by rnb5016 | Oct 28, 2025 | News
Can you share your background and what led you to join the Assessment Team with OPAIR? Before joining the Assessment Team, I worked for nearly five years in the administrative office of the Department of Biology here at Penn State. I enjoyed working with faculty,...
by rnb5016 | Oct 27, 2025 | News
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State has released a preview report of findings from the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) Faculty Job Satisfaction Survey, which was open to all eligible full-time faculty during the spring 2025 semester. A...
by rnb5016 | Oct 2, 2025 | News
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State’s Office of Planning, Assessment, and Institutional Research (OPAIR) has designated its second annual cohort of Assessment Champions for 2025-26. The program awards individuals committed to improving the student learning experience...
by rnb5016 | Oct 2, 2025 | News
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The French and Francophone Studies doctoral program has recently implemented a revised strategy for assessing student learning by aligning a custom-designed rubric with most of its program learning objectives (PLOs). PLOs state what students...
by rnb5016 | Sep 8, 2025 | News
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Registration is open for the Fall 2025 Assessment Workshop Series presented by the Office of Planning, Assessment, and Institutional Research (OPAIR). This virtual series includes various assessment topics to support program learning assessment...