Coming to Terms with Student Outcomes Assessment: Faculty and Administrators Journeys to Integrating Assessment in Their Work and Institutional Culture

COMING TO TERMS WITH STUDENT OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT Faculty and Administrators’ Journeys to Integrating Assessment in Their Work and Institutional Culture......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 8
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 10
INTRODUCTION......Page 12
1 ASSESSMENT IS LIKE A BOX OF CHOCOLATES......Page 18
2 ASSESSMENT Legacy, Culture, and Vision......Page 35
3 SOME UNCERTAINTIES EXIST......Page 58
5 FROM BEREAVEMENT TO ASSESSMENT The Transformation of a Regional Comprehensive University......Page 88
6 HOW IT TOOK A WHOLE VILLAGE......Page 103
7 SLOUCHING TOWARD ASSESSMENT One Department’s Journey Toward Accountability Bliss......Page 118
8 DESIGNING, IMPLEMENTING, AND SUSTAINING DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT AT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE......Page 134
9 DISCOVERING OUR WAY Defining and Implementing an Integrated Culture of Assessment......Page 150
10 OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT, THE PUBLIC RESEARCH UNIVERSITY, AND THE HUMANITIES......Page 164
11 TURF BATTLES, SUBCULTURES, AND PROCEDURAL TECHNICALITIES......Page 178
12 ENGAGING FACULTY IN THE ASSESSMENT PROCESSAT THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA......Page 189
13 EVIDENCE OF LEARNING......Page 202
14 SEEING THE LIGHT, FEELING THE HEAT......Page 219
INDEX......Page 234