As part of the college's ongoing assessment of student learning, each school year two of the perspectives that form students' shared liberal arts curriculum are assessed. The perspectives are as follows: World Languages, U.S. Diversity, Global Diversity, Social and Psychological , Scientific, Quantitative Reasoning, Literary, Interdisciplinary, History and Politics, Ethics and Values, and Aesthetic.
CURRENT & FUTURE ASSESSMENTS
As part of the college's curriculum mapping and rubric design efforts in preparation to implement Canvas Outcomes, during the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 academic years, OAA will be working with faculty in the Marlboro Institute to create shared rubrics for assessing students' achievement of the individual Perspectives learning outcomes.
PAST ASSESSMENTS
| Academic Year | Fall | Spring |
| 2024-2025 |
History & Politics |
No Report |
| 2023-2024 | First-Year Seminars | Scientific |
| 2022-2023 | Literary/US Diversity | Social/Psychological |
| 2021-2022 | No Report | Aesthetic |
| 2020-2021 | No Report | No Report |
| 2019-2020 | Global Diversity | Quantitative Reasoning |
| 2018-2019 | No Report | Ethics & Values |
| 2017-2018 | Academic Engagement and Well-Being | |
| 2016-2017 | Critical Thinking | |
Office of Academic Assessment
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