PACE By the Numbers

PACE projects by discipline Biology Program Development, Volunteerism, Education Communications and Media Studies Public relations, Marketing, Social media, Video production English Documentation, Website design, Program development, Social media, Public relations Psychology Program development, Program evaluation, Website design Social Sciences Policy development, Program development, Tutoring, Volunteerism

? PACE’s Progression Fall 2014: First Year Seminar Spring 2015: Core Curriculum (Critical Thinking, English Composition, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology) Fall 2015: Core Curriculum plus Upper Division courses (Biology, Communications, English, Education, Music, Political Science, Psychology, Theater) Spring 2016: Core curriculum plus Upper Division courses (Biology, Communications, Critical Thinking, English, Education, Healthcare Management, Legal Studies, Music, Nursing, Political Science, Psychology) Fall 2016: Core curriculum plus Upper Division courses (Biology, Communications, Economics, English, Education, Healthcare Management, Music, Nursing, Political Science, Psychology, Social Sciences, Spanish) Spring 2017: Core curriculum plus Upper Division courses (Communications, Computer Science, English, Legal Studies, Political Science, Psychology) Fall 2017: Core Curriculum plus Upper Division courses (Biology, Communications, Computer Science, English, Social Sciences) Spring 2018: Core Curriculum plus Upper Division courses (Biology, Communications, Computer Science, English, Legal Studies, Psychology) ?

PACE Student Attitudes toward Community service Perception that there are actions which could relieve a community need. Recognition of their own ability, to do something to provide help Awareness of the reality and the seriousness of the need Feeling a sense of responsibility to become involved, based on a sense of connectedness with the community Assessing the costs of engaging in community service Students in PACE classes show gains (before vs. after project completion) in…

PACE Learning Outcomes Students in PACE classes show gains (before vs. after project completion) in… Integrated Communication Problem Solving Critical Thinking Civic Engagement

Course Completion and PACE Student course completions in PACE Rates of Ds, Fs, Ws, and WFs in PACE courses More than one-half of PACE sections REDUCED Ds, Fs, Ws, and WFs vs. non-PACE sections OR vs. historical baselines

PACE projects By the Numbers PACE Project Type Lower-Division Classes Upper-Division Classes Grand Total Business Planning 8 Documentation 13 67 80 Interview production 2 Policy Development Program Development 7 15 22 Program Evaluation Public Relations 1 18 19 Tutoring 3 5 Video Production Direct Volunteerism 9 14 Website development 10 12 Database Social Media 47 128 175

PACE ETS Results ETS Proficiency Profile FRESHMEN (ANSWERED 75% OR MORE) FALL 2014 FALL 2015 FALL 2016 Fall 2017 PACE Non PACE Critical Thinking 110.22 106.29 109.10 109.27 109.21 109.74 109.77 109.69 Reading 117.51 112.43 116.43 116.10 116.35 116.90 117.04 116.11 Writing  113.78 110.57 112.95 112.96 113.37 113.21 113.12 sample size 148 161 86 283 66 265 53 259 SENIORS (ANSWERED 75% OR MORE) SPRING 2015 SPRING 2016 SPRING 2017 Spring 2018 118.00 110.67 111.47 111.01 109.68 110.65 111.67 110.54 122.17 118.97 119.41 119.01 117.80 118.59 119.19 118.10 117.17 115.01 114.50 113.98 114.77 114.13 113.00 114.28 6 229 34 204 44 208 27 218

National Survey of Student Engagement and PACE Select NSSE Questions 2013 2017 Percent responded that at least "some" of your classes contain a SL project First Year 40 50 Senior 62 66 About how many of your courses at this institution have included a community-based project (service-learning)? 1.51 1.72 1.77 1.85