California State University, Long Beach
(CSULB), is a public, urban, diverse comprehensive
university that provides undergraduate and
graduate education to a diverse population, with an
emphasis on teacher preparation and professional
programs.
Our core purpose, “To Graduate Students with
Highly Valued Degrees,” expresses our acceptance
of responsibility beyond merely delivering
instruction to doing all that we can to see that
students learn well. Our core values, “Opportunity,
Diversity, and Excellence,” express our pride in
academic excellence and recognition as a top
public masters university. “A Teaching-Intensive,
Research-Driven University” captures our sense of
identity. We are keenly aware of our core responsibility
for teaching a diverse population of students.
This Proposal responds to the recommendations contained in WASC’s Action Letter:
The visiting team encouraged the campus to be more systematic in its approaches to assessing student learning and to use data to support change where needed.
The Commission reminded the university that “…it must also incorporate learning goals and assessment into the GE program to help ensure that it meets its potential.”
The Commission urged the university “to
review its systems and structures, strengthening
and systematizing them to ensure that they
support the institution's ability to carry out and
evaluate decisions.”
The process of developing our 2006 WASC Institutional Proposal has been based on two important principles:
A campus-wide survey of faculty, staff and students
was conducted in spring 2006, and the results
are posted on the Academic Senate’s Web site. In
August and September, presentations will be made
to the Academic Senate, the Deans’ Council, the
colleges’ Faculty Councils, department chairs’
meetings, the Staff Council, and the Associated
Students Senate to discuss both the survey results
and the Institutional Proposal.
