assessment processes and results and contribute to the successful accreditation visit in spring 2013. Institutional Assessment: Higher Learning Commission Assessment Academy Team To assist with assessment planning and implementation, the University applied and was accepted into the Higher Learning Commission’s Assessment Academy in 2010 and is currently completing the project proposal. Assessment of student learning is a fundamental responsibility of the faculty and the university and will be a major focus of UW-Superior's reaccreditation process. The HLC Assessment Academy offers HLC member institutions a four-year sequence of events and interactions that focus on understanding, confirming, and improving student learning. The Academy experience is intended to develop institutional culture and increase institutional commitment to assessing and improving student learning. The UW-Superior HLC Assessment Academy Team is responsible for developing and proposing an assessment project within the timeframe of our accreditation expectations. The Team has developed a four-year project timeline in accordance with the Higher Learning Commission Assessment Academy expectations. The project involves the assessment of the five Liberal Education Learning Goals (LELGs) adopted by Faculty Senate in spring 2009. These Liberal Education Learning Goals articulate what all UW-Superior students are expected to achieve by the time of graduation. They are: The ability to and make connections across academic disciplines. The ability to express oneself in multiple forms. The ability to analyze and reflect upon multiple perspectives to arrive at a perspective of one's own. The ability to and engage as a global citizen. The ability to engage in evidence-based problem solving. These five LELGs are being implemented in all units across the campus. The Team is developing a campus-wide means for assessing each of the five LELGs within the four-year project window. The first year was spent developing the first assessment step. This was started fall 2011 and focused on LELG Number 2. The rubric and assessment plan for LELG Number 5 was developed during summer and fall 2012 for roll-out in spring 2013. The Team is currently working on the LELG Number 4 assessment plan. By the fourth year of the project (2013-2014), all five LELGs will have institutionalized means of assessment in place. At that time any needed changes in the implementation of assessment will be made. Voluntary System of Accountability (VSA) The VSA communicates information on the undergraduate student experience through a common web reporting template, the College Portrait. It is designed to help institutions
assessment processes and results and contribute to the successful accreditation visit in spring 2013. Institutional Assessment: Higher Learning Commission Assessment Academy Team To assist with assessment planning and implementation, the University applied and was accepted into the Higher Learning Commission’s Assessment Academy in 2010 and is currently completing the project proposal. Assessment of student learning is a fundamental responsibility of the faculty and the university and will be a major focus of UW-Superior's reaccreditation process. The HLC Assessment Academy offers HLC member institutions a four-year sequence of events and interactions that focus on understanding, confirming, and improving student learning. The Academy experience is intended to develop institutional culture and increase institutional commitment to assessing and improving student learning. The UW-Superior HLC Assessment Academy Team is responsible for developing and proposing an assessment project within the timeframe of our accreditation expectations. The Team has developed a four-year project timeline in accordance with the Higher Learning Commission Assessment Academy expectations. The project involves the assessment of the five Liberal Education Learning Goals (LELGs) adopted by Faculty Senate in spring 2009. These Liberal Education Learning Goals articulate what all UW-Superior students are expected to achieve by the time of graduation. They are: The ability to and make connections across academic disciplines. The ability to express oneself in multiple forms. The ability to analyze and reflect upon multiple perspectives to arrive at a perspective of one's own. The ability to and engage as a global citizen. The ability to engage in evidence-based problem solving. These five LELGs are being implemented in all units across the campus. The Team is developing a campus-wide means for assessing each of the five LELGs within the four-year project window. The first year was spent developing the first assessment step. This was started fall 2011 and focused on LELG Number 2. The rubric and assessment plan for LELG Number 5 was developed during summer and fall 2012 for roll-out in spring 2013. The Team is currently working on the LELG Number 4 assessment plan. By the fourth year of the project (2013-2014), all five LELGs will have institutionalized means of assessment in place. At that time any needed changes in the implementation of assessment will be made. Voluntary System of Accountability (VSA) The VSA communicates information on the undergraduate student experience through a common web reporting template, the College Portrait. It is designed to help institutions
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