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Assessment Committee Meeting Minutes

October 12, 2000

 

Present: Coan, Cynar, Daugherty, Henriques, Lacourse (Chair), Saint-Germain, Till, Weber, Whitney

Guest: Colburn (representing faculty development)
  1. The minutes of 9/14/2000 were approved.
  2. Although Wolfinbarger is at UC Irvine this semester, she and Saint-Germain began development of statements on committee mission, goals, and objectives. These were distributed to all committee members via e-mail. It was recognized that in the development of our statements of goals and mission, that other campus groups including Graduate Council should also be asked to provide input.
  3. Saint-Germain assembled a multi-page handout of grants disbursed since 1998. These handouts provided useful data including the name of faculty recipients, College of recipients, and type of project funded. Saint-Germain agreed to further compute an average amount funded.
  4. Discussion of the process of Program Review. Coan suggested that the current nearly 2-year process for conducting a Program Review is too lengthy. The merit of a shorter, more compact and less formal process was considered. One question that should be addressed is: How can we get departments to build assessment into its regular processes? The Assessment Committee considered what role, if any, we have to play in the improvement of the Program Review process. Weber suggested that Graduate Council would welcome our involvement. Other suggestions included: tying Program Review closely to required accreditation reviews; examining assessment from a more macro viewpoint; development of recommendations of what departments can and should be doing for everyday assessment. Lacourse will contact PEP Council to ensure that we are not over-stepping our bounds on this issue.
  5. Brief discussion of new student evaluation forms. Coan provided a brief history of the experiences that led to the trial adoption of the new IDEA student evaluation forms. Noting the dual summative and formative functions of these forms, the Assessment Committee was uncertain of our role in the adoption of a new student evaluation form.
  6. Ten requests for assessment-related travel grants had been received as of the meeting.

Next meeting will be Thursday, October 26th in Library East 112.


Respectfully Submitted,

Dave Whitney

These minutes have not been approved.