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Faculty Consultants on Student Learning Outcomes Assessment

What's New?

GENERAL EDUCATION: The Learning Outcomes Assessment Committee of the University Senate has issued a white paper proposing a rethinking of assessment of General Education. Click on General Education for more information.

BUILDING AND SUSTAINING PROGRAMMATIC ASSESSMENT: Click on Assessment Process for information on our Self-Evaluation of Programmatic Assessment in Your Department, a tool for departments to use in evaluating the status of an academic program in terms of assessment and identifying priorities for expanding and improving the assessment process.

NEW DIRECTIONS: Click on Ideas That Work/Tools for resources on Assessment of Distance Learning and Interdisciplinary Learning.

Who is ACT?

The Assessment Consulting Team (ACT) facilitates a culture that celebrates learning at Rowan University by focusing on student learning outcomes assessment at the programmatic level in an intentional and strategic manner.

ACT is a key means of support for assessment activities.  ACT has developed a model to guide programs in developing assessment processes and will provide direct assistance, including

• facilitation of whole-department sessions to identify a program’s educational values
• assistance with curriculum mapping and evaluation
• assistance with identifying appropriate student learning outcomes
• resources and expertise to aid in identifying or creating methods of describing or measuring student achievement
• strategies for applying assessment findings to improvement of the program

The Assessment Consulting Team can be reached by email at act@rowan.edu. This site is maintained by ACT and all comments and questions regarding the content should be directed to act@rowan.edu.

Updated March 13, 2009.