Audio Visual Assessment Resources
- Please click on the following links to listen to an audio recording and view a slide presentation of Engaging Educators in Meaningful Assessment, an audio conference sponsored by Inside Higher Ed, and hosted by RPA on January 20, 2011 at 1 p.m. in Harris 214.
Peggy Maki, a leading national consultant on assessment, lead "Engaging Educators in Meaningful Assessment," an Inside Higher Ed audio conference on these issues. Ms. Maki covered perspectives on national assessment issues; proposed responses to national trends; elements of a collaborative, problem-based framework to assess student learning; how to keep everyone informed, on campus and off, in ways that provide necessary information without creating panic; how to produce robust and useful results from assessment, and much more.
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Responding to Academically Adrift: What Colleges Can Do, an audio conference sponsored by Inside Higher Ed, and hosted by RPA on February 18, 2011 from 1 p.m- 2pm in Harris 214, followed by a group discussion until 2:30pm. Please click on the following links:a slide presentation and a recording of the conference.
The book Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses has set off a national debate on rigor and the college curriculum. Tracking 2,300 undergraduates at a range of four-year institutions, the research behind the book found that large numbers of students learn little if anything in college, face minimal course requirements ... and yet graduate. The findings are based on student scores on the Collegiate Learning Assessment, as well as student surveys and transcript analysis. The book calls for colleges to be more demanding of students and more consistent in their requirements.Richard Arum, one of the authors of the book, leads an Inside Higher Ed audio conference in which he presents the findings and advises colleges on the steps they can take to respond to the issues raised. He presents an overview of the study and its results, steps colleges can take to promote rigor and ideas on communicating with students, parents and the public about the issues of rigor.
The program is ideal for:
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- Academic affairs
- Academic advising
- Admissions
- Student affairs
- Deans
- Department chairs
- Faculty members
Last modified:
February 2011