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The Provost’s Advisory Committee on Assessment of Student Learning will examine the articulation of learning goals and the assessment of undergraduate education in the College of Arts and Sciences.  It will consider whether any changes or additions to the forms or uses of assessment are needed.  It will report to the faculty and administration on its findings and recommendations.

The Advisory Committee will:

-- examine the learning goals for undergraduates, as defined by individual programs, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the University as a whole

-- gather information on what forms of assessment are currently used and what information they yield about student learning

-- consider whether additional information about student learning, both inside and outside the classroom, would be useful, and how such information could be obtained from existing forms of assessment or new forms

-- examine how the results of assessment are used in decision-making at the individual, departmental, and college levels, and whether different or further uses should be made of such information

In reviewing current practices, the Advisory Committee will look to the College of Arts and Sciences as a whole and to representative parts of it, and will also consider the kinds of learning and assessment that occur outside the formal curriculum.  It will take into account methods of directly assessing student learning, as well as other, indirect measures, such as placement data, student surveys, alumni surveys, and course evaluations.  And it will look to comparable institutions, for any lessons they may provide, positive or negative, on the methods and uses of assessment.

Membership: Chair Marty Krauss (Provost) Faculty Creative Arts Allan Keiler (Music) Humanities Hollie Harder (ROCL) Natural Sciences Susan Parker (Math) Dan Perlman (Biology) Social Sciences Mike Coiner (Economics) Mick Watson (Psychology) Staff Maggie Balch (Student Life) Kim Godsoe (Academic Affairs) Judith Jaffe (Provost’s Office) Rick Silberman (Provost’s Office) Elaine Wong (Dean’s Office, Arts and Sciences) Sheryl Sousa (Athletics)