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Gettysburg College
Co-Curricular Learning Assessment Summary
Program Name: Sexual Assault Prevention Program for FY students
(2006-2007 Academic Year)
Submission Deadline: May 31, 2007
Completed by: Tom Mottola
1. OUTCOMES: Please list the student learning outcomes assessed by Your Department during the
2006-2007 Academic Year.
Co-curricular learning goals: Students are expected to be better able to do the following through
participation in the Sexual Assault Prevention Program for FY students
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Ethical decision making:
o Practices ethical behaviors in environments that promote personal learning and
frequency of volunteering
o Makes decisions on the basis of personal, ethical, spiritual, and moral values
Collaboration and teamwork:
o Participates in the development and maintenance of healthy group norms
o Challenges unhealthy group norms and behaviors consistent with ideals
Effective communication:
o Recognizes that actions communicate individual and group values
o Speaks coherently and effectively
o Communicates clearly through non-verbal behavior
Local and global citizenship:
o Appropriately practices an celebrates behavior that affirms fair and just
communities
Intended program outcomes: Students are expected to be better able to do the following
through participation in the Alumni Leadership Retreat:
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Identify behaviors common to perpetrators of sexual assault
Identify risks associated with alcohol/drug use and sexual activity
Identify ways to reduce my own risks regarding sexual assault
Identify how to intervene with friends in risky situations regarding sexual assault
Identify what to do if me or a friend is a victim of sexual assault
Identify on and off campus resources for victims of sexual assault
Define “Consent” with regard to sexual activity
We also assessed the effectiveness of some of the structural elements of the program
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2. METHODS: Please describe the methods you used to systematically collect and analyze
data to determine the attainment of the learning outcomes listed above.
 Evaluation forms completed by first-year student participants at the completion of the
program (569 students completed the forms)
 Discussions with program facilitators
3. RESULTS: Please report the key findings from your assessment (either verbally or
graphically), and implications for practice.
Question: As a result of this
program, I am better able to -
Identify campus policies regarding
sexual behavior/consent
Identify behaviors common to
perpetrators of sexual assault
Identify risks associated with
alcohol/drug use and sexual
activity
Identify how to intervene with
friends in risky situations regarding
sexual assault
Identify what to do if me or a
friend is a victim of sexual assault
Identify on and off campus
resources for victims of sexual
assault
Define “Consent” with regard to
sexual activity
Men –
agree/
strongly
agree
(05-06)
97%
Men
(06-07)
Women
(06-07)
97%
Women
– agree/
strongly
agree
(05-06)
97%
Total
(0607)
99%
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strongly
agree
(05-06)
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The case studies
used in the session
were effective
Using single-sex
groups for the
initial session on
Friday was more
effective than
using mixed
groups of women
and men
Using facilitator
teams made up of
a faculty/staff
member and a
student was
effective
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Men – agree/ Menstrongly
(06-07)
agree (0506)
90%
96%
Women –
agree/strongly
agree (05-06)
Women
– (06-07)
Total agree/strongly
agree (05-06)
Total –
(06-07)
89%
94%
90%
94%
75%
78%
83%
89%
81%
85%
81%
94%
92%
97%
89%
96%
4. UTILIZATION: Please list the actions/changes you have implemented/are
implementing/are planning to implement to enhance student learning based on the
assessment results.
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Overall our assessment data indicates that the program is effective in achieving its
learning goals. We will therefore maintain the same basic approach to this program in
the future.
The main change in the program we are considering as a result of these assessment
results is to re-work the case studies. Focus group and open-ended question feedback
indicates that the case study we used seemed somewhat artificial and unrealistic. We are
considering using our CHEERS peer educator group to present a skit to all students as the
opening program activity, then using this skit as the basis for the follow-up discussion.
Timing of program: FY students participated in three thirty minute programs immediately
before/after this program last fall. Some facilitators indicated that it was hard for the
students in the later sessions to maintain their focus fully through all of the evening’s
programs. We are therefore looking at the possibility of reorganizing the timing/structure
of this program to try to address this concern.