Higher Education Assessments Leadership Matters

by Kramer, Gary L.; Swing, Randy L.; Barclay, Raymond; Bers, Trudy; Bradley, Bryan D.; Gray, Peter J.; Hanson, Coral; Johnson, Trav D.; Kinzie, Jillian; Miller, Thomas E.; Muffo, John; Olsen, Danny; Osguthorpe, Russell T.; Schuh, John H.; Smith, Kay H.; Torr

• ISBN13: 9781442206205
• ISBN10: 1442206209
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-10-16
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Higher Education Assessments: Leadership Matters reflects the work of a select group of researchers, scholars, and practitioners in higher education assessment with the goal of identifying strategies that assist senior campus leaders as they respond to the challenges of a changing economic landscape and political climate. The contributors, experts in the field, bring to the forefront key issues relevant to advancing assessments in higher education-principles that culminate in improving student learning and development. Kramer and Swing provide a tool for presidents, vice presidents, provosts, and deans to determine which areas of assessment matter most in their institutions and how they can measure progress in aligning claims with outcomes. The contributors deftly address assessment in student affairs, documentation of student learning, student engagement to bridge learner outcomes, assessment in the disciplines, assessments that can transform a culture, and putting students first as partners in the learning enterprise. In doing so, they have focused on what a campus president and his or her team need to know and do to lead assessment successfully on campus and as they set the tone for and facilitate institutional assessments.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Table	p. vii
Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xv
Leading Assessments on the Campus
Championing the Assessment of Learning: The Role of Top Leaders	p. 3
Assessment Frameworks That Can Make a Difference in Achieving Institutional Outcomes	p. 27
Bridging Learner Outcomes: Finding Common Ground
Assessment and Student Diversity	p. 59
Assessments in Student Services That Foster Student and Program Success	p. 73
Documenting Student Learning: Valuing the Process	p. 95
Learning Outcomes, Assessment, and Program Improvement	p. 119
Assessments That Transform the Learning Culture
Student Engagement and a Culture of Assessment	p. 135
Assessment in the Disciplines	p. 161
Assessment That Transforms an Institution	p. 179
Putting Students First as Partners in the Learning Enterprise	p. 213
Epilogue	p. 237
Subject Index	p. 241
Name Index	p. 247
About the Contributors	p. 253
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