Program Excellence through Assessment, Research, and Learning (PEARL) is an on-line environment that supports and tracks the planning and implementation of assessment processes that programs use to gather evidence about student learning. The intended goal of this process is the use of this evidence in decisions on how to improve our educational programs.

All of UNL’s undergraduate colleges, and the Division of Student Affairs and Office of Undergraduate Studies, use the PEARL software to aggregate and report assessment results.

The following colleges and groups participate in the full PEARL cycle:

• The College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
• The College of Education and Human Sciences
• The College of Journalism and Mass Communications
• The Division of Student Affairs
• The Office of Undergraduate Studies

The next few pages will describe the key elements of PEARL. A printable PDF version of these pages is available here. Get started by learning more about the development of PEARL and how it came to UNL by clicking on "next" at the bottom of the page.

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