Comprehensive Standards
Standards Specific to Undergraduate Programs
| Comprehensive Standard #15: The institution identifies competencies within the
general education core and provides evidence that graduates have attained those
college-level competencies. |
Offsite Committee Concern: Need evidence that graduates have obtained
competence in general education. Closing the loop—need to demonstrate that
college is closing the loop.
Focused Response: CVCC tests its graduates with the long form of the Educational
Testing Service Academic Profile
which measures average learning outcomes in three academic areas:
Humanities, Social Sciences,
Natural Sciences and four skill area: College-Level Reading, College-Level
Writing, Critical Thinking, Mathematics.
Comparing
average CVCC Academic Profile performance in these areas with average
performance of students at a national sample of students at Associate Degree
granting institutions,
for each year between 1996 and 2003, CVCC Academic Profile academic and skill
average learning outcome test scores have been equal to the average test scores
of students in colleges offering associate programs thus providing evidence
that graduate have attained competencies attained at other similar colleges.
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| Comprehensive Standard #16: The institution awards degrees only to those who have
earned at least 25 percent of the credit hours required for the degree through
instruction offered by that institution. |
Offsite Committee Concern: 25 percent rule—have onsite committee examine
graduates’ transcripts.
Focused Response: A
random sample of graduate transcripts
reveal that CVCC awards degrees only to those who have earned at least 25
percent of the credit hours required for the degree through instruction
offered at the college. The policy is consistent with the requirements of
the Virginia Community College System which states in
- Section 5.2.2.0 that “To be eligible for graduation with an associate degree from
a community college, students must: a. Have fulfilled all of the course and
credit-hour requirements of the degree curriculum with at least 25% of credit
semester hours acquired at the college awarding the degree;
- Section 5.2.2.1 that “To be eligible for graduation with a diploma from a
community college, students must a. Have fulfilled all of the course and
credit-hour requirements of the diploma curriculum with at least 25 percent (25%)
of credit semester hours acquired at the college awarding the diploma;
- Section 5.2.2.2 that “To be eligible for graduation with a certificate from a
community college, students must a. Have fulfilled all of the course and
credit-hour requirements of the certificate curriculum with at least 25 percent
(25%) of credit semester hours acquired at the college awarding the diploma.
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