PACE Programs Overview and Impact
Explore PACE's projects across various disciplines such as Biology, Communications, Psychology, and Social Sciences. Discover the progression of core and upper-division courses from Fall 2014 to Spring 2018. Understand how PACE influences student attitudes towards community service and enhances learning outcomes through integrated communication, critical thinking, and civic engagement.
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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
PACES PROGRESSION Fall 2015: Spring 2015: Core Curriculum plus Upper Division courses (Biology, Communications, English, Education, Music, Political Science, Psychology, Theater) Core Curriculum (Critical Thinking, English Composition, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology) Fall 2014: First Year Seminar Spring 2016: Fall 2016: Spring 2017: Core curriculum plus Upper Division courses (Biology, Communications, Critical Thinking, English, Education, Healthcare Management, Legal Studies, Music, Nursing, Political Science, Psychology) Core curriculum plus Upper Division courses (Biology, Communications, Economics, English, Education, Healthcare Management, Music, Nursing, Political Science, Psychology, Social Sciences, Spanish) Core curriculum plus Upper Division courses (Communications, Computer Science, English, Legal Studies, Political Science, Psychology) ? Spring 2018: Fall 2017: Core Curriculum plus Upper Division courses (Biology, Communications, Computer Science, English, Legal Studies, Psychology) Core Curriculum plus Upper Division courses (Biology, Communications, Computer Science, English, Social Sciences)
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 Students in PACE classes show gains (before vs. after project completion) in 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
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
PACE PROJECTS BY THE NUMBERS Lower-Division Classes Upper-Division Classes 8 67 Grand Total PACE Project Type Business Planning Documentation Interview production Policy Development Program Development Program Evaluation Public Relations Tutoring Video Production Direct Volunteerism Website development Database Social Media Grand Total 8 13 2 80 2 2 22 2 19 8 3 14 12 1 2 175 2 7 2 1 3 15 18 5 3 5 2 1 2 128 9 10 47
PACE ETS RESULTS ETS Proficiency Profile FRESHMEN (ANSWERED 75% OR MORE) FALL 2015 Non PACE FALL 2014 FALL 2016 Fall 2017 Non PACE Non PACE Non PACE PACE PACE PACE PACE Critical Thinking Reading Writing sample size 110.22 117.51 113.78 148 106.29 112.43 110.57 161 109.10 116.43 112.95 86 109.27 116.10 112.96 283 109.21 116.35 112.95 66 109.74 116.90 113.37 265 109.77 117.04 113.21 53 109.69 116.11 113.12 259 SENIORS (ANSWERED 75% OR MORE) SPRING 2016 Non PACE SPRING 2015 SPRING 2017 Spring 2018 Non PACE Non PACE Non PACE PACE PACE PACE PACE Critical Thinking Reading Writing sample size 118.00 122.17 117.17 6 110.67 118.97 115.01 229 111.47 119.41 114.50 34 111.01 119.01 113.98 204 109.68 117.80 114.77 44 110.65 118.59 114.13 208 111.67 119.19 113.00 27 110.54 118.10 114.28 218
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 Senior 40 62 50 66 About how many of your courses at this institution have included a community-based project (service-learning)? First Year Senior 1.51 1.77 1.72 1.85
