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Institutional Learning Outcomes

Illinois Valley Community College’s Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOs) are used to assess knowledge, skills, and abilities across college curricula. The Higher Learning Commission indicates a general education “imparts broad knowledge and intellectual concepts to students and develops skills and attitudes that the institution believes every college-educated person should possess.” IVCC’s ILOs help demonstrate how students earning degrees and certificates from IVCC have the knowledge, skills, and abilities that college-educated people should possess in order to contribute to their careers and communities. In 2020, IVCC approved Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOs) to replace the college’s General Education Goals, which were in place to assess general education between 2014 and 2020.

 

IVCC Institutional Learning Goals and Outcomes

Goal 1. Communication: To communicate effectively

Is the student proficient in…
  • communicating to or with a specific audience? (Outcome 1.1)
  • demonstrating purpose and organization? (Outcome 1.2)
  • synthesizing and supporting ideas? (Outcome 1.3)

Goal 2. Inquiry: To apply critical, logical, creative, aesthetic, or quantitative analytical reasoning to formulate a judgment or conclusion

Is the student proficient in…
  • gathering and selecting information? (Outcome 2.1)
  • analyzing or investigating data? (Outcome 2.2)
  • articulating reasons for decisions or solutions? (Outcome 2.3)

Goal 3. Social Consciousness: To articulate what it means to be a socially conscious person, locally and globally

Is the student proficient in…
  • describing a social system, theoretical framework, culture, or lifestyle? (Outcome 3.1)
  • appreciating diverse perspectives or differences within social, theoretical, or cultural systems? (Outcome 3.2)

Goal 4. Responsibility: To recognize how personal choices affect self and society

Is the student proficient in…
  • articulating an assessment of self in relation to others? (Outcome 4.1)
  • demonstrating awareness of personal responsibility and positioning within a larger context, culture, community, or system of thought? (Outcome 4.2)