EEI 1: 75% of students will be able to recognize theologically or biblically informed rhetorical elements appearing in non-theological contexts.

Summative GE exam constructed by the GE Committee and given in Spring 2005

84% of students were able to identify an appropriate passage and 72% could identify an embedded theological concept. Only 47% could identify the use made of the concept. With better prompts results may be on target. Also speaks to need for shared ownership of this GE goal.

EEI 2: 75% of students will be able to articulate a personal spiritual position and place it within a spectrum of Christian traditions.

GE Holistic exam constructed by the GE Committee and given in Spring 2004

44% on the holistic exam were able to articulate a Christian view. This again speaks to need for shared ownership of this GE goal.

EEI 3:  Majors from 75% of the academic departments will score at or above the summative competence benchmark set by the department.

Departmental assessment data
Assessment Committee

See the Assessment Committee report on departments

EEI 4: 75% of students will be able to interrogate an issue from at least three different disciplinary perspectives.

Summative GE exam written by the GE Committee and given in Spring 2005

Exams are still being evaluated.

EEI 5: 75% of students will  be able to organize ideas to support a position (either in writing or orally) on summative GE exam

GE holistic writing exam constructed by the GE Committee and given in Spring 2004

Only 28% could divide into sub-points although 51% could state a clear thesis.

EEI 6: 75% of students will be able to present objections to their own position as logical as shown on a summative GE exam.

GE holistic writing exam constructed by the GE Committee and given in Spring 2004

Only 33% were able to state an objection as clear and logical.

EEI 7: 75% of students will be able to apply quantitative methods to solving real-life problems.

GE exam constructed by the GE Task Force and administered in Spring 2005

76% of students used quantitative methods appropriately to solve a real-life problem.

EEI 8: 75% of students will be able to interrogate an issue from a “minority” racial, class or gender position as shown on a summative GE exam.

GE Exam to be administered in Spring 2006

EEI 9: 75% of students will have had active participation in a program involving substantial contact with another culture or sub-culture

Senior survey question (HERI)

EEI 10: 75% of students having done Love Works, Urban Term or International Study will report some sense of their own cultural otherness

Post experience survey
Varied Sources

EEI 11: 75% of students will have participated in a service activity at PLNU.

Senior survey question (HERI)

EEI 12: 75% of students will have had 10 or more opportunities to work in a team in or outside of class.

Senior survey question (HERI)

EEI 13: 75% of students will demonstrate the ability and willingness to balance the varied aspects of their lives as shown on an assessment exam.

GE Exam to be administered in Spring 2006