Assessment - Form 1

Georgia Highlands College Goal Assessment Report Form

Unit/Team: Access Center	Reported By: Sheryl Ballenger
Date Submitted: June 1, 2006	Assessment Period: 2005 - 2006
Related College Goal: Serve our communities through multiple educational sites.
Unit/Team Goal: The Access Center develops programs and services that allow students with disabilities to meet the demands of college life, as independently as possible.
Expected Outcome: Students will be aware of Disability Support Services at all campuses.
Outcome Assessment: Students will complete Presently Attending Student Survey (Fall 06) and answer the question, “I know where to go on campus if I need help because of a disability”.
Performance Targets: Primary Target: 80 % of students completing the PASS will agree or strongly agree. Secondary Target: The number of don’t know responses is reduced by 10%.
Summary of Data Collected (Performance Results): On the PASS Spring 2004 only 61% of the students said they agree with this question.
Recommended Actions:
Date: Follow-up on Recommended Actions:

Assessment - Form 1

Georgia Highlands College Goal Assessment Report Form

Unit/Team: Access Center

Reported By: Sheryl Ballenger

Date Submitted: June 1, 2006

Assessment Period: 2005 - 2006

Related College Goal: Provide student services that meet the needs of our population.

Unit/Team Goal: The Access Center develops programs and services that allow students with disabilities to meet the demands of college life, as independently as possible.

Expected Outcome: Students with approved disability documentation will display self-advocacy skills.

Outcome Assessment: Students with approved disability documentation will complete the accommodation letter request form in a timely manner.

Performance Targets:

Primary Target: 90% of eligible students will complete the accommodation letter request form.

Secondary Target: Of those who complete the form, 90% will do so within the first 30 days of the semester.

Summary of Data Collected (Performance Results):

Primary: 72 students were eligible for accommodation letter (see table), and

33 students filled out the Accommodation Letter Request Form, leading to a 46% success rate.

Secondary: 30 of the 33 students did so within the first 30 days of both fall and spring semesters, leading to a 91% success rate.

Campus	Floyd -1	Cartersville -2	Acworth - 3	HH- 4	Marietta - 7	ATP - S	Total
Eligible for Accommodation Letter.	45	16	4	1	3	3	72 (Fall 05 -Spring 06)
Requested by students Fall 05	16	12	1	1	1	2	33
Requested by students Spring 06	15	13	1	1	2	1	33
Requested within first 30 days Fall 05	14	10	2	1	1	2	30
Requested within first 30 days Spring 06	13	13	1	1	1	1	30

Recommended Actions:

The process of using the Accommodation Letter Request Form is successful in getting eligible students to request their accommodation letters within the first 30 days of the semester. The true problem is only 33 students of the eligible 72 students requested their accommodation letter. During fall and spring semesters 39 eligible students did not request accommodation letters and therefore should not have had accommodations in classes. The Access Center will stress the importance of the accommodation letter to faculty and request that faculty not accommodate without the accommodation letter from the Access Center.

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Georgia Highlands College Goal Assessment Report Form

Unit/Team: Access Center Disability Support Services	Reported By: Sheryl Ballenger
Date Submitted: June 1, 2006	Assessment Period: 2005 – 2006
Related Institutional Goal: Provide student services that meet the needs of our population.
Unit/Team Goal: The Access Center develops programs and services that allow students with disabilities to meet the demands of college life, as independently as possible.
Expected Outcome: Expand Access Center website to increase information about Access Center services and on-line testing form requests for students with disabilities and prospective students.
Outcome Assessment: Number of hits to website.
Performance Targets: Primary Target – 100 hits per semester. Secondary Target:
Summary of Data Collected: Revisions to the Access Center website were not completed by the end of the academic year, so no data was collected.
Use of Results: A totally re-vamped website for the Access Center has been created. The College webmaster will upload the new site, which will provide the data for assessment, by the start of the 06-07 academic year. Date: Follow-up on Recommended Actions: