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July 24, 2006
- Middle
States is still watching.
- Draft
report by the Federal Commission on the Future of Higher Education.
- An
offer of assistance with Fall 2006 preparation.
April 10, 2006
- Your
archives contain assessment treasures.
- The
AAC&U addresses the Federal Commission on the Future of Higher
Education.
- Celebrating
the small victories.
April 3, 2006
- Are
your students able to self-assess?
- Your
department members may be your best source of assessment ideas.
- Assessment
in the various professional programs.
March 27, 2006
- The
Greater Expectations report of
the Association of American Colleges and Universities.
- SCA
General Education review and the “signature” course.
- Tracking
student usage of Blackboard course materials.
March 20, 2006
- Program Coordinators, course sequencing,
and the learning continuum.
- Validity and reliability.
- Assessment of online learning.
March 13, 2006
- The problem of assessment sustainability.
- LIFE saving.
- Assessing the assessors.
March 6, 2006
- Faculty Web space as a faculty development
resource.
- Miscellaneous resources by discipline.
- Outcomes assessment in Ph.D. programs.
February 27, 2006
- What does U.S. News and World Report have
to say about outcomes assessment?
- Research on improving outcomes for the
first year of college.
- The First Year Experience course at
Russell Sage.
February
20, 2006
- Some
suggestions for departments on preparing Academic Plans.
- The
Federal Commission on the Future of Higher Education contemplates
assessment and accountability.
- What
do employers actually want our graduates to be able to do?
February 13, 2006
- We need an undergraduate credit hour
policy.
- A technology environment that supports
student learning.
- Outcomes assessment in undergraduate
business programs.
February 6, 2006
- Minor correction to last week's report.
- A new standardized test makes its debut.
- The Graduate Record Exam (GRE).
January 30, 2006 (intranet only)
- Cooperative
Institutional Research Program (CIRP).
- Interpreting
the data: Sage Student Satisfaction Survey.
- Using
the results of the Student Satisfaction Survey.
January 23, 2006
- There
is a Web archive of OARs.
- A
way to improve outcomes in Academic Advisement.
- Assessment
at some local competitor colleges.
January 16, 2006
- Surveys
of Sage Graduates.
- Project
DEEP: a study of colleges with consistently-excellent NSSE scores.
- Portfolios
for student and program assessment.
January 9, 2006
- VPAA's Summer 2006 Outcomes Assessment
Awards.
- Assessment of learning outcomes for
student group work.
- Syllabusology.
January 2, 2006
- Middle States Commission publications.
- They're coming: Departmental Academic
Plans.
- Some best practices at Sage.
December 19, 2005
- Are you using your assessment information?
- Assessment and academic support services.
- Grading rubrics.
December 12, 2005
- Outcomes Assessment in the Institutional Trend
Report.
- Documenting assessment while doing routine grading
in a course.
- Minute Papers and other anonymous Classroom
Assessment Techniques (CATs).
December 5, 2005
- What do the words goal and objective
mean?
- Good grades and learning.
- Deep learning, assessment, and the relationship
between majors and general education.
November 28, 2005
- Assessment and institutional accountability.
- An example of a small program-outcomes assessment
project.
- Coping with changing expectations, for institutions
and faculty members.
November 21, 2005
- IUPUI: no curtains on their windows.
- Keeping it simple.
- Where we stand at Sage with outcomes assessment.
November 14, 2005
- National Assessment Institute 2005.
- Attitudes toward standardized testing and surveys
are changing.
- The faculty of Mount Royal College sets an example
for a nation.