Reports & Publications

The Student Affairs Office for Assessment occasionally publishes reports of its findings.

Presentations

  • Student Affairs Assessment: From Satisfaction to SLOs to SACS
    Measuring the Impact of Programs     (PDF)
    Dr. Erin Bentrim-Tapio, Director of Student Affairs Assessment
    2008 SACS Annual Meeting
    As tuition and fees continue to escalate, students, parents, and legislators are requesting evidence that illustrates students are learning what they should be learning. As consumers of a “product”, external constituents are demanding proof of a return on their investment. Student Affairs departments are not exempt from these calls for accountability. This presentation will illustrate how student affairs departments can show the impact and effectiveness of their programs on student development through use of student learning outcomes. Discussion will include transitioning from measuring student satisfaction to student learning. Participants will explore ways to compose a student learning outcome statement.
  • New Student Affairs Assessment Professionals: I Got My Dream Job, Now What?
     (PDF)
    Dr. Erin Bentrim-Tapio, Assistant to the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Evaluation and Research, Ted Elling, University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Diane E. Waryas, College of Southern Nevada conducted a preconference workshop at the 2008 International Assessment and Retention Conference held in June in Scottsdale, AZ.
  • We Matter, Men Change: How the Socially Responsible Leadership Scale Might Impact Retention
    Dr. Erin Bentrim-Tapio, Assistant to the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Evaluation and Research, Mr. Stanley Gajda, Assistant Director for the Office of Campus Activities and Programs and Dr. Cathy H. Hamilton, Director for Office of Leadership and Service-Learning presented the results of their research at the 2007 International Assessment and Retention Conference held in June in St. Louis. The presentation was entitled “We Matter, Men Change: How the Socially Responsible Leadership Scale Might Impact Retention” and addressed leadership development as it relates to under-represented student populations, specifically African American males. The results were addressed not only in the context of using the assessment within the division as part of the annual reporting cycle, but also to inform pedagogy and cross institutional support for research methodology, urban architecture and interior renewal, and community leadership courses.
  • “Safety on Campus: Creating a Culture of Success to Combat Concerns.” Presented at the annual meeting (2008, March) of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, Boston, MA. (Day Shaw, J. and Jones, A.L.)
  • “UNCG Cares.” Poster Session presented at the annual meeting (2008, March) of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, Boston, MA. (Day Shaw, J. and Jones, A.L.)
  • “A Comprehensive Campus Model of Safety Focused on Students in Distress.” Presented at the annual meeting 2(008, June) of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, Region III, Point Clear, AL. (Day Shaw, J.)
  • “Student Learning Outcomes Assessment for an Orientation Program: A SOARing Transformation.” Presented at the 2008 North Carolina State Assessment Symposium. Cary, NC (Bentrim-Tapio, E.M. & Sousa-Peoples, K.)
  • “New Student Affairs Assessment Professionals: I Got My Dream Job, Now What?” 2008, June (Elling, T., Bentrim-Tapio, E.M., & Waryas, D.)
  • “What?” Presented at the 2008 International Assessment and Retention Conference. Scottsdale, AZ. (Bentrim-Tapio, E.M.)
  • “Gaining Measurable Results – A Multifaceted Approach to Tackling High Risk Drinking on Campus,” National Association of Student Personnel Administrators’ Region III Conference, Savannah, GA, June 2006. (Dr. Cherry Callahan).
  • Faculty, Student Services Institute (at Central Piedmont Community College and facilitated by The National Association of Student Personnel Administrators), “Program Development, Program Outcomes, Program Evaluation,” Charlotte, NC, October 2006. (Dr. Cherry Callahan).
  • Faculty, Student Services Institute (at Central Piedmont Community College and facilitated by The National Association of Student Personnel Administrators), “Learning Reconsidered: New Ways Students Learn,” Charlotte, NC, November 2006. (Dr. Cherry Callahan).

Publications

  • Bentrim-Tapio, E.M. & Sousa-Peoples, K. (in press). Student Learning Outcomes for an Orientation Program: A ‘SOARing’ Transformation. Journal of College Orientation and Transition.
  • Bentrim-Tapio, E.M. (2008). Recognizing the Merits of Program Review. NetResults: NASPA’s E-Zine for Student Affairs Professionals. June 5, 2008.
  • Bentrim-Tapio, E.M. (2008). D.Y.I.: Student Affairs Assessment. NetResults: NASPA’s E-Zine for Student Affairs Professionals. January 30, 2008.
  • Bentrim-Tapio, E.M. (2007). Good grief: The developmental stages of assessment acceptance. NetResults: NASPA’s E-Zine for Student Affairs Professionals. June 27, 2007.
  • Callahan, C. M. & Fox, E. K. “Student Death Protocols: A Practitioner’s Perspective” in Taub, D. J. & Servaty- Seib, H. L. (eds.) Assisting Bereaved College Students, New Directions for Student Services, San Francisco:Jossey-Bass Publishers, in publication.
  • Gajda, S. J. (2006). Best Practices in Student Leadership Development. In M. Simmons & A. Easley (Eds.) Best Practices in Student Affairs. New York: Extreme Entrepreneurship Education.
  • Gajda, S. J. (2007). Globalization & internationalization in the undergraduate curriculum. Journal of Guangxi Normal University[China], 43(2), 57-67.