Using Quality Benchmarks for Assessing and Developing Undergraduate Programs (PDF)
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Using Quality Benchmarks for Assessing and Developing Undergraduate Programs
Using Quality Benchmarks for Assessing and Developing Undergraduate Programs introduces selected performance criteria--benchmarks--to assist undergraduate programs in defining...
Using Quality Benchmarks for Assessing and Developing Undergraduate Programs introduces selected performance criteria--benchmarks--to assist undergraduate programs in defining...
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Using Quality Benchmarks for Assessing and Developing Undergraduate Programs
Using Quality Benchmarks for Assessing and Developing Undergraduate Programs introduces selected performance criteria--benchmarks--to assist undergraduate programs in defining their educational goals and documenting their effectiveness.
The book explores the attributes of undergraduate programs by focusing on educationally related activities in eight domains: program climate; assessment, accountability, and accreditation issues; student learning outcomes; student development; curriculum; faculty characteristics; program resources; and administrative support. Further, it conceptualizes a continuum of performance for each attribute in each of the domains to characterize underdeveloped, developing, effective, and distinguished achievement for undergraduate programs.
The goal of the book is to encourage individual departments at various types of institutions to evaluate what they currently do well while identifying areas for refinement or future growth. When benchmarks reveal that a program is underdeveloped, faculty and administrators can plan for how they can best direct subsequent efforts and resources to improve a program's performance and ability to serve students.
Emphasizing formative assessment over summative or punitive evaluation, the benchmarks in this book are designed to improve program quality, encourage more effective program reviews, and help optimally functioning programs compete more successfully for resources. Using performance benchmarks to identify areas of program strength can, in turn, be used to recruit and retain students, seek funding via grants or alumni support, and enhance the perceived rating of an institution.
Using Quality Benchmarks for Assessing and Developing Undergraduate Programs introduces selected performance criteria--benchmarks--to assist undergraduate programs in defining their educational goals and documenting their effectiveness.
The book explores the attributes of undergraduate programs by focusing on educationally related activities in eight domains: program climate; assessment, accountability, and accreditation issues; student learning outcomes; student development; curriculum; faculty characteristics; program resources; and administrative support. Further, it conceptualizes a continuum of performance for each attribute in each of the domains to characterize underdeveloped, developing, effective, and distinguished achievement for undergraduate programs.
The goal of the book is to encourage individual departments at various types of institutions to evaluate what they currently do well while identifying areas for refinement or future growth. When benchmarks reveal that a program is underdeveloped, faculty and administrators can plan for how they can best direct subsequent efforts and resources to improve a program's performance and ability to serve students.
Emphasizing formative assessment over summative or punitive evaluation, the benchmarks in this book are designed to improve program quality, encourage more effective program reviews, and help optimally functioning programs compete more successfully for resources. Using performance benchmarks to identify areas of program strength can, in turn, be used to recruit and retain students, seek funding via grants or alumni support, and enhance the perceived rating of an institution.
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Foreword Peggy Maki. Preface. About the Authors. Introduction: The Case for Quality Benchmarks. 1 The Need for Quality Benchmarks in Undergraduate Programs. Part One: Benchmarking for Eight Key Program Domains. 2 The View from the Top: Checking the Climate and the Leadership of a Program. 3 First Things First: Attending to Assessment Issues, Accountability, and Accreditation (George B. Ellenberg, Claudia J. Stanny, Eman El-Sheikh). 4 The New Architecture of Learning Design: Focusing on Student Learning Outcomes. 5 Evaluating Curricula. 6 Student Development: Solving the Great Puzzle. 7 Constructively Evaluating Faculty Characteristics. 8 Back to Basics: Program Resources. 9 The Art, Science, and Craft of Administrative Support. Part Two: Benchmarking in Practice. 10 Benchmarking Quality in Challenging Contexts: The Arts, Humanities, and Interdisciplinary Programs (Gregory W. Lanier). 11 Special Issues in Benchmarking in the Natural Sciences. 12 Conducting a Self-Study. 13 Serving Our Students and Our Institutions. Appendix A Using Benchmarking to Serve as an External Reviewer. Appendix B Sources of Data. Appendix C Assessment Materials for the Arts. Appendix D Disciplinary Accrediting Organizations for Bachelor's Degree Programs Currently Recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). References. Index.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Dana S. Dunn , Maureen A. McCarthy , Suzanne C. Baker , Jane S. Halonen
- 2010, 1. Auflage, 384 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
- ISBN-10: 0470892455
- ISBN-13: 9780470892459
- Erscheinungsdatum: 20.12.2010
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