Do the ARC-PA Standards require certain information to be gathered from graduate surveys?

The program must have a process of ongoing self-assessment. The Commission expects programs to submit a self study report that includes an assessment of the program’s preparation of graduates to achieve program defined competencies. This requires the program to collect data from exiting students AND/OR graduates about their perception of how well the program prepared them for entry into the profession. The program may also utilize these surveys to collect additional information about the program related to its assessment process.

The ARC-PA does not have any information that is required on these surveys but expects the program to develop these surveys to collect the necessary data related to the program’s specific self-assessment process.