Outcomes Use Table: Current Uses of the WPA Outcomes for First-year Composition
Compiled by Patricia Freitag Ericsson


Column One lists schools using the OS;
Column Two indicates use of the OS to define the first-year course;
Column Three indicates use in different types of assessment activities;
Column Four indicates use of the OS to train TA's and adjuncts;
Column Five
indicates that the OS is used somehow in the first-year course itself.

INSTITUTION DEFINE COURSE ASSESSMENT TA/ADJUNCT TRAINING IN COURSE ITSELF

Alverno College

X      

Angelo State University

X   X X

Arizona State University

X     X

Atlanta Christian College

X X X  
Boston College X      
Bowling Green State University X   X X
California State University Stanislaus   X   X
Capella University X      

College of the Mainland

X      

Community College of Denver

  X    

Drew University

X X X X

Eastern Michigan University

X X X X

Eastern Washington University

X X X  
Emerson College X X X X

Georgia Southern University

X X   X

Georgia State University

X X X X
Hannibal-LaGrange College X X X  

Humboldt State University

X   X X

Huston-Tillotson College

X X X  

Illinois State University

  X    

Johnson Community College

      X

Kansas State University

X      

Kirkwood Community College

  X   X

Louisiana State University

X      

Loyola

X      
Marywood University X      
McDaniel College X      

Mesa Community College

X      
Metropolitan Community College(Kansas)     X  

Metropolitan Community College (Omaha)

X X    
Miami University of Ohio X     X

Missouri Western State College

X      

Montgomery College

X      

Mount Union College

X      

Niagara University

X X X  

Northern Illinois University

X X    

Northwestern State University-Louisiana

  X X  

Oakland University

X X    

Purdue University

X      
Purdue University Calumet X   X  

St. Cloud State University

X X X  

San Juan College

X      

Southern Connecticut State University

X      

Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville

X   X X

Stanford University

X   X  

Texas Christian University

X X X  

The College of New Jersey

X      
University of Alabama X X    

University of Arizona

X      
University of Arkansas-Little Rock X X X X

University of California at Irvine

X   X X

University of California at Santa Barbara

X      

University of Colorado-Boulder

X      

University of Connecticut

X X X  

University of Delaware

X      

University of Illinois-Chicago

X      
University of Louisville   X X  

University of Michigan-Dearborn

X   X X
University of Nebraska Omaha X   X  

University of New Mexico

X      

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

X      

University of Northern British Columbia

X X  
University of Regina X      
University of Richmond X      
University of St. Francis X   X X

University of Tennessee-Chattanooga

X   X

University of Texas-Tyler

X X    

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

X X X X

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

X      

University of Wyoming

X   X  

Utah Valley State College

X X X X

Virginia Community College System

X      
Virginia Tech X   X X

Washington State University

X X X  

West Chester University

X      

West Virginia University

X X X X
Western Washington University X   X  

Winona State University

X      
Wright State University X X X X

Xavier University of LA

X X    

Yeshiva University

X X    

 

The information in this table is collected periodically via the WPA-L listerv.
If information about any institution is incorrect or if an institution needs to be added, please contact me at
ericsson@wsu.edu. If your insitution has an outcomes web site, please let me know so I can link it.

I'd like to track ways in which this table is used, so please let me know if you're using it and how.

The most recent update of this table was completed in May 2006. The online version is available at
http://www.wsu.edu/~ericsson/OS_table.html

Patricia Freitag Ericsson
223 Avery Hall
Washington State University
Pullman, WA
ericsson@wsu.edu