New Leadership Alliance Guidelines for Assessment And Accountability in Higher Education (2012) Introduction: Are Our Students Learning? This fundamental question should the work of colleges and universities that are preparing students for success in careers, as citizens in our increasingly complex world. The Committing to Quality guidelines are a — — tool to help higher education institutions answer this question and take responsibility for assessing and improving student learning. Committing to quality means setting clear goals for student achievement, regularly measuring performance against those goals, reporting evidence of success, and continuously working to improve results. We urge all those in college and university communities presidents and chancellors, faculty members, academic — and student affairs administrators to share and discuss these principles and, ultimately, to put them into — practice. Downloaded from http://www.chea.org/alliance_publications/committing%20to%20quality-3rd%20edition.pdf on 2/11/14
New Leadership Alliance Guidelines for Assessment And Accountability in Higher Education (2012) Introduction: Are Our Students Learning? This fundamental question should the work of colleges and universities that are preparing students for success — in careers, as citizens — in our increasingly complex world. The Committing to Quality guidelines are a tool to help higher education institutions answer this question and take responsibility for assessing and improving student learning. Committing to quality means setting clear goals for student achievement, regularly measuring performance against those goals, reporting evidence of success, and continuously working to improve results. We urge all those in college and university communities — presidents and chancellors, faculty members, academic and student affairs administrators — to share and discuss these principles and, ultimately, to put them into practice. Downloaded from http://www.chea.org/alliance_publications/committing%20to%20quality-3rd%20edition.pdf on 2/11/14
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