Learning Achievement Results: A Summary Analysis of the 2024 Program Assessment Reports

Abstract

The University of Hawai’i at Mānoa (UH Mānoa) is a public research university accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC) and conducts systematic assessment of student learning to improve teaching, strengthen curricula, and maintain its accreditation status. As such, these institutional accreditation standards require systematic investigations of student learning achievement for graduate and undergraduate degrees, with findings applied to improve curricula, pedagogy, and assessment methodology. Program assessment reports are collected periodically by the Assessment and Curriculum Support Center (ACSC) from all academic degree programs and used to document Program Learning Outcome (PLO) assessment activities for the University. As of the latest assessment cycle spanning November 2022 to November 2024, the ACSC achieved full participation from all 94 undergraduate programs and received reports from all 139 continuing graduate programs, resulting in 100% submission rate. This report investigates students' learning achievement on Institutional Learning Objectives (ILOs) using the program learning outcomes (PLO) data from the 2024 assessment reports and documents the methodologies used in the analysis.