Using Quality Benchmarks for Assessing and Developing Undergraduate Programs

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"This welcome volume provides discipline-friendly, carefullycrafted frameworks for focusing faculty and staff on the dimensionsthat matter to student learning and institutionaleffectiveness." --George D. Kuh, Chancellor's Professorand director, Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research "A welcome contrast to narrow, mechanical views ofassessment, this volume provides a comprehensive model for academicprogram improvement. Readers will find a powerful framework,flexible tools, and a human touch that brings the whole process tolife." --Pat Hutchings, former vice president, TheCarnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching "Comprehensive in its scope, detailed in its research andanalysis, practical in its examples and recommendations, this bookprovides a refreshingly developmental approach to programassessment and improvement." --Timothy Riordan,associate provost, Alverno College "This is a holistic reference that can guide academicleaders in program improvement in an organic fashion.... Itprovides a sound template with specific exemplars for examiningundergraduate programs along many dimensions. It will promptreaders to gauge their programs based on the benchmarks and toconsider other sources of evidence and activities to document andrefine outcomes. This is a resource readers will refer to for arange of purposes, including institutional and programaccreditation, internal studies, and other assessmentendeavors." --Marv Noltze, information manager at theUniversity of Wisconsin Oshkosh, a partner institution in theAAC&U Quality Collaboratives initiative, in eAIR ResourceReviews