Charge and objectives
Charge
The charge of the UAC is to determine how
the assessment of student learning outcomes offers Northern Arizona University an
opportunity to strengthen its programs and enhance its accountability.
In keeping with shared governance, the committee
will provide the university-wide perspective on student assessment as carried
out in undergraduate and graduate programs, including those courses delivered
on the Flagstaff campus as well as distance learning.
The committee will:
- provide oversight
- identify key issues
- develop recommendations
- develop policies with respect to
institution-wide assessment of student learning
The committee will also:
- identify gaps in assessment information
- recommend changes in assessment processes
- review the usefulness of assessment
strategies, reporting strategies, and feedback processes
- ensure that assessment data is used to
inform decision-making at Northern Arizona University
The committee will maintain close
communications with the Faculty Senate, the Office of Academic Assessment, and
other appropriate committees, administrative bodies, and academic units.
The committee has developed a set of bylaws
that address membership, terms, election process and scope of responsibility.
Objectives
The objectives of the UAC are to:
- review, develop, and recommend
institutional assessment procedures and policies
- develop mechanisms for using assessment
data in decision-making
- review the usefulness of assessment
strategies, reporting strategies, and feedback processes
- review the place of pre-assessment models
at Northern Arizona University
- work in cooperation with the Office of Curriculum,
Learning Design, and Academic Assessment and assist in:
- familiarizing faculty with the uses of
assessment to strengthen student learning
- helping faculty understand issues and
strategies of assessment
- interpreting assessment data for
decision-makers
- facilitating periodic evaluation of the
academic assessment effort at the university
- soliciting proposals and awarding
funding, as available, for programmatic and department assessment activities
and initiatives
- carry out other duties as charged by the
Faculty Senate