Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Assessment Is Like a Box of Chocolates-Lisa Maxfield, California State University, Long Beach
2. Assessment: Legacy, Culture, and Vision-Lynn Lester and Kate Hendel, Clarke College
3. Some Uncertainties Exist-David A. Eubanks, Coker College
4. Wanted: Nutrient-Rich Environments For Genuine Assessment-Jean Mach, College of San Mateo
5. From Bereavement To Assessment: The Transformation of a Regional Comprehensive University-Rose Perrine, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe, Paula Kopacz, Dorie Combs, Onda Bennett, Stacey Street, and E. J. Keeley, Eastern Kentucky University
6. How It Took A Whole Village-Eileen Matthews, Gallaudet University
7. Slouching Toward Assessment: One Department's Journey Toward Accountability Bliss-Hardin L. Aasand, Stevens Amidon, and Debrah Huffman, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
8. Designing, Implementing, And Sustaining Department/Program Review and Assessment at a Community College-Althea Smith and Susan Bayard, North Shore Community College
9. Discovering Our Way: Defining And Implementing An Integrated Culture Of Assessment-Mia Alexander-Snow and Christine Robinson, Seminole State
College Of Florida, Formerly Seminole Community College
10. Outcomes Assessment, The Public Research University, and the Humanities-Laura J. Rosenthal, University of Maryland, College Park
11. Turf Battles, Subcultures, and Procedural Technicalities: Multiple Pathways Toward Assessment at The University of Southern Maine-Ann C. Dean and Susan Mcwilliams, University Of Southern Maine
12. Engaging Faculty in the Assessment Process at The University Of West Florida-Eman M. El-Sheikh, Justice Mbizo, Claudia J. Stanny, George L. Stewart, Melanie A. Sutton, Laura J. White, And Michelle Hale Williams, University Of West Florida
13. Evidence of Learning-Melissa Pedone and Allison Sloan, Valencia Community College
14. Seeing the Light, Feeling the Heat-Patricia A. Thomas, Rhode Island College, Jeanne Mullaney, Rhode Island Community College, and Deborah Grossman-Garber, University Of Rhode Island

About the Author

Peggy L. Maki is a higher education consultant specializing in assisting institutions integrate assessment of student learning into educational practices. Formerly Senior Scholar and Director of Assessment at the AAHE, Associate Director of the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc., she has also served as a Dean and Chair at various institutions.

Reviews

"I recommend this as a great addition for your library either if you are currently involved or will be involved in your institutions' or departments' assessment efforts. It is informative regardless of the size of your institution and is a candid and comprehensive volume as the title suggests on coming to terms with student outcomes assessment."-- "NACADA Journal (National Academic Advising Association)" (2/1/2011 12:00:00 AM)
"The contributors, faculty and administrators from 16 campuses who recont the ups and downs of efforts to put assessment into practice in departments and general education programs, on the campus level and system wide... These are stories of people working against the grain, many told in a lightly ironic mode... While harrowing, the tales in this collection include some remarkable inventions. It's hard to imagine that students won't someday benefit from the massive efforts this volume describes. This sobering but engaging book suggests that the result of its success in moblizing genuine inquiry into learning that matters is key to whether the assessment movement will nuture flowers or only thorns."-- "Change Magazine" (10/1/2011 12:00:00 AM)