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The Office of Academic Affairs serves Long Island University's central mission of "access and excellence" in higher education by providing leadership in all aspects of academic life within a multi-campus institution.
Under the direction of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, the OAA coordinates LIU's academic operations including program development and curriculum assessment, academic budgeting and workload management, faculty re-appointment and tenure review, research grants, and teaching and learning initiatives.
Office of Academic Affairs - Long Island University
University Center
700 Northern Blvd.
Brookville, NY 11548-1327
Developing a Program Learning Assessment Plan:
Timeline: Three-Year Cycle of the Assessment of Student Learning
Sample Academic Program Assessment Plan
Blank Program Assessment Plan Form
Brooklyn Campus
Student Services (forthcoming)
C.W. Post Campus
Regional Campuses
Key Assessment Concepts for Academic Departments
Sample Guidelines for Program Mission Statements, College of Wooster
Course Template with Course Objectives
Bloom's Taxonomy: http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/cogsys/bloom.html
Best Characteristics of Goals and Objectives
Learning Goals and Objectives Exercise
Examples of Direct and Indirect Measures: http://www.msache.org/publications/examples-of-evidence-of-student-learning.pdf
University Assessment Committee (UAC):
Committee Membership - Word document added 11/2/09
Statement of Purpose - Word docoment added 4/22/09
Meeting Notes AY 2009 - 2010:
UAC Assessment Readings :
C.W. Post Campus Goals, 2003; Word document added 5/18/09
Middle States Assessment Standards, August 2008; pdf added 4/8/09
Middle States Periodic Review Report Feedback; jpg added 2/20/09
Strategic Agenda: pdf added 2/12/09
Assessing Student Learning and Institutional Effectiveness: Understand Middle States Expectations: pdf added 2/10/09
Cultivating Faculty Support for Institutional Effectiveness Activities: Benchmarking Best Practices: pdf added 2/10/09
Documents for Academic Deans:
Steps for Doing Program-level Assessment; Word document added 7/21/09
Defining the Assurance of Learning Process; PowerPoint added 7/21/09
Helpful Assessment Handbooks:
PROGRAM-Based Review and Assessment, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Manual, University of Delaware
Tools & Techniques for Program Improvement, Western Washington University
UW-Madison Assessment Manual, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Levels of Assessment – Sample Documents:
University Level – http://www.provost.wisc.edu/assessment/Assessmentplan2003_R2008.pdf ; added 1/15/09
School/College Level – University of Wisconsin Madison School of Education Assessment Plan; pdf added 10/23/08
Program Level – Kansas State University English Department Assessment Plan; pdf added 10/23/08
Course Level – http://www.provost.wisc.edu/assessment/manual/
StudentVoice:
StudentVoice is a survey software system purchased by the University to support assessment. It functions in the same way as software packages like SurveyMonkey. However, we also have a consultant at StudentVoice to support our development of surveys, a series of survey templates available online, and the ability to view survey projects by department. Faculty may use StudentVoice for research purposes.
StudentVoice Assessment Presentations -
Writing Student Learning Goals, Objectives, and Measures; PowerPoint added 10/26/09
Rubrics 101: A Tool to Assess Learning; PowerPoint added 9/28/09
Adding Focus Groups to Your Assessment Plan; PowerPoint added 9/28/09
If you are interested in learning more about how to use StudentVoice, please contact the following individuals:
Brooklyn: Ilana Kramer, Psychology Graduate Assistant, at ilana.kramer@liu.edu
Other Long Island University Campuses: Kathleen Morley, University Director of Assessment, at kathleen.morley@liu.edu or University Center extension 4258.
Assessment Resources:
Brooklyn Campus Outcomes Assessment website: http://www.brooklyn.liu.edu/oa/index.htm
University of Wisconsin Madison Assessment - http://www.provost.wisc.edu/assessment/
Kansas State University Assessment - http://www.k-state.edu/assessment/plans/index.htm
University at Albany (SUNY) web site - http://www.albany.edu/assessment/assess_meth.html
Internet Resources for Higher Education Outcomes Assessment - http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/UPA/assmt/resource.htm
Teaching Goals Inventory for Faculty by Angelo and Cross (1993) - pdf files added 1/16/09
A Framework for Good Assessment Practices by Linda Suskie, pdf added 9/21/09
Introduction to Assessment of Student Learning; PowerPoint added 11/2/09
Assessment Resources for Student Support Services:
Key Student Support Services Assessment Concepts; pdf added 4/8/09
How to Write an Effective Learning Outcome Statement by StudentVoice - PowerPoint added 1/15/09
Contrasting Goals and Outcomes_Student Services: Word document added 11/6/08
Upcoming Assessment Workshops and Webinars:
Ongoing Free StudentVoice Webinars with Periodic Assessment Topics: http://www.studentvoice.com/app/training/WebinarsFall09.aspx
MAGNA Audio Online Seminar: Using Clickers to Assess and Engage Student Learning, Nov 4, 2009: http://www.facultyfocus.com/online-seminars/using-clickers-to-assess-and-engage-student-learning/?aa=8046
Middle States Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, Dec 9-11, 2009: http://www.msche.org/?Nav1=EVENTS&Nav2=2009.01.01
AAC&U Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, Jan 20-23, 2010: http://www.aacu.org/meetings/annualmeeting/index.cfm
AAC&U General Education and Assessment, Seattle, WA, Feb 18-20, 2010: http://www.aacu.org/meetings/generaleducation/index.cfm
Texas A&M Assessment Conference, College Station, TX, Feb 21-23, 2010: http://assessment.tamu.edu/conference/
AACSB Assessment Conference, New York, NY, Mar 6-7, 2010: http://aacsb.edu/conferences/events/conferences/ac-mar-10-desc.asp
Atlantic Assessment Conference, Cary, NC, Apr 11-12, 2010: http://www.meredith.edu/rpa2009/aac/index.html
Association for Institutional Research, Chicago, IL, May 29-June 2, 2010: http://forum.airweb.org/
In the News:
Why We Must Change: The Research Evidence ( http://www2.nea.org/he/heta00/images/f00p121.pdf); added 5/11/09
Assessing Your Program-Level Assessment Plan; URL added 5/11/09
Reframing the Accountability Debate; URL added 4/23/09
A Different Way of Thinking About Assessment of Student Learning; Word document added 3/26/09
Assessing Assessment: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/01/23/assess; URL added 2/3/09
A Call for Assessment - of the Right Kind; Word document added 1/9/09
2 Studies Raise Questions About Research Based on Student Surveys (requires online Chronicle of Higher Education account)
How Can Assessment Work for Us?: Word document added 11/6/08
