UCI Student Affairs is strongly committed to supporting student learning both in and out of the classroom. Our cocurricular programs and services promote student learning, development, and growth, which we track and measure by performing outcomes assessment within each of our units.

To determine to what extent our students are gaining the knowledge and skills that our programs intend, every year each Student Affairs unit and department articulates relevant specific outcomes then measures and reports on the evidence pertaining to student learning and programs in those areas. The results of this data-driven assessment process document evidence of the student learning that our units foster and are used by our units and the division to inform the improvement of existing programs and to set priorities for creating, focusing, expanding, and reducing programs. Finally, our assessment steps and results are provided to UCI’s accrediting agency (WASC Senior College and University Commission [WASCUC]) for their review and approval each time UCI is reaffirmed (reaccredited).

There are five domains into which all UCI Student Affairs student learning outcomes fall: 

  1. Civic & Community Engagement
  2. Leadership Development
  3. Diversity & Global Consciousness
  4. Administrative & Professional Skills
  5. Personal Responsibility