are passionate about making the first year of college a success for freshmen!” This year, seven sessions ran from July 27th through August 17th, 2019.

Fish Camp wanted to understand the participants’ camp experience and how Fish Camp affected, if at all, the start of the fall semester for those who attended. Fish Camp has worked with Student Life Studies to assess participants’ camp experience since 2000.

Aggie Transition Camp (ATC) sponsored two sessions of T-Camp, held August 5 -7 and August 9 - 11, 2019. ATC assessed the experience of co-chairs, counselors, teamers and campers who attend T-Camp through surveys sent after returning from camp. The report summarizes the results of those surveys.

Health Promotions within the Offices of the Dean of Student Life (ODSL) and the University Police Department (UPD) collaborate to facilitate the interpersonal violence prevention workshop UPD Women’s Self Defense. The workshops are open to women on-campus and it was offered seven times during the fall and spring semesters 2018-2019. A paper survey was distributed at the end of each workshop to assess the participants’ experience and efficacy in learning the self-defense tactics observed and practiced in the workshop. The following report summarizes the aggregate results from the responses to the survey.

The STAND Up workshops provide educational support for the STAND Up campaign on the Texas A&M University campus inviting Aggies to Step In and Stand Up against sexual harassment and sexual violence. Two separate workshops are offered; one developed for student attendees, the other for faculty and staff. Surveys are distributed at the end of the workshops to measure learning and satisfaction of participants attending each workshop. The following report summarizes those survey response results for the workshops held during the 2018-2019 year.

Green Dot Bystander Intervention Training is an international movement built on the premise that individuals can systematically and measurably reduce the levels of power-based personal violence found in their community. Students, staff and faculty who participated in the Green Dot Bystander Intervention training classes at Texas A&M University are surveyed to assess the program and how it affected their understanding these related concepts. The follow report summarizes the response results of the evaluations provided to Green Dot Training participants during the 2018-2019 academic year.

The Division of Student Affairs (DSA) Staff Development Team (SDT) develops and facilitates three New Staff Orientations throughout the academic year. The half-day workshop offers new staff the opportunity to meet others, learn about the DSA as well as introduces staff to additional professional networking opportunities. A paper survey was given out to attendees at the end of each workshop to assess their experience and provide feedback for the Staff Development Team to improve future New Staff Orientations. The attached report summarizes the aggregate results of those surveys.