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Are We Really Closing the Loop? Implementation Fidelity Opens that Black Box

One of the main purposes of assessment is to determine if programming is in fact resulting in student learning. However, this can be tricky. Most faculty are experts in their discipline and adept at data, but what if the data being gathered cannot accurately tell us if or what a student learned? This may in […]

IE Makeover: Simple Strategies to Simplify Processes and Increase Quality

Sometimes it can feel difficult to get excited about Institutional Effectiveness, not only as an individual but for a campus. Recently in a webinar Mount Saint Mary’s University shared their assessment and program review transformation, where Dr. Michele Starkey, Dr. Laurie Wright Garry, and Dr. Elizabeth Sturgeon reviewed some great stories and strategies for fostering […]

Fear Not: Be Prepared for Your Accreditation Site Visit

While writing an accreditation report is challenging, many will confess the on-site visit intimidates them even more. It doesn’t have to! Dr. Josephine Welsh has participated at many levels of accreditation, and shared her insights in her webinar. The Visiting Team The most critical aspect of this part of the accreditation process is actually empathy […]

Telling Your Story to Your Accreditor: 7 Practical Tips

Most assessment, accreditation, and IE directors didn’t set out to be in their roles. Typically the jobs were filled by organized faculty and staff with a true desire to understand and improve their institution. Happily this important field is growing, and is filled with people like YOU. While yes, assessment and accreditation do “check some […]

Webinar 4 – Why Assessment & Faculty Development Need Each Other: Using Evidence to Improve Student Learning

Fall Refresh: The Perfect Time to Update Assessment Tools

Fall semester is such an energizing time on campus! It is also a perfect time to begin thinking about your assessment plan for the year. Specifically, what instruments you want to use for measures. It is unfortunately common to gather data, only to discover it does not tell us what we set out to discover […]

Curriculum Mapping 101

While curriculum maps have been around for years, unless you have a pedagogy background you may not have ever created one. They are a useful visual representation of how a program’s learning outcomes are sequenced for students, and also a tool for faculty to make meaningful adjustments as well as streamline assessment. Read on for […]

CAS for Regional Accreditation: 3 Tips To Leverage

Why the long face? …In search of positive Higher Education. As I scanned higher ed news this week in search of an interesting topic to write about, I came across several that would have worked well…