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Student Learning: A Common Sense Guide, 2nd Edition
Assessing Student Learning: A Common Sense Guide, 2nd
Edition
Linda Suskie, Trudy W. Banta (Foreword by)
ISBN: 978-0-4 70-28964-8
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384 pages
March 2009
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The first edition of Assessing Student Learning has become the standard reference for
college faculty and administrators who are charged with the task of assessing student
learning within their institutions. The second edition of this landmark book offers the same
practical guidance and is designed to meet ever-increasing demands for improvement and
accountability. This edition includes expanded coverage of vital assessment topics such as
promoting an assessment culture, characteristics of good assessment, audiences for
assessment, organizing and coordinating assessment, assessing attitudes and values,
setting benchmarks and standards, and using results to inform and improve teaching,
learning, planning, and decision making.
Praise for the Second Edition of Assessing Student Learning
"All of us engaged in assessing student learning will benefit from Linda Suskie's continued
work to define and refine assessment concepts and strategies. She asks, and answers, the
hard questions we all need to address to plan and implement a successful assessment
program."
Randy L. Swing, executive director, Association for Institutional Research
"Once again, Linda Suskie provides a clear and comprehensive guide to assessment. Her
truly commonsense approach distills vast amounts of scholarship on the topic and provides
excellent examples of good practice. This book will be an invaluable resource to faculty and
administrators working on assessment."
Madeleine F. Green, vice president for international initiatives, American Council on
Education
"This book is a self-contained manual to assist anyone with the implementation of
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J. Bresciani, associate
Administration, Rehabilitation,
Postsecondary
Education, and codirector, Center for Educational Leadership, Innovation, and Policy, San
Diego State University.
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Organizational Learning Contracts
New and Traditional Colleges
Paul S. Goodman
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ISBN13: 97801997386561SBN10: 0199738653 Hardcover, 256 pages
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The state of higher education today is one of change and stasis. Economic vulnerability, globalization ,
technological innovation, and an increasingly competitive market underlie the need for change in higher
education . At the same time, there are strong and stubborn forces at work supporting the status quo.
Though daunting, institutions of higher education can create effective organizational change, but their
foundational philosophies must be re-examined in the process.
This book addresses a new concept, the organizational learning contract, a shared agreement among the
faculty , staff, and students in an educational institution about what, how, where, and when learning should
take place. Goodman , who has pioneered the concept in his work with new and traditional institutions,
examines the consequences of strong and weak contracts while bridging theory with practice. In the first
section , Goodman develops the concept of the organizational learning contract, builds measures, and
looks at the consequences of strong versus weak contracts on student and institutional effectiveness
indicators. The second section , which includes the perspectives of two leaders of start-up institutions who
have created new organizational contracts, explores issues of design and change in introducing the
concept into new and existing institutions.
Ultimately, Goodman asks: If you could start from the beginning, with appropriate resources, how would
you design a new institution? The answers have implications for all colleges and universities, as well as
the future of higher education across the globe.
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Introduces a new concept: the organizational learning contract
Presents a longitudinal intensive study of new and traditional institutions, with empirical evidence
on the features of an organizational learning contract, differences between institutions and the
consequences for individuals and institutions on selected effectiveness dimensions
Examines education start-ups and includes perspectives from those who have founded and
managed new educational institutions
Product Details
256 pages; 6-1/8 x 9-1/4; ISBN13: 978-0-19-973865-61SBN10: 0-19-973865-3
About the Author(s)
Paul S. Goodman is Richard M. Cyert Professor of Organizational Psychology and Director of the Institute
for Strategic Development at Carnegie Mellon University. For 20 years he has built global alliances for
Carnegie Mellon University throughout the world. His documentary films about work have appeared on
PBS and internationally.