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Report Title | Brief Description | Sponsoring Department | Summary Report | Completed |
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Venture Camp 2022 | Venture Camps are extended orientation programs for admitted entering freshmen or transfer students starting in the fall semester. During the camp experience, students participate in a variety of outdoor activities and take part in Discussion Groups (DGs) to discuss college life at Texas A&M and campus traditions. This year, two different camp experiences were offered to incoming students. Venture: Base Camp Backpacking was July 28 – August 5, 2022, and Venture: Base Camp Paddling was July 18 – 23, 2022. Staff planning the Venture Camp programs wanted to understand the students’ experiences and how effective they were in reaching the identified outcomes. This was the seventh year of the program with Student Activities and Recreational Sports working with Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research (SAPAR) to assess the effectiveness of the camp experience. | Student Activities | Summary-Report-Venture-Camp-2022.pdf | 02/14/2023 |
Venture Camps Participant Evaluation - 2021 | Venture Camps are extended orientation programs for admitted entering freshmen or transfer students starting in the fall semester. During the camp experience, students participate in a variety of outdoor activities and take part in Discussion Groups (DGs) to discuss college life at Texas A&M and campus traditions. This year two different camp experiences were offered to incoming students. Venture: Base Camp Backpacking was July 6-9, 2021, and Venture: Base Camp Paddling was July 13-16, 2021. Staff planning the Venture Camp programs wanted to understand the students’ experiences with the Venture Camp programs and how effective they were in reaching the identified outcomes. This was the sixth year of the program and Student Activities and Recreational Sports working with Student Life Studies to assess the effectiveness of the camp experience. The last time was in 2019; Venture Camp was not held in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. | Student Activities | Summary-Report-Venture-Camp-2021.pdf | 03/29/2022 |
2022 The Big Event Community & Participant Surveys | Two surveys were created to understand how students were impacted by participating in The Big Event (TBE), and how members of the Bryan/College Station community reacted to their experience with The Big Event during Spring 2022. The feedback collected was from both the community members who registered for a job and the student participants who registered. This report covers the responses from both groups. This was the 17th time Student Affairs Planning, Assessment & Research (SAPAR) helped TBE committee in assessing community members or student participants’ experiences with TBE. | Student Organization | Big-Event-2022-Evaluations-Summary-Report.pdf | 09/28/2022 |
Staff Assessment Needs and Training | To meet the needs of staff members, Student Life Studies conducts a survey every three years to understand division staff members’ experiences and needs related to assessment. Student Life Studies uses this information to develop resources and training programs for the Division of Student Affairs. This is the fifth year Student Life Studies has conducted this survey; the previous surveys were completed in the summers of 2009, 2012, 2015, and 2018. | Student Life Studies | Summary-Report-2021-Needs-Assessment.pdf | 05/17/2021 |
AMPLIFY |Women’s Mentoring Circle Spring 2021- Women's Resource Center | The Women’s Resource Center (WRC) wanted to assess the experiences of both the mentees and mentors who participated in its mentorship program, AMPLIFY |Women’s Mentoring Circle, during the spring 2021 semester. This was the first time Student Life Studies (SLS) has assisted in developing surveys for the participants of the program. The attached report summarizes the results and provides key findings and recommendations for improvement based on those findings. | Offices of the Dean of Student Life | Sp-2021-AMPLIFY-Mentorship-Survey-summary-report.pdf | 12/17/2021 |
AMPLIFY |Women’s Mentoring Circle Fall 2021 - Women's Resource Center | The Women’s Resource Center (WRC) wanted to assess the experiences of both the mentees and mentors who participated in its mentorship program, AMPLIFY |Women’s Mentoring Circle, during the fall 2021 semester. The attached report summarizes results of a survey sent to participants early in the spring 2022 semester. | Offices of the Dean of Student Life | FA-2021-AMPLIFY-Mentorship-Survey-summary-report.pdf | 03/21/2022 |
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 - 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 |
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 |
Utilities Challenge - Spring 2020 | The Utilities Challenge (U-Challenge) is a project where teams of students utilized data about the residence halls to learn about the proficiency of the buildings and propose ways to increase the efficiency in the buildings (https://reslife.tamu.edu/living/sustainability/u-challenge/). As part of the project, 4-6 students make up a team, and each team gives a 15-minute presentation about their research and findings discussing the utility systems of the residence halls and suggestions for improving these systems. The Department of Residence Life wanted to assess the students involved in this project to understand their experiences, what they gained from participating, and gather ideas to improve the project in the future. While this was the fourth year for the project, it was the first time Student Life Studies assisted in the assessment. | Residence Life | Summary-Report-U-Challenge-Spring-2020.pdf | 05/01/2020 |
University Police Department - Student and Citizen Assessment - 2022 | The Texas A&M University Police Department (UPD) is required to survey “citizens” as a part of national accreditation requirements with the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA). UPD surveys the campus community regularly 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 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. UPD has collaborated with Student Life Studies to conduct this assessment in 2010, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2022. | Other | Summary-Report-UPD-Campus-Safety-Survey-2022.pdf | 05/05/2022 |
University Police Department Student and Citizen Survey | 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 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. | Student Life Studies | Summary-Report-UPD-Campus-Safety-Survey-2020.pdf | 03/19/2020 |
Report Title | Brief Description | Sponsoring Department | Summary Report | Completed |