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Direct linkKeith, Caleb J.; Karnick, Kristine Brunovska; Kohler, Chandra L.; Teske, Eric J.; Ninon, A. Sonia – Assessment Update, 2023
Program review is a critical process in higher education that helps institutions assess and evaluate the effectiveness of programs and services. Program review provides an opportunity for an institution to identify strengths and weaknesses in its programs and services and to develop strategies for improvement. Through the program review process,…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Higher Education, Educational Improvement, Resource Allocation
Massey, Jennifer; Gouthro, Karla – Assessment Update, 2011
The Community Outreach Centre (COC) is part of the Community Development portfolio in the Division of Student Affairs at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It opened in fall 2007 as a resource and support centre for students who live off campus. The overarching goal of the centre is to cultivate community among off-campus students…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Focus Groups, Community Involvement, Program Effectiveness
Jorgensen, Marcus – Assessment Update, 2008
In the author's position as director of institutional effectiveness and currently as a department assessment chair, he relates that he has found it useful to use an analogy between flossing one's teeth and instituting assessment. There are more similarities between flossing and assessment than one might imagine. In this article, the author…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Institutional Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Logical Thinking
Upton, Thomas A. – Assessment Update, 2007
Since the establishment of the English as a Second Language (ESL) Program of the Department of English in the School of Liberal Arts at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) in 1985, student enrollments, student needs, program policies, course curriculum, and testing procedures had all seen significant changes. However, there…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Second Language Learning, Testing, Program Effectiveness
Dodeen, Hamzeh – Assessment Update, 2004
In the fourth year (2002-2003) of the assessment effort at the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), several programs have finished the first complete cycle of assessing selected outcomes. Faculty in these programs have finished analyzing data from a variety of valid and reliable sources, reviewed and compared assessment results, provided…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods, College Faculty, Higher Education
Martin, Rosalind Perry – Assessment Update, 2005
Employing a graduate assistant in the assessment process can be rewarding for both the student and the academic department. This article describes the skills, challenges, and rewards of the author's work on program assessment in the Interdisciplinary Technology Department at Eastern Michigan University. The author hopes to provide some insights…
Descriptors: Research Assistants, Program Effectiveness, College Outcomes Assessment, Graduate Students
Farmer, Yvette – Assessment Update, 2005
One of the author's first assessment experiences at California State University, Sacramento, began when she was assigned to teach a graduate-level program evaluation research course in the Division of Criminal Justice. The chair of the assessment committee and the division chair approached her with the idea of conducting an assessment of the…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Evaluation Research, Program Evaluation, Research Projects
