YSU is committed to providing an effective assessment process that can ultimately support student learning, improve academic programs, and enable YSU to provide exemplary services to all constituents.

To sustain the University’s continuous improvement on all levels, the Offices of Assessment and General Education collaborate with each academic department in all six colleges to design and co-ordinate regular and ongoing assessment of student learning outcomes for each degree program and for the general education program.

A systematic feedback loop also enables academic units to share information about student learning with students, faculty, and appropriate organizations. All information is shared in aggregate form only, and the confidentiality of individual students is safeguarded. If assessment information is shared beyond the internal efforts of program improvement or accreditation, departments abide by the appropriate Institutional Review Board guidelines at YSU

This section of the planning web site includes information about two types of assessment:  (1) departmental assessment of learning outcomes in academic majors/programs and (2) assessment of learning outcomes in general education courses.  Follow the links to information and timelines for the two kinds of assessment.  If at any point you are asked for a password for any of the files on the assessment web pages, click "cancel." See