Excerpted from Peter T. Ewell and Tammie Cumming’s chapter in Stylus’ 2017 book, Enhancing Assessment in Higher Education, this assessment brief takes readers through A Historical Overview of Assessment: 1980s-2000s and ponders the future of assessment.
Founded in 1947, Daemen College is a small, private college located in Amherst, New York. NILOA selected Daemen College as a case study site due to their involvement in the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) consortium on the Degree Qualifications Profile (DQP). As part of this project, Daemen College engaged with the DQP to further… Read more »
As the Utah State University (USU) mission states, USU is one of the “nation’s premier student-centered land-grant and space-grant universities.†USU fosters the “principle that academics come firstâ€, and as an institution strives to “cultivate diversity of thought and culture, serving the public through learning, discovery, and engagement.†USU was selected as a DQP/Tuning case… Read more »
Alverno’s approach to assessment is thoughtful, intentional, and distinctive, and the college has been recognized as a pioneer in assessing student learning.
McKendree University engaged with the DQP to refine their Diverse Perspectives outcome, as well as their innovative crosswalk of the DQP’s five areas of learning with McKendree’s seven student learning outcomes, the Association of American Colleges and Universities’ Liberal Education and America’s Promise (LEAP) Essential Learning Outcomes, and the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) Division II… Read more »
