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Assessment of student learning is a key activity to ensure student achievement and to maintain institutional accountability in undergraduate education. These goals are especially important for Michigan State University (MSU), a public, land-grant institution with a long-standing commitment to, therefore enrolling a very diverse student body academically, socially, culturally, and demographically.
Preparing Future Faculty to Assess Student Learning
Cornell University
This website is intended as both a resource to learn more, and a place to find information about ongoing events and programs related to the theme of assessing student learning.
University of North Carolina at Greensboro & North Carolina A&T State University
The Graduate Schools of UNCG and N.C. A&T, in partnership, have established the Preparing Future Leaders (PFL) program as a strong foundation for graduate student professional development and career preparation. The program is designed to provide valuable, transferable skills and knowledge that will prepare currently enrolled, degree seeking graduate students to be successful and dynamic leaders in their chosen disciplines and careers as they complete their degree.
Public Agenda is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that helps diverse leaders and citizens navigate divisive, complex issues and work together to find solutions.
AAC&U develops and advances assessment practices that deepen, integrate, and demonstrate student learning, through advocacy of learning-centered assessment policies, support for campus work to develop meaningful assessment approaches, and experimentation with common e-portfolio frameworks. This link provides publications and resources from AAC&U, member campuses, and other leading assessment organizations.
To assist us in thinking through issues in higher education, the Teagle Foundation from time to time convenes administrators, faculty, and others from the higher education community to talk with us about issues of particular importance. Groups ranging from 15-50 come together in guided but generally informal discussions called Listenings. These discussions help the Foundation shape its policies and initiatives.
Teaching Essentials for Careers in Higher Education (TECHE)
Michigan State University
This is a set of eight well-designed modules designed to simulate, as much as possible, the experience of being part of a workshop. These workshops engage the participant in exercises, videos, lectures and reading. They are ready when you are and can be started and stopped if other obligations intrude.
Teaching Sociology: A Quarterly Publication of The American Sociological Association
American Sociological Association
Teaching Sociology publishes articles, notes, and reviews intended to be helpful to the discipline's teachers. Articles range from experimental studies of teaching and learning to broad, synthetic essays on pedagogically important issues. Notes focus on specific teaching issues or techniques. The general intent is to share theoretically stimulating and practically useful information and advice with teachers.
The eNewsletter seeks to foster a diverse, world-wide teaching and learning ecology among its over 49,000 subscribers at over 800 institutions and organizations in over 100 countries around the world.
CGS is the leading source of information, data analysis, and trends in graduate education. Our benchmarking data help member institutions to assess performance in key areas, make informed decisions, and develop plans that are suited to their goals.
CGS Best Practice initiatives address common challenges in graduate education by supporting institutional innovations and sharing effective practices with the graduate community. Our programs have provided millions of dollars of support for improvement and innovation projects at member institutions.
As the national voice for graduate education, CGS serves as a resource on issues regarding graduate education, research, and scholarship. CGS collaborates with other national stakeholders to advance the graduate education community in the policy and advocacy arenas.
CGS is an authority on global trends in graduate education and a leader in the international graduate community. Our resources and meetings on global issues help members internationalize their campuses, develop sustainable collaborations, and prepare their students for a global future.