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This Book Focuses Upon the on-going corporatization of higher education as reflected by an increased dependence upon standardization and assessment. While the author has no quarrel with increased accountability and the need for realistic assessment of that which can be realistically assessed, the book suggests that much of the "accountability" movement is mired in hypocrisy. This hypocrisy is present both in those working within higher education and...
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Assessment plays a key role in institutions of higher education. However, many colleges and universities simply add their assessment plans onto other teaching, learning, service, and research activities in order to prepare for an impending accreditation visit. In this important resource, Catherine M. Wehlburg outlines an integrated and ongoing system for assessment that both prepares for an accreditation visit and truly enhances student learning....
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In this book, which is based on a five-year study following over 200 students at seven colleges, the authors argue that becoming liberally educated is a complex and messy process involving making decisions and learning from them. Colleges create spaces (both physical and metaphysical) in which students must make decisions, often in the face of ambiguous situations. Some of these decisions--like declaring a major--are formal and happen infrequently....
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This book provides a unique perspective on the discussion of educational quality as reflected through outcomes assessment -- or the application of student outcomes and student-learning outcomes to ensure institutional effectiveness -- with its broad, cross-disciplinary approach. It focuses on assessing institutional quality and effectiveness, as well as responding to the increased demand for greater accountability at all levels of institutional activity....
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Revisiting Outcomes Assessment in Higher Education compliments rather than updates Hernon and Dugan's 2004 Outcomes Assessment in Higher Education. As with its predecessor, it offers a cross-campus diversity of voices: contributors hail from various segments of higher organizations, an academic vice president, academic deans, a higher education consultant, faculty members, and librarians. Individually, they shed light on how their corner of the higher...
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Accreditation is essential to colleges and universities. Without it, they are unable to participate in federal student aid programs or confer legitimate degrees. In Accreditation on the edge, Susan D. Phillips and Kevin Kinser bring together the expertise of different stakeholders to illustrate the complexities of the accreditation system and to map the critical issues that must be navigated going forward. Presenting an array of perspectives - from...
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"Examines why assessment activity has produced meager results and how existing activities can be improved. Astin's ideas include how assessment information can be used most effectively for evaluation; and how results can be used to enlighten and inform the practitioner."--Google Books viewed May 19, 2021.
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"When Assessment in Student Affairs first appeared in 1996, readers discovered a practical context for viewing the power of assessment across the domain of student services. In this comprehensive manual, John H. Schuh and M. Lee Upcraft continue the conversation begun in their earlier book and provide a full range of practical tools and engaging examples for conducting effective assessments. The authors offer an overview of the assessment process...
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