Designer Audits for Selective Admission ProgramsPresented by:

Sharlene Allen

September 2008

How it Began

• Worked with Dental Dept. to develop a DARS audit for use in selecting Dental Hygiene students– Typically 200+ applicants for 18 openings

• Used the first time for selection of 2007-08 admits

• Director stated the process previously took numerous people several weeks to complete (estimate was at least three solid working days)

• Using the audit, the review process was completed in about three hours

More Requests

• Added an audit for selection of Dental Assisting students– This was used Spring 2008 to select 2008-09 admits

• Currently finalizing an audit for selection of students within the Nursing Dept.– Will be customized for criteria of each program – Includes some different criteria than Dental Hygiene audit– Test run will be within the next month to select Summer admits

• Also working on an audit for selection of Radiologic Technology students

Dental Hygiene Audit Criteria• Looks for a list of 11 courses

• Removes all unacceptable grades, including anything below a C (to match program requirement)

• Repeated courses - always accepts the better grade

• Some courses will allow substitutes if the substitute course had a better grade– e.g., Looks for ENGL1101, but if ENGL1102 was completed and

has better grade, can use for application purposes– Note this is for selection purposes only; the program

requirements remain the same

• Checks for completion of developmental reading, writing and math requirements

Program Setup

Course Requirements in Audit

Unsuccessful Courses Removed

Grades Below C are Removed

Example: Even though the student took ENGL1101:

The better grade is used:

Substitute Course with Better Grade

Substitute Course in Audit

Coding of Possible Substitutions

Check for Completion of Developmental Requirements

Of course, I did it all by myself

NOT!!!

Many thanks to the DARS team for their assistance!

Questions?