College Name: Florida Keys Community College College URL: http://www.fkcc.edu/

Outcome URL: http://www.fkcc.edu/links/ie/links/gen_ed.htm

College Outcomes

An integral component of responding to the diverse and changing needs of FKCC's constituency is to provide quality and comprehensive General Education. General Education at FKCC is designed to help students achieve their academic, career, and life-long goals. Acquiring knowledge, thinking critically, and utilizing the methodologies of various disciplines exposes students to experiences that serve to advance their personal growth.
Therefore, it is important to assess whether FKCC's General Education program, this critical component of the students' academic and personal development, is successful in helping students achieve. Annually, objectives are established to assess General Education in the areas of reading, mathematics, critical thinking/problem-solving, social and behavioral sciences, humanities/fine arts, communication, computer skills, cultural awareness, and natural sciences. Results from these assessments are used to identify student success and to discover opportunities for improvement in student learning.
The development of goals to assess the areas of the General Education program supports College Goals (1) to provide quality educational programs and services and (7) to uphold an on-going institutional commitment to programs and services assessment with the objective of continuous improvement. The objectives devised to measure the achievement of the General Education program areas' goals, link into and support College Objective (2), to institute a complete cycle of a structured and comprehensive evaluation process of all programs, services, and general education.

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