Performance Predictors for Evidence-based Education for Highly Inclusive Colleges

Abstract

This paper presents initial results of students’ and employers’ expectations of college graduates for the purpose of increasing our graduates’ marketability in consonance with President Obama’s recent call for a new, jobs-related rating system for colleges. It also includes an initial proposal for defining and measuring key process predictors (KPPs) that can guide us to continuously refine classroom performance expectations of both faculty and students toward achieving higher retention, graduation, and employment rates.