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
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.
"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)
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