Rationale for Objective: Communicate creatively and effectively (Maintain)

Evergreen will maintain its emphasis on the development of strong communication skills among students. The most recent transcript review revealed that 98 percent of graduates met the expectation that they communicate creatively and effectively. Based on the End-of-Program Review, opportunities for students to practice writing and improve their skill in this form of communication are widely available across all types and levels of academic programs. In addition to transcript evidence, the second indicator selected for this objective is a newly developed index of alumni satisfaction with Evergreen’s contribution to growth across multiple forms of communication: writing, speaking, discussion, presentation and creative/artistic expression. To continue this emphasis, Evergreen is monitoring alumni satisfaction in this area. Currently, Evergreen has strong performance, with about 70 percent of alumni being "mostly satisfied" to "very satisfied" across all areas of this new composite indicator. The emphasis on culminating projects, an indicator to be improved under the first objective, will also contribute to this objective.

Summary of Indicators for Core Theme 2, Objective 2 (PDF)

• Indicator 1: Learning outcome: Creative, effective communication
• Indicator 2: Alumni satisfaction: Communication

View key sources of data used to measure the indicators