"In my roles at my institution and AGLS, I live and breathe general education and its continuous improvement so I naturally skipped to the gen ed chapters first. However, I was quickly drawn to sections that can inform our broader work on timely and pressing issues of DEI, the pandemic and online learning, and career readiness. Having real case studies with successes and lessons learned (particularly from the crazy last few years) with nuts-and-bolts tools from a variety of institutional types means no one has to start their assessment efforts from scratch. I will advertise this volume to all our members!"
Stephen Biscotte, PhD, Assistant Provost for Undergraduate Education and Instructor, School of Education at Virginia Tech; President, Association for General and Liberal Studies
"Employers today are constantly reporting that employees often dont have the requisite communication, critical thinking, information literacy, quantitative reasoning, and social and cultural awareness skills needed in todays global economic workforce. This book points out not only the fact that these skills are taught across the curriculum in postsecondary educational institutions but that their attainment is measured and revisions to the curriculum are made as a result of the data. A must read for any higher education professional who has a genuine interest in ensuring the best prepared graduates for todays world and beyond."
Belle Wheelan, PhD, President, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
"College assessment practices need to be designed and implemented considering the changing environments brought about by the pandemic, calls for social justice, and heightened attacks on the value of higher education. The volume provides diverse examples of innovative ways institutions are successfully using assessment data to prepare students for the 21st century explicitly taking into account these structural contexts. Highlighting both the quantitatively and qualitatively rich understandings of success, each chapter details how assessment data can be used to work toward more equitable student experiences and outcomes and demonstrate how students are mastering career competencies within degree programs."
Mary Gatta, PhD, Director of Research and Public Policy, National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)
"This volume of Exemplars in Assessment offers readers plentiful examples of assessments significance and impact in a variety of contexts. Each individual chapter provides rich information to enhance knowledge and inform professional practice. Collectively, the chapters provide a mosaic of compelling, contemporary issues facing the higher education sector. Faculty members, student affairs educators, assessment professionals, administrators, policymakers, researchersindeed, anyone with a stake in improving student learningwill find this book a beneficial addition to their professional library."
Stephen P. Hundley, Chair, Assessment Institute in Indianapolis and Executive Editor, Assessment Update
"The diversity of institutions and the varied perspectives on assessment practices in the second volume of Exemplars of Assessment in Higher Education make this book a must read for institutional leaders and educators asking how to center DEI within assessment strategies. The honest and candid reflections of the authors are inspiring and approachable for professionals at any stage in their careers."
Tia Brown McNair, Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Student Success and Executive Director for TRHT Campus Centers, American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U)
"Loss of public trust has rendered higher education vulnerable and dubious as academicians lobby and plead for its worth and value to society. As student achievement metrics like graduation and retention fall prey to grade inflation, Souza and Rose offer practical solutions like learner records and student ownership of articulated competencies to address public demand for practical, real-world education while maintaining the Academys commitment to liberal arts education, habits of mind, and civic engagement."
Josephine Welsh, PhD, Associate Provost of Academic Affairs, Delta State University
"Our assessment professional community has a wealth of experiences and insights to share that can offer support in the process of assessment for learning. When facing new challenges in higher education assessment, I've learned some of my most valuable lessons from colleagues who had gone through something similar. The second volume of Exemplars of Assessment in Higher Education offers the reader a worthwhile opportunity like this, to access and learn from our colleagues experiences of working through assessment challenges at a variety of institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Its sure to be a helpful resource to assessment professionals- we can learn so much from each other!"
Gina B. Polychronopoulos, Ph.D, Associate Director of Curricular Assessment, George Mason University; Associate Editor, Research & Practice in Assessment
