Assessment Committee

January 11, 2005

Jones 323

3:00-4:00 PM

Minutes

Members present:  Marion Askegaard, Betty Larson, Jasi O’Connor, Kay Schneider, Linda Scott, Mike Wohlfeil, Haimeng Zhang

 

1.      Discussed the Collaboration Conference.  February 18-19, 2005.  Funding is available through the Dean’s office.  It is possible to attend just one of the two days.  If you are interested in attending, contact Kay.

 

2.      Reviewed the Assessment Mini-Grant Application from the Discourse program.  Discussed that it might be helpful for them to set a threshold by which to judge their speeches (e.g., wanting 70% to score a “four” or higher).  Grant request was approved.

 

3.      The Assessment Banquet will be held Thursday, February 3 from 5-6:30 p.m. in Frida Nilsen Lounge.  Discussed ways to increase attendance.  The committee would like to see one attendee from each department.  The program will include

1.      Progress on the progress report

2.      Results of the assessment survey

3.      Reports from departments receiving mini-grants

 

4.      Assessment Survey.  The survey has been sent out and 39 responses have been received to date.  The results thus far have been mixed, but will provide good feedback for the committee to review. 

 

5.      Please remind your departments to turn in their Assessment Surveys and also extend an invitation to attend the Assessment Banquet.

 

6.      Kay and Mike have had a program proposal accepted for the HLC Conference.  In preparation for their presentation, Kay will be revising the Assessment Handbook, and will be circulating a table of contents for feedback.

 

7.      Next meeting is scheduled for February 1.  Start time has been changed to 2:45 p.m. and the meeting will again be held in Jones 323.

 

Meeting adjourned at 3:37

Minutes recorded by Jasi O’Connor