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Saturday, October 10, 2009

UMass assessment handbook

Here is the UMass handbook for academic program assessment.

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  • Brainstorm
  • Dave Eubanks’ Higher Ed Blog
  • Eric Shepherd’s Blog
  • Gavin Henning’s Assessment Blog
  • Higher Ed Assessment
  • Higher Education Research Institute Blog
  • Kim’s Blog
  • liberal.education nation
  • Teagle Liblog
  • Ted Elling’s Assessment Blog
  • Tomorrow's Professor
  • View from the Bayou

Something to read

Student success, engagement, liberal education, and related topics
  • AAC&U Web Publications
  • Academic Commons
  • Carnegie Foundation eLibrary
  • Carnegie Foundation Perspectives
  • Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning
  • Diversity and Democracy
  • Faculty Focus
  • Inside Higher Ed: Assessment and Accountability
  • Inside Higher Ed: Teaching and Learning
  • Liberal Education
  • National Teaching & Learning Forum
  • On Campus with Women
  • Peer Review
Higher education more generally
  • Academe: Bulletin of the AAUP
  • Academic Exchange Quarterly
  • Academic Leadership
  • Chronicle of Higher Education
  • Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
  • Inside Higher Ed
  • NY Times Knowledge Network: College
  • U.S. News & World Report: Education Center

Email discussion groups

  • ASSESS - Assessment in Higher Education
  • EVALTALK - American Evaluation Association
  • POD - Professional & Organization Development Network in Higher Education
  • SACS - SACS Commission on Colleges Discussion Forum

Organizations

  • ACPA-College Student Educators International
  • Association for General and Liberal Studies
  • Association for Non-Traditional Students in Higher Education
  • Association of American Colleges and Universities
  • Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
  • Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education
  • Critical Thinking Community
  • Delta Project on Postsecondary Education Costs, Productivity, and Accountability
  • Higher Education Academy
  • Higher Education Research Institute
  • Institute for Higher Education Policy
  • International Association for Educational Assessment
  • International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
  • Learn and Serve: National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
  • Lumina Foundation for Education
  • NASPA-Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education
  • National Academic Advising Association
  • National Center for Academic Transformation
  • National Clearinghouse for Commuter Programs
  • National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment
  • New England Educational Assessment Network
  • New Leadership Alliance for Student Learning and Accountability
  • Scottish Higher Education Enhancement Committee
  • Spencer Foundation
  • Supporting Assessment in Undergraduate Mathematics
  • Teagle Foundation
  • Virginia Assessment Group
  • Voluntary System of Accountability

Accreditors

Council for Higher Education Accreditation

Regional Accrediting Agencies
  • Middle States Commission on Higher Education
  • New England Association of Schools and Colleges
  • North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
  • Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
  • Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
  • Western Association of Schools and Colleges
Specialized Accrediting Agencies
  • Association of Specialized and Professional Accreditors
  • Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
  • Association for the Advancement of Collegiate Schools of Business
  • Council on Social Work Education
  • National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education

Getaways

See the following web sites for information about conferences, webinars, & other variations of professional development opportunities:

  • NILOA's event calendar
  • Innovative Educators
  • Academic Impressions

More site seeing

  • Nine Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning
  • Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
  • Primary Research Group
  • YouTube-EDU

Books

  • Allen, M. J., Assessing Academic Programs in Higher Education
  • Banta, T. W., Assessing Student Achievement in General Education
  • Banta, T. W., Assessing Student Learning in the Disciplines
  • Banta, T. W., Hallmarks of Effective Outcomes Assessment
  • Banta, T. W., Portfolio Assessment
  • Maki, P. L., Assessing for Learning