Higher Education Assessments - Leadership Matters

Informationen zum Autor Gary L. Kramer is professor of counseling psychology and special education in the Center for the Improvement of Teacher Education and Schooling, Brigham Young University. Randy L. Swing is executive director of the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) in Tallahassee, Florida. Klappentext Higher Education Assessments Leadership Matters by Gary L. Kramer and Randy L. Swing, reflects the work of a select group of researchers, scholars, and practitioners in higher education assessment. The contributors bring to the forefront key issues relevant to advancing assessments in higher education-principles that culminate in improving student learning and development. The extraordinary scholarship of the authors and contributors summarize essential imperatives to which senior leaders may apply their political wisdom and leadership talents before, during, and after assessments have taken place. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Acknowledgments Chapter 3 PREFACE (Purpose! Audience! Book Organization and About the Authors) Part 4 Part 1 - LEADING ASSESSMENTS ON THE CAMPUS Chapter 5 1. Championing the Assessment of Learning: The Role of Top Leaders Chapter 6 2. Assessment Frameworks that Can Make a Difference in Achieving Institutional Outcomes Part 7 Part 2 - BRIDGING LEARNER OUTCOMES: FINDING COMMON GROUND Chapter 8 3. Assessment and Student Diversity Chapter 9 4. Assessments in Student Services that Foster Student and Program Success Chapter 10 5. Documenting Student Learning: Valuing the Process Chapter 11 6. Learning Outcomes! Assessment! And Program Improvement Part 12 Part 3 - ASSESSMENTS THAT TRANSFORM THE LEARNING CULTURE 13 7.Student Engagement and a Culture of Assessment 14 8. Assessment in the Disciplines 15 9. Assessment That Transforms an Institution 16 10. Putting Students First as Partners in the Learning Enterprise 17 EPILOGUE 18 Subject Index/Name Index

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• Authors: Gary Kramer, Gary L. Swing Kramer, Gary L./ Swing Kramer
• Assisted by: Gary Kramer (Editor), Gary L Kramer (Editor), Gary L. Kramer (Editor), Kramer Gary L. (Editor), Randy L Swing (Editor), Randy L. Swing (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.10.2010
• EAN: 9781442206205
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-0620-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: ACE Series on Higher Education; American Council on Education; American Council on Education; The ACE Series on Higher Education; The Ace Higher Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; EDUCATION / Administration / General, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher