基本説明
Provides expert guidance for assessing and promoting institutional effectiveness in supporting student learning.
Full Description
PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION Demonstrating Institutional Effectiveness
In this era of increasing pressure on higher education institutions for accountability, Planning and Assessment in Higher Education is an essential resource for college and university leaders and staff charged with the task of providing evidence of institutional effectiveness. Michael F. Middaugh, a noted expert in the field, shows how colleges and universities can successfully measure student learning and institutional effectiveness and use these results to create more efficient communications with both internal and external constituencies as well as promote institutional effectiveness to support student learning.
"How can the assessment of institutional effectiveness be used to provide a solid foundation for planning? Middaugh has crafted a comprehensive, practical guide that also explains what accrediting agencies really want and need to know about these topics." —Elizabeth H. Sibolski, executive vice president, Middle States Commission on Higher Education
"Only Michael Middaugh, the unquestioned national leader in this field, could write such a lucid overview of how to make institutional assessment and planning really work as a tool rather than as a tedious requirement. He helped invent and shape the focus of national assessment rubrics and now offers his insights into how to make them work for your institution." —John C. Cavanaugh, chancellor, Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
"Middaugh provides extremely helpful and practical guidance and insights on how colleges and universities can use assessment tools and frameworks to improve both academic programs and administrative operations. A valuable and timely book for all higher education leaders." —James P. Honan, senior lecturer on education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Contents
Preface ix
About the Author xiii
1. The National Context for Assessment 1
2. Starting at the Beginning: Mission-Driven Planning and Assessment 23
3. Assessing Institutional Effectiveness: Student Issues 47
4. A Core Issue in Institutional Effectiveness: Developing Sensible Measures of Student Learning 89
5. Maximizing Human and Fiscal Resources in Support of the Teaching/Learning Process 109
6. A Comparative Context for Examining Data on Teaching Loads and Instructional Costs 133
7. Measuring Administrative Effectiveness 157
8. Communicating Assessment Results 173
9. Where Do We Go From Here? 193
Appendix A: University of Delaware College Selection Survey 207
Appendix B: University of Delaware 2007 Study of Instruction Costs and Productivity, By Academic Discipline 215
References 227
Web-Based References 231
Resources for Further Reading 233
Index 235
