Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILO)

ILO Policies

The Outcomes and Assessment Committee (OAC) is supported by the Office of Research Planning and Institutional Effectiveness (ORPIE) to assess institutional learning outcomes (ILOs). ILOs are assessed from students’ and faculty members’ perspectives with a goal of continuous improvement. Additionally, the OAC leads the review and updating of ILOs, once every six years.

Assessment of ILOs from Students’ Perspectives:

ORPIE assesses ILOs from students’ perspectives roughly every other year in the Student Satisfaction Survey.
ORPIE also assesses ILOs from students’ perspectives periodically in graduation and transfer surveys.

Assessment of ILOs from Faculty Members’ Perspectives:

OAC works together with ORPIE to assess ILO outcomes from faculty members’ perspectives on a rotating basis, generally assessing one ILO per year. In the sixth year, faculty assessment of individual ILO outcomes is paused to assess the relevancy of all ILOs and update as needed (see item 7 below).

ILO Assessment Reporting and Continuous Improvement:

Results of student ILO surveys are shared with campus through emails from ORPIE and posted on ORPIE’s website.
Initial summary reports of the ILO faculty survey are presented to the OAC. Ideas for continuous improvement are discussed and included in an annual ILO report for the college. This ILO report is posted on the OAC website.
Presentations of the annual ILO report are given at the Faculty Senate, as well as on some FLEX days. Discussion of ideas for continuous improvement happen on FLEX days.
The OAC works together with ORPIE to assess the relevancy of all ILOs once every six years. Faculty members are given the opportunity to share their input through surveys and/or attendance at shared governance meetings. The relevancy of the current ILOs is assessed and ILO updates are proposed, as needed. The OAC presents the ILO update proposal to the Faculty Senate for discussion and final approval.

Revised 3/2021, 3/2026

ILO Current Outcomes

Critical Thinking

Analyze, evaluate and question information from various sources for validity and significance
Identify and explore a problem applying logic and quantitative and qualitative reasoning
Consider multiple strategies to propose effective solutions or desired outcomes and implement a plan to address the problem

Communication

Express ideas designed to generate meaning and foster understanding in various contexts, while keeping the audience in mind
Express ideas using credible and relevant sources
Use active listening skills
Effectively analyze and comprehend a written text or presentation

Civic & Global Engagement

Be open to multiple perspectives and to think from the perspective of another individual or world view
Articulate current and historical sources of structural inequity
Articulate how natural, social, cultural, economic, or political issues impact people’s lives and the earth’s sustainability
Engage controversy/conflict with civility to develop new and creative solutions to social problems
Civically engage in individual actions or collective community-based efforts for justice

Information & Technological Literacy

Question dominant forms of knowledge production including whose voices/perspectives they validate, and whose experiences are missing
Construct meaning with active engagement, as opposed to merely finding and reporting on information
Challenge the perception of information as being objective/neutral
Select and use technology effectively to accomplish a task or solve a practical problem

Development of the Whole Person

Cultivate the health of mind, body, and spirit
Gain transferrable skills important for academic and career success
Nourish a love of life-long learning
Expand capacity for self-understanding, including recognizing one’s strengths and weaknesses

Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILO)

ILO Policies

ILO Current Outcomes

ILO Reports