 | Baccalaureate Degree Update
PBCC has submitted an application to SACS to become a baccalaureate degree granting institution. We will begin accepting applications from students for the BAS program in January 2009. Dr. Magdala Ray is the new Dean of Baccalaureate studies, and is actively promoting the degree and organizing the BAS office. There are two websites to provide information about the degree - one aimed at students (www.pbcc.edu/bas.xml) and one aimed at faculty and staff (www.pbcc.edu/basinfo.xml). Also, you can complete an online tutorial on the BAS degree from your desk (http://www.pbcc.edu/x15929.xml). Please encourage your students to find out more about the BAS degree. |
Assessment at PBCC
In the upcoming weeks, Institutional Research and Effectiveness will begin to hold workshops on PBCC's approach to assessing learning outcomes. Assessment is where all the work faculty have done developing learning outcomes at the general education, program and course level pays off in allowing us to know what our students are actually learning in our classes and programs. It can serve as a validation mechanism as well as a tool for faculty to know what students take away from courses and how teaching can be improved to help students learn. Click here to review the learning outcomes workbook to learn more about assessment.
What Services do PBCC's Non-Traditional Students Use?
Institutional Research & Effectiveness sent survey invitations to 6,920 credit, prep and PSAV students aged 25 and over who were enrolled during Spring Term 2008. The purpose of the survey was to determine older students usage of and preferences for college services, activities and clubs. These students frequently used the bookstore, saw academic advisors, used the library, computer labs, testing center and the Student Learning Centers (SLCs). Less frequently used services included athletics, campus theatre events, student activities center, PantherProwl and the fitness center. Click here to read the full report. Student Email - How can I Use it Effectively?
As you probably know, all PBCC students now have a PBCC email address. Although many of you may have already been communicating with students via their personal email addresses (if they provided one to the College), email is now the official means of communication between the College and students. E-mail Guidelines for Faculty/Instructors (http://www.pbcc.edu/documents/academic_services/sectiong.pdf) indicate that faculty determine how e-mail is used in his/her class. Given the likely increase in student emails you will receive and send, the office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness has prepared a list of expectations and guidelines for your consideration - click here to download the list. Term Trends Report - Spring
Institutional Research & Effectiveness has published another Term Trends report, this time looking at Spring Term. The report can be downloaded from http://www.pbcc.edu/x7668.xml. Distance Learning at PBCC
The College's fastest growing enrollment segment is distance learning, classes that can be taken fully online. Distance learning now accounts for 10% of the College's total FTE, and more students are wanting to take classes online. The Distance Learning Ad Hoc Committee will help the College implement the plans developed last year to help move our distance learning program to the next level, including developing course "shells" for popular online courses and providing more opportunity for faculty development. Please see the distance learning website at www.pbcc.edu/dl for more information. |
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