Building a Culture of Evidence

This module applies the concepts presented in Building a Culture of Evidence in Student Affairs (Culp & Dungy, 2012) to programs and services for adult learners. Emphasizing the importance of carefully articulated research questions, this module describes what adult learner data are available at the institutional, state, and federal levels; explores how technology can assess student learning and evaluate the effectiveness of programs designed to increase adult learner completion rates; and provides concrete examples of how some institutions demonstrate the effectiveness of processes, programs, and services for adult learners and how they determine if programs and services designed for all students meet the needs of adult learners.