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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"outcomes assessment"”.
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Staff attitudes toward outcomes assessment
… determine staff attitudes and preferences toward outcomes assessment in Maryland's public, undergraduate institutions. The data were collected in Fall, 1989. Over 400 chief academic officers, division chairs, and faculty from 26 two- and four-year institutions were surveyed. An analysis of the …
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Regional accreditation and learning outcomes assessment: mapping the territory
… of collegiate-level student learning outcomes assessment with regional accreditation to understand how regional accreditation policies and practices leverage student learning outcomes efforts on US college campuses. To that end, the standards of each of the regional accreditation …
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Community college faculty attitudes and concerns about student learning outcomes assessment
… college faculty have about student learning outcomes assessment and to further explore the relationship between these factors and faculty levels of involvement in assessment activities. Combining the conceptual frameworks of the concerns-based adoption Model (CBAM) and the framework developed …
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Humanities Faculty Perceptions of Learning Outcomes Assessment At a Regional Comprehensive University
… study examines perceptions of student learning outcomes assessment by Humanities faculty members at a regional comprehensive university. Participants from History, English, and Philosophy and Religion departments were interviewed about their perceptions of assessment. The results were that …
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Developing a Comprehensive Outcomes Assessment Program (COAP) Model for Southwest Texas State University
… an organizational perspective in addressing assessment in higher education, this research attempts to lay the foundation for developing and implementing a Comprehensive Outcomes Assessment Program (COAP) model based on review of related literature as well as a survey of higher education …
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A Meta-Assessment of the Outcomes Assessment Practices of Accredited Radiography Educational Programs
… of interim reports to methodically review the assessment plans and measurement tools of accredited radiography programs. The goal was to understand the quality of programs’ assessment plans specifically in terms of defining, measuring, and collecting student learning data. The aim was twofold: …
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Faculty Engagement with Learning Outcomes Assessment: A Study of Public Two-Year Colleges in Colorado
… or effectively engaged with student learning outcomes assessment (LOA) activities and/or practices. This issue emerged in two primary ways within the Scholarship of Assessment (SoA) body of literature: (1) as a misalignment of learning outcomes assessment practices between faculty and their …
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A comparison of the beliefs of state legislators and community college assessment practitioners toward implementation of mandated student outcomes assessment guidelines in the Commonwealth of Virginia
Virginia's mandated student outcomes assessment program, as created by Senate Joint Resolution No. 83 in 1986, allowed community colleges in the Commonwealth latitude in developing their own assessment strategies. These strategies have developed slowly and with some inconsistency. The purpose of …
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DEVELOPING ELECTRONIC PORTFOLIO SOFTWARE FOR PROGRAM ASSESSMENT
… employed to create a software prototype used for outcomes assessment of e-portfolios. Designed to be used by faculty, university administrators and accreditation users, the prototype standardizes, aggregates and displays e-portfolio data in novel ways. Results of evaluating the prototype indicate …
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DEVELOPING ELECTRONIC PORTFOLIO SOFTWARE FOR PROGRAM ASSESSMENT
… employed to create a software prototype used for outcomes assessment of e-portfolios. Designed to be used by faculty, university administrators and accreditation users, the prototype standardizes, aggregates and displays e-portfolio data in novel ways. Results of evaluating the prototype indicate …
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Carrying the torch: Five faculty members’ experiences as champions of assessment
… community college faculty champions of learning outcomes assessment. This study sought to elucidate the experiences of faculty champions of assessment by exploring both what the participants experienced as well as how they experienced their roles in leading assessment work on their campus, in …
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Building and sustaining a culture of assessment: How student affairs programs assess and contribute to student learning and development in the co-curricular and curricular environments
… divisions of Student Affairs are using assessment to show evidence of student learning and development at their institutions. There is a movement in U.S. higher education toward increased accountability through outcomes assessment. Institutions are called upon to demonstrate …
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The Influence of College Environmental Variables on Premedical and Medical School Performance
… regarding future directions for institutional outcomes assessment.
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Emotional intelligence, religiosity, and authoritarianism in Canadian Bible college students
… education are required to initiate student outcomes assessment programs. Such programs are more complex in Bible colleges due to concerns related to spiritual and religious development and the lack of appropriate related assessment tools. Further, as there are indications that religious …
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"We Don't Work For Free": Tenured Faculty Engagement In Assessment Initiatives On A Unionized Community College Campus
… tenured faculty member’s decision to engage with assessment initiatives at Midwest Community College and what senior leaders can do to successfully engage tenured faculty in these efforts. Principal-agent theory (PAT) offers an important and helpful framework for considering how senior leadership …
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Intercultural Knowledge in Homogenous Community Colleges
… language in their institutional student learning outcomes. The data collected established that of the 54 colleges examined, 57.40% had student-learning outcomes that specifically acknowledged intercultural knowledge terms. Thus, the majority of colleges examined did establish institutional student …
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Government Employer Assessment Of the SWT MPA
… Accreditation bodies require evidence of assessment. Some state legislatures require outcomes assessment of public universities. The general business environment has organizations reaching out to customers to learn about themselves and how they can improve. For all these reasons, …
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Embracing A Culture Of Evidence: A Phenomenological Study Of Faculty Experience Within A Transitioning Assessment Culture
… experiences of faculty within a transitioning assessment culture at an institution of higher education accredited by the New England Association of Colleges and Schools (NEASC). Current literature concerning outcomes assessment (OA) in higher education is highly focused on the need for campuses …
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Expectations of Improved Student Learning: General Education Assessment in AQIP Community Colleges
… study identified institutional structures and assessment processes that support general education learning outcomes assessment initiatives at three community colleges accredited by the Higher Learning Commission under the Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP). In support of this purpose, …
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Is Appendicitis a Ticking Time Bomb? Time to Treatment and Risk of Perforation after Patients Reach the Hospital
… Using data from Washington's Surgical Care and Outcomes Assessment Program, we evaluated patterns of perforation among patients (≥18 years) who underwent appendectomy (2010-2011). Elapsed time was measured between presentation to the Emergency Department (ED) and Operating Room (OR) start time. …
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