With so much at stake for both students and institutions, it is imperative that colleges and universities support faculty and others in comprehensive assessment efforts and act on changes suggested by assessment data. If higher education is to maintain its autonomy and programmatic diversity, assessment must be owned and implemented by faculty—not driven or imposed by external entities. Achieving this goal is no small challenge. This chapter examines how faculty at Mount St. Mary’s College have sought to develop a culture of faculty-owned assessment.
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Type Book ChapterPub Date 2/1/2009Stock # PB231X_2