Planning and Assessment in Higher Education Demonstrating Institutional Effectiveness

by Middaugh, Michael F.

• ISBN13: 9780470400906
• ISBN10: 0470400900
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-11-16
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

This book helps colleges and universities respond to the increasing pressures for accountability by giving them the tools to demonstrate institutional effectiveness. The author is in a unique position to help his colleagues, since he comes at the topic from multiple perspectives, being both a leading practitioner and researcher: Assistant VP for Institutional Research and Planning at his university, director of a national research project on costs of instruction, as well as Vice Chair of an accreditation agency.While many books address the issue of assessing student learning outcomes, this book provides expert guidance for assessing and promoting institutional effectiveness in supporting student learning. The book's chapters cover every aspect from the overall context of the issue, through measures of effectiveness, to communicating with the public, and concludes with a guide to resources:1. The National Context for Greater Accountability2. Starting at the Beginning: The Institution's Position in the Admissions Market3. The Core Issue in Accountability: Developing Sensible Measures of Student Learning4. Developing Usable Measures of Student Satisfaction and Engagement5. Maximizing Human and Fiscal Resources in Support of the Teaching & Learning Process6. A Comparative Context for Examining Data on Teaching Loads and Instructional Costs7. Measuring Administrative Effectiveness8. Communicating Information About Institutional Effectiveness: Transparency and AccountabilityAppendix: Resources for Assessing Institutional Effectiveness

Author Biography

Michael F. Middaugh is associate provost for institutional effectiveness at the University of Delaware, and commissioner and vice chair of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. He is a past president of the Association for Institutional Research and the Society for College and University Planning and the author of Understanding Faculty Productivity from Jossey-Bass.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
About the Author	p. xiii
The National Context for Assessment	p. 1
Starting at the Beginning: Mission-Driven Planning and Assessment	p. 23
Assessing Institutional Effectiveness: Student Issues	p. 47
A Core Issue in Institutional Effectiveness: Developing Sensible Measures of Student Learning	p. 89
Maximizing Human and Fiscal Resources in Support of the Teaching/Learning Process	p. 109
A Comparative Context for Examining Data on Teaching Loads and Instructional Costs	p. 133
Measuring Administrative Effectiveness	p. 157
Communicating Assessment Results	p. 173
Where Do We Go From Here?	p. 193
University of Delaware College Selection Survey	p. 207
University of Delaware 2007 Study of Instruction Costs and Productivity, By Academic Dicipline	p. 215
References	p. 227
Web-Based References	p. 231
Resources for Further Reading	p. 233
Index	p. 235
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