ACADEMIC PROFILE

The Academic Profile is a comprehensive measure of academic skills acquired through undergraduate general education courses. This test measures college-level reading, college-level writing, mathematics and critical thinking in the context of materials from the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences.

All Wayne College students take the Academic Profile test as incoming first-year students; they take the test again on completion of 36 hours at the College. This pre- and post-test strategy serves as a valid external indicator of academic achievement. According to AP findings collected in the Spring of 2000, Wayne College student performance ranks with that of comparable students nationwide. The mean incoming score for students taking the AP instrument at Wayne is 439.5 (500 scale) compared to 434.8 at other associate of arts institutions. On exit examination the mean score for Wayne College students (n=76) is 442.9; at comparable institutions the score is 442.6. This indicates not only statistical improvement but also results that are consistent with normative values for associate of arts students across the country.