Assessment Committee
CSULB
Minutes
1. The committee was called to order by the chair, Susan Mulvaney, at
2. The committee approved the agenda as distributed, acknowledging the absence of a report from the absent Assessment Coordinator.
3. Announcements:
a. The chair distributed additional documents for consideration and review, supplementing those distributed on 2 October.
b. The secretary announced his probable absence on 30 October, necessitating a replacement.
c. Mark Wiley requested agenda time on 30 October for a decision regarding whom to select as three campus representatives to a conference in
4. The committee approved the minutes of its 2 October meeting with a correction in the spelling of Michelle Saint-Germain in item 5. At the suggestion of the secretary, it also corrected the minutes of 5 September, which in item 3 misstated the committee’s meeting schedule as “alternate weeks.” The correct schedule is posted on the Assessment pages of the CSULB website.
5. The committee discussed two applications for travel funding, one of which it was decided could possibly be funded from the High School Outreach and Academic Preparation (HSOAP) budget. The other was tabled till the committee hears from the Assessment Coordinator about calls for proposals, criteria, and past records.
6. The committee began discussions of the 1995 Campus Assessment Plan (more precisely viewed as a Plan to Create a Plan). Michelle in absentia suggested separating discussion of Administrative and Academic Senate responsibility, and distinguishing assessment from implementation activities. Questions of obsolescence, coherence, and viability surfaced before Van Novack asked whether the committee should involve itself in assessment of the consequences of admissions policies generated by impaction.
7. The meeting adjourned at
Respectfully submitted,
Dave Samuelson, Secretary
THESE MINUTES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED.