University Assessment Committee Meeting
October 9, 2014
Brookside Room, 9:00-10:00 a.m.
I.
Welcome / Approval of UAC Minutes from 9/11/14
Berkel, LaVerne
Bethman, Brenda
Bunce, Larry
Cancilla, Devon
Cornell, David
Dickerson, Rhiannon
Doss, Crystal
Friend, Jennifer
Garavalia, Linda
Glesner-Fines, Barbara
Horsmon, Caitlin
Kelly, Colleen
Madison-Cannon, Sabrina
Mitchell, Ken
Mullaly-Quijas, Margaret
Potts, Chelsia
Plamann, Lynda
Quaintance, Jennifer
Sargent, Carol
Smith, Kit
Stroud, Dan
Van Ness, Christopher
Vonnahme, Greg
Ward-Smith, Peggy
Zhu, Da-Ming
Representation
School of Education
Ex-Officio/Student Affairs
Ex-Officio/Institutional Research
Ex-Officio/VP for Online Learning
Bloch
Ex-Officio/Discourse Coordinator
Ex-Officio/Coordinator of Writing Assess.
Interim Director for Assessment
Pharmacy
Law/Faculty Assessment Mentor
Arts & Sciences-Humanities
Graduate Studies
Conservatory
Computing & Engineering
Libraries
Student/Higher Education Administration
Biological Sciences
Medicine
Ex-Officio/School of Education
Nursing
Graduate Assistant for Assessment
Dentistry
Arts & Sciences-Social Sciences
Ex-Officio/FaCET
Arts & Sciences-Natural Sciences
II. Open Discussion – Department / Unit Assessment Updates
 How are things going in your department / unit in meeting the October 15th
deadline? WEAVE technical issues and suggestions for next year?
III. Review Process for 2013-2014 Annual Assessment Plans for all degrees
 Assessment Plan Review Rubric to focus on Measures, Findings, Action Plans,
Curriculum Maps, and Narratives (please see two handouts)
 Assessment Plan Review Assignments (will be emailed)
 Review timeline: Reviews will be Due on Friday, November 21
o October 20-24: Report PDFs Sent to UAC Review Partners
o November 13 UAC Meeting – WEAVE Reviews Work Session / Q & A
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IV. Articles for the December Assessment Newsletter?
V. FaCET Assessment Mentoring—Barb Glesner-Fines
 FaCET Tea and Teaching –
o Tuesday, November 4 at 4pm, Hospital Hill, location TBD
o Monday, December 1 at 4pm, Law School, Admin Conference Room
 FaCET Training Session – Survey Methods
o MNL FaCET on Wednesday, October 15 from 2:00-3:30pm
 FaCET Training Session – Closing the Loop: Examples of Assessments that have
Improved learning
o MNL FaCET on Wednesday, November 12 from 2:003:30pm
VI. HLC Requirement—Student Learning Outcomes for ALL courses
 February 1, 2015 deadline for ALL undergraduate courses
 May 1, 2015 deadline for ALL graduate and professional courses
 Contact persons in each unit will return Excel spreadsheet to Amy Watson
VII. Degree Qualifications Profile (DQP) from AAC&U
http://www.aacu.org/leap/toolkit/learning-outcomes-assessment/2012/degreequalifications-profile
 DQP will impact all institutions of higher education. Cindy Pemberton shared a
draft with GECC two years ago when it was first released.
 “The Degree Qualifications Profile (DQP) describes the knowledge, skills and applications that prepare graduates to succeed in the economy, civil society and their own lives. It is offered as a set of reference points that describe the meaning and value of college degrees at the associate, baccalaureate and master’s level.”
VIII. Overview of Assessment Sharepoint Site
 Review Materials, UAC Agendas, UAC Minutes, Assessment Calendar
 Go to the Assessment Team site URL: https://umkc.sharepoint.missouri.edu/c/UMKC‐Assessment/SitePages/Home.aspx 
To login, please enter your information like this:
User Name: UMKC-USERS\SSO
Password: your password
IX. Next meeting time: November 13, 2014 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. in Brookside AC
Topics for future meetings?
SLOs and Cultural Diversity
Online Learning and Assessment
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