2022 Teaching & Assessment Symposium
Student First Graduate Education: Programmatic Changes in the Program Handbooks and Assessment
Location
Virtual
Description
The two vision elements of UNC’s Rowing, Not Drifting 2030 are “students first” and “empower inclusivity”. Aligning with these two elements of our strategic plan, this project sought to develop and implement programmatic changes across all three graduate programs that will put students first and empower inclusivity within the School of Psychological Sciences. To get rid of an existing institutional barrier, which can leave some students at a disadvantage given their background experience and knowledge, we developed handbooks for all three graduate programs so that our programs are student-ready regardless of their background. Also, we developed the graduate assessment process to be streamlined, which leads to meaningful assessment data necessary to ensure continued student success. Through the iterative process of developing and receiving feedback from stakeholders (i.e., faculty, students), we ensured that the handbooks and assessments are ecologically valid. This issue is prevalent in many graduate programs at UNC. We believe that the development framework, as well as our outcomes, will serve as a useful resource for improving their handbooks and assessment process across campus.
Student First Graduate Education: Programmatic Changes in the Program Handbooks and Assessment
Virtual
The two vision elements of UNC’s Rowing, Not Drifting 2030 are “students first” and “empower inclusivity”. Aligning with these two elements of our strategic plan, this project sought to develop and implement programmatic changes across all three graduate programs that will put students first and empower inclusivity within the School of Psychological Sciences. To get rid of an existing institutional barrier, which can leave some students at a disadvantage given their background experience and knowledge, we developed handbooks for all three graduate programs so that our programs are student-ready regardless of their background. Also, we developed the graduate assessment process to be streamlined, which leads to meaningful assessment data necessary to ensure continued student success. Through the iterative process of developing and receiving feedback from stakeholders (i.e., faculty, students), we ensured that the handbooks and assessments are ecologically valid. This issue is prevalent in many graduate programs at UNC. We believe that the development framework, as well as our outcomes, will serve as a useful resource for improving their handbooks and assessment process across campus.
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