Academic Year	2023-2024
Unit	Student Outreach and Retention (SOAR) Center
Domain	Personal Responsibility
Program or Event	SOAR's Graduate Access Preparation program (GAPP)
Number of Students	15
Assessed By	Pre & Post surveys of student opinions, beliefs Checklist of what student(s) did Student performance (e.g., student oral presentation) rated USING rubric
Uses of Results	Refining program/program changes Reporting results (EVERYONE SHOULD CHECK) Refining assessment tools/LOs Unit planning and/or budgeting Providing feedback to student/participant
Outcome	The GAPP program seeks to improve the diversity rates of the graduate school pipeline by supporting students that identify as low-income, first generation, or students from historically underrepresented communities through the application process. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES: The GAPP program will explore the impact that the GAP program has as an intervention to improve participants' knowledge growth, confidence building, self-efficacy, and sense of support as a result of participating in the program. 1) Are students gaining knowledge acquisition as a result of the intervention? 2) Are students developing self-awareness as a result of the intervention? 3) Are students demonstrating practical competence as a result of the intervention? 4) Are students able to gain interpersonal competence skills as a result of the intervention
Benchmark	90% of program participants will be able to create and share their work plans for applying to graduate school by the end of the two quarter program.