Outcomes Assessment in Higher Education
Views and Perspectives
Published on 30. June 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-1-59158-098-0 (ISBN)
Description
Outcomes Assessment in Higher Education focuses on assessing institutional quality and effectiveness, and responds to the increasing demand for greater accountability at all levels of institutional activity. It provides material that anyone in higher education dealing with outcomes assessment will find useful. The book presents the perspective of assessment associations and regional accrediting bodies, faculty members who have prepared plans for implementation of outcomes assessment, and librarians engaged in such assessment. Examples provide practical guidance in determining assessment options and how to proceed in establishing and applying assessment programs. This unique book provides a broad, cross-disciplinary perspective on the discussion of educational quality as reflected through outcomes assessment. Regardless of their position or source of employment, the message of the various authors is the same: outcomes assessment is here to stay.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
562 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59158-098-0 (9781591580980)
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Persons
PETER HERNON is Professor, Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Boston. He is co-editor of Library & Information Science Research, founding editor of Government Information Quarterly, past editor of The Journal of Academic Librarianship, and an internationally acclaimed author of numerous books.
ROBERT E. DUGAN is Library Director, Mildred F. Sawyer Library, Suffolk University, Boston. During a 30-year career in librarianship, he has been a reference librarian, director of public libraries, head of statewide library development, a state librarian, an associate university librarian, and college library director. He has co-authored six books and more than 50 articles on topics such as information policy, technology, outcomes assessment, and library management and operations.
ROBERT E. DUGAN is Library Director, Mildred F. Sawyer Library, Suffolk University, Boston. During a 30-year career in librarianship, he has been a reference librarian, director of public libraries, head of statewide library development, a state librarian, an associate university librarian, and college library director. He has co-authored six books and more than 50 articles on topics such as information policy, technology, outcomes assessment, and library management and operations.
Content
Figures Preface Keystones of Regional Accreditation: Intentions, Outcomes, and Sustainability by Ronald L. Baker An Institutional Commitment to Assessment and Accountability by James Anderson A Decade of Assessing Student Learning: What We Have Learned and What Is Next? by Cecelia L. Lopez Institutional Assessment Planning Developing an Assessment Plan to Learn about Student Learning by Peggy L. Maki A Local Institutional Assessment Plan The Strategic Triad Supporting Information Literacy Assessment by Oswald M. T. Ratteray Selecting from the Assessment Tool Chest Evolving an Assessment of the Impact on Pedagogy, Learning, and Library Support of Teaching with Digital Images by Danuta Nitecki and William Rando Outcomes Assessment in a College Library: An Instructional Case Study by Elizabeth W. Carter Four Perspectives on Assessment and Evaluation Institutional Perspectives An International Perspective Assessment: A Case Study in Synergy by Sandra Bloomberg Preparing for the Future: A View of Institutional Effectiveness Continued Development of Assorted Measures Bibliography Index