Assignment:
Task: Analysis Questions for Division of Student Affairs Annual Report Oregon State University
1) What is the mission of the Division of Student Affairs?
2) What are its program goals?
3) What is being evaluated in the Annual Report?
4) What evidence or data-driven criteria are presented to judge program performance?
5) What standards of performance on the criteria must be reached for the program to be considered successful?
6) What are the existing institutional standards, milestones, benchmarks, or goals?
7) What regulatory standards govern or define successful program outcomes?
8) What are the conclusions about program performance in the report? Are they justified based on the available data or evidence?
9) What did the evaluators identify as "issues they will need to manage over the next few years" that might conceivably be assessed at a later date? Be prepared to identify two and justify why you would make them a priority (OSU Student Affairs Annual Report, p. 11).
10) Which questions could you not answer? Where could you try to find information that is not in the document?