As mandated by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV), Virginia Western measured two general education competencies in 2024-25: Civic Engagement and Professional Readiness. A summary of these results can be found on our website at General Education Success – Student Achievement Goals – Virginia Western Community College.

To directly measure these competencies, faculty used Canvas Outcomes to assess these learning outcomes on assignments in their classes.

General Education Competency	Total Number of Class Sections that Submitted Assignments	Total Number of Courses that Submitted Assignments	Total Number of Unique Assignments Submitted	Total Number of Unique Outcomes Submitted
Civic Engagement	78	33	1,056	1,970
Professional Readiness	250	88	6,050	12,406

Compared to when we last assessed these competencies in AY 2021-22, the number of unique assignments increased 1,086% for Civic Engagement and increased 3,084% for Professional Readiness!

We want to thank all of the faculty members who completed these assessments – your hard work has to led to an amazing increase in sample size which allows us to better assess how our students are doing in these areas and make changes as necessary.

If you have any questions, please contact the Institutional Effectiveness Office at ie@virginiawestern.edu.