Shared Governance Assessment Committee
May 14, 2015 – meeting notes
1. Meeting convened at 10:05, previous meeting notes were not
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reviewed, Myton brought cookies.
The Committee reviewed our commitment to the HLC Academy,
performance targets for the fall 2015 Academy Results Forum
and the draft “issue submission” forms which the committee
members reviewed in advance of this meeting. The committee
agreed that it would be more effective to break down the issue
forms into a series of campus emails providing the university
community information on the progress in all aspects of
assessment, and highlighting areas of achievement wherever
possible. Myton will generate a draft for the committee to
review at the next meeting with the goal to distribute these minireports over the summer.
The committee reviewed the survey results regarding the
perceptions of assessment by faculty, and the survey for staff.
Key areas of concern in the faculty survey were the perception
that assessments were not valid indicators, that faculty didn’t
feel they controlled the assessment and that assessment was
burdensome and distracted from instruction. The staff survey
highlighted concerns regarding knowledge of assessment
processes and formalizing documentation of activities. Faculty
had requested to receive a copy of the survey results and
Myton will draft the body of two emails for the AC to review, one
for each survey. The goal is to distribute these ASAP.
The committee reviewed the charge, bullet 2, which states “in
thought and action develop a “culture of assessment” to
improve academic and institutional outcomes.” The committee
will deliberate on this with the intent raise the focus toward
developing a culture that values student learning and
institutional effectiveness, and to view assessment as a tool or
process that helps us reach that goal.
The committee discussed at length the activities which should
occupy our summer meeting agenda. There was broad
consensus that we needed to develop action plans to address
concerns raised through the two surveys, and that constructive
feedback on institutional assessment can be an uncomfortable
but necessary process.
Summer meeting schedule was established at approximately
two-week intervals to include the following dates: May 28, June
4, June 18 and August 13. Shared Governance committees
do not generally meet in July, as per the Bylaws.
Meeting Adjourned by 11:15 am.
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Assessment Committee Members:
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Chair: Vacant
Dave Myton, Associate Provost for
Assessment, Education and
Graduate Studies
George Denger, Faculty, School of
English Communication and
Language Studies term expires
2018
Sandi King, Faculty, School of
Nursing, term expires 2016
Robert Hildebrand, College of
Business and Engineering, term
expires 2016 (non-replacement
position)
Evan Schemm, Faculty, School of
Mathmatics and Computer
Science, Term expires 2018
Mindy McCready, Faculty, Lukenda
School of Business, Term expires
2018
Joe Moening, Faculty, School of
Engineering and Technology Term
expires 2018
Barb Light, Faculty, School of
Education, Term expires 2018
Vacant, School Humanities, Arts,
and Social Sciences, Term expires
2017
Vacant, School of Liberal Studies
Vacant, School of Criminal Justice,
Fire Science and Emergency
Medical Services
Vacant, School of Biological
Sciences
Vacant, School of Physical
Sciences
Vacant, School of Recreation
Studies and Exercise Science
Paige Gordier, AP representative,
Term expires 2017
Mari Schupp, AP representative,
Term expires 2018
Adam Raffaele, ESP representative
term expires 2018
Marcia Jenkin-Ball, ESP
representative term expires 2018
Vacant, Student
Vacant, Student
Absent: shown in strikeout
Guests: