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Higher Education Assessments: Leadership Matters reflects the work of a select group of researchers, scholars, and practitioners in higher education assessment with the goal of identifying strategies that assist senior campus leaders as they respond to the challenges of a changing economic landscape and political climate. The contributors, experts in the field, bring to the forefront key issues relevant to advancing assessments in higher education-principles that culminate in improving student learning and development. Kramer and Swing provide a tool for presidents, vice presidents, provosts, and deans to determine which areas of assessment matter most in their institutions and how they can measure progress in aligning claims with outcomes. The contributors deftly address assessment in student affairs, documentation of student learning, student engagement to bridge learner outcomes, assessment in the disciplines, assessments that can transform a culture, and putting students first as partners in the learning enterprise. In doing so, they have focused on what a campus president and his or her team need to know and do to lead assessment successfully on campus and as they set the tone for and facilitate institutional assessments.
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Higher Education Assessments 10_414_00_FM.indd i 8/11/10 2:00 PM PART OF THE AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION SERIES ON HIGHER EDUCATION Susan Slesinger, Executive Editor Other Titles in the Series Leading the Campaign: Advancing Colleges and Universities by Michael J. Worth Leaders in the Labyrinth: College Presidents and the Battlegrounds of Creeds and Convictions by Stephen J. Nelson Academic Turnarounds: Restoring Vitality to Challenged American Colleges/ Universities edited by Terrence MacTaggart Managing Diversity Flashpoints in Higher Education by Joseph E. Garcia and Karen J. Hoelscher The Art and Politics of Academic Governance: Relations among Boards, Presidents, and Faculty by Kenneth P. Mortimer and Colleen O’Brien Sathre Strategic Leadership: Integrating Strategy and Leadership in Colleges and Universities by Richard L. Morrill Leadership Legacy Moments: Visions and Values for Stewards of Collegiate Mission by E. Grady Bogue The Indispensable University: Higher Education, Economic Development, and the Knowledge Economy by Eugene P. Trani and Robert D. Holsworth Peak Performance for Deans and Chairs: Reframing Higher Education’s Middle by Susan Stavert Roper and Terrence E. Deal Presidential Transitions: It’s Not Just the Position, It’s the Transition by Patrick H. Sanaghan, Larry Goldstein, and Kathleen D. Gaval Changing Course: Making the Hard Decisions to Eliminate Academic Programs, Second Edition by Peter D. Eckel Searching for Higher Education Leadership: Advice for Candidates and Search Committees by Jean A. Dowdall Other Duties as Assigned: Presidential Assistants in Higher Education edited by Mark P. Curchack The “How To” Grants Manual: Successful Grantseeking Techniques for Obtaining Public and Private Grants, Sixth Edition by David G. Bauer Leaders in the Crossroads: Success and Failure in the College Presidency by Stephen James Nelson International Students: Strengthening a Critical Resource edited by Maureen S. Andrade and Norman W. Evans Faculty Success through Mentoring: A Guide for Mentors, Mentees, and Leaders by Carole J. Bland, Anne L. Taylor, S. Lynn Shollen, Anne Marie Weber-Main, and Patricia A. Mulcahy 10_414_00_FM.indd ii 8/11/10 2:00 PM Higher Education Assessments Leadership Matters Edited by Gary L. Kramer and Randy L. Swing Published in partnership with the ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC. Lanham • Boulder • New York • Toronto • Plymouth, UK 10_414_00_FM.indd iii 8/11/10 2:00 PM Published in partnership with the American Council on Educa