ShareAn InsideHigherEd.com article recently described two current points of consensus in measuring student learning outcomes in higher education. One is that faculty are not engaged enough in institutional assessment. The other is that without real faculty involvement in assessment, the measures are meaningless. What a conundrum for the assessment world. The article explores several recent [...]
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ShareThe Annual Meeting of the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) is wrapping up today and as Insidehighered.com reports: “Virtually all of the national higher education leaders who spoke to the country’s largest accrediting group sent a version of the same message: The federal government is dead serious about holding colleges and universities accountable for their performance, [...]
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ShareI recently returned from the A&M Assessment Conference and I was pleased at the offerings for both academic and student affairs. The 10th annual conference, held in College Station, Texas from February 21-23, was attended by roughly 500 practitioners. The headlining speaker was Dr. Belle Whelan, president of SACS Commission on Colleges and Schools, one [...]
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ShareThe Chronicle of Higher Education recapped the annual meeting of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) in an article yesterday, where accrediting agencies were accused by the Department of Education of being too secretive in the processes they utilize to assess post-secondary institutions. Interestingly, regional accrediting bodies are private member organizations and can opt [...]
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Share Taking attendance at events and programs is nothing new. Whether it’s for keeping track of numbers or to turn in expense reports, sign-in sheets become part of the programming tradition. But, what if you took attendance to the next level? A few days ago I wrote about using a swipe-card system with student IDs [...]
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ShareData from a recent study was released earlier this week to determine if college retention programs are smart investments. The study titled Calculating Cost-Return for Investments in Student Success was conducted by The Delta Cost Project and Jobs for the Future. Some interesting findings from the study are… -Data about spending in relation to performance [...]
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ShareInside Higher Ed published an article today about The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE); what is it and 2009 survey results. I have never used the NSSE and have heard mixed results from my higher education colleagues. Does you campus use the NSSE? If so what are your thoughts? If not what is your [...]
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