Mission and Goals of the Student Success Center
The Student Success Center is an academic unit of Georgia Highlands College (GHC) and provides services that support students as they complete their requirements for graduation or transfer to a four-year institution. The existence of the Student Success Center is a reflection of the mission of GHC to provide access to higher education.
The Student Success Center consists of the following three groups:
- Assessment Center
- Tutorial Center
- Advising Center
The goals of the Success Center are related to the following institutional goal(s) of GHC:
- Effect quality teaching and learning that are focused on
academic achievement and personal and professional growth.
Assessment (Testing) Center
Three units of the Assessment Center are available at Georgia Highlands College, covering the following instructional sites:
- Cartersville
- Floyd and Douglasville
- Marietta and Paulding
Mission
The Assessment Center schedules and proctors tests for GHC. The kinds of tests provided support the various academic goals of the college. For instance, the COMPASS placement and exit tests advance the goal of providing learning support programs and insuring that all students have the opportunity to be adequately prepared for college-level work. The Regents' Test supports the core curriculum and transfer programs, helping students to meet requirements shared by all colleges in the University System of Georgia. The Assessment Center provides the SAT On-Campus test primarily for students who wish to enter GHC's Nursing and Dental Hygiene programs, supporting career programs that complement community needs. By providing proctoring services for GHC's online classes that validate student identities and promote test security across sites, the Assessment Center contributes to the use of technology as a teaching and learning tool.
Goals
The Assessment Centers will
1. Schedule and provide the following kinds of test each term
- COMPASS Placement Tests
- These tests are required for all entering students who are
College Preparatory Curriculum (CPC) deficient in English or Math
and students who have SAT or ACT scores below the criteria for
exempting the tests. Scores on these tests determine whether a
student will need to take Learning Support (developmental) courses
in English, Math, or Reading before proceeding to credit-level
work.
- These tests are required for all entering students who are
College Preparatory Curriculum (CPC) deficient in English or Math
and students who have SAT or ACT scores below the criteria for
exempting the tests. Scores on these tests determine whether a
student will need to take Learning Support (developmental) courses
in English, Math, or Reading before proceeding to credit-level
work.
- Mid-term and final exams for GHC's online courses at the
instructor's option
- Instructors may choose to have mid-term and final exams in
their online courses proctored by the Assessment Centers
- Instructors may choose to have mid-term and final exams in
their online courses proctored by the Assessment Centers
- Regents' Tests of Writing and Reading Skills
- These tests are required by the Board of Regents of the
University System of Georgia (USG) of all students in transfer
majors in USG colleges
- These tests are required by the Board of Regents of the
University System of Georgia (USG) of all students in transfer
majors in USG colleges
- COMPASS Exit Tests
- These are the exit tests for exit-level Learning Support
courses (ENGL 0099, MATH 0099, READ 0099)
- These are the exit tests for exit-level Learning Support
courses (ENGL 0099, MATH 0099, READ 0099)
- SAT On-Campus Tests (opens PDF file)
- Tests for the Independent Study System in the University System of Georgia
2. Provide test services at all GHC sites
3. Test students in a timely manner
4. Inform students of test outcomes as quickly as possible and meet the needs of other GHC divisions for score information
Evaluation of Goals for the Assessment Center
Information about the assessment of these goals can be found here.