University Assessment Committee Meeting
April 11, 2013
I. Welcome / Introductions
Member
Berkel, LaVerne A.
Bethman, Brenda
Bunce, Larry W.
Cornell, David W.
Garavalia, Linda
Glesner-Fines, Barbara
Holsinger, Alex
Kelly, Colleen L.
Krantz, Steven
Lindsay, Nathan K.
Madison-Cannon, Sabrina
Mitchell, Ken
Mullaly-Quijas, Margaret P.
Potts, Chelsia
Phegley, Jennifer
Plamann, Lynda S.
Stroud, Dan
Toy, Serkan
Van Ness, Christopher
Ward-Smith, Peggy
Zhu, Da-Ming
Representation
School of Education
Ex-Officio/Student Affairs
Ex-Officio/Institutional Research
Bloch
Pharmacy
Law
Arts & Sciences-Social Sciences
Graduate Studies
Nursing
Assistant Vice Provost for Assessment
Conservatory
Computing & Engineering
Libraries
Student/Higher Education Administration
Arts & Sciences-Humanities
Biological Sciences
Student/Higher Education Administration
Medicine
Dentistry
Ex-Officio/FaCET
Arts & Sciences-Natural Sciences
II. Curriculum mapping principles and models
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Questions or feedback on the process?
III. General Education Assessment
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Update on course proposal revisions
Faculty can attend Assessment Mentoring Sessions with Leah Gensheimer and
Nathan Lindsay from 1 to 4 PM on Wednesdays at FaCET, or meet with us
individually by appointment
IV. Update on Assessment Plans for 2012-2013
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Will we have data for each degree?
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V. Report and Best Practices from the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) Conference
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Feedback from our Mentor
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Maintaining Momentum: Five Principles of Good Assessment
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Authentic Assessment
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Bottlenecks are Bad
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Coordination, Not Control
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Delegate, Disseminate, and Discuss
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Engage and Empower
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Future Accreditation Work
o Open Pathway in 2017 (Quality Assurance Standards and Quality
Improvement Project)
 Persistence and Completion Academy?
 Degree Qualification Profile?
 Our own project?
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Other Ideas:
o MCC—Summer symposium Flash Five (PPT where departments have 5
slides to tell their assessment story)
o This coming January, could we combine with ITS and develop an
Instructional Technology and Assessment Conference at UMKC?
VIII. Feedback on the Previous Newsletter? Suggestions for the Upcoming Newsletter?
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Article from the Dental School? Nursing School? Medical School?
How to conduct focus groups?
Other?
IX. Topics for future meetings?
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“Creating a Culture of Assessment”—Article from the Aspen Institution
X. Next meeting time: May 9th 8:30-10:00am
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