Date: Thursday, 5/20/10
Time: 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM CDT
You can log on to the seminar anytime, all day long, on Thursday, May 20.
Program Length: 90 minutes
Cost: $189 ($214 after 5/13/10)
Three easy ways to register!
Online:
Phone: 800-433-0499 / 608-227-8182
Featured Higher Education Presenter: Linda Suskie
An audience favorite returns–and with a BONUS! Magna Online Seminars is bringing this popular program back for our audience members who missed it the first time around. To help you take advantage of this fact-filled seminar and get you started with assessing institutional effectiveness, we're offering it with expanded connection options. You can log on to the seminar anytime, all day long, on Thursday, May 20–whenever it's most convenient for you!
During the rebroadcast of this seminar Ms. Suskie will explain a four-step assessment process that will help institutions create clear institutional goals, identify and implement measurement strategies, and maintain momentum.
In an email interview with Academic Leader, Suskie answered a few questions on topics that she will discuss during the seminar.
AL: How do you prioritize what should be measured?
Suskie: Prioritize in whatever way most helps keep assessment momentum going. Some people like to start by assessing likely successes, to help build morale. Some like to start by assessing things they know they need to work on, to get information to help inform work in those areas. And some like to start by assessing the easy-to-assess things, so everyone can see assessment results fairly quickly.
AL: Are there certain essential institutional effectiveness measures that should be part of each institution’s assessment program?
Suskie: Every college and university has a mission of education, so assessments of student learning should definitely be part of any set of institutional effectiveness measures. And every college and university needs to make sure that the necessary infrastructure and resources are in place to support student learning, so assessments monitoring resources and their effective deployment are another must.
AL: What suggestions do you have for bringing together disparate assessment data?
Suskie: Colleges and universities do so many very different things that assessment data will likely be a collection of apples and oranges ... and green beans and cupcakes and turkey! So don't feel you have to put all assessment data into a common format or common system. Focus instead on linking assessment data to appropriate institutional goals.
AL: What elements help make institutional effectiveness assessment successful?
Suskie: One factor really stands out: If institutional leaders really value assessment results and use them to inform important decisions on important goals, your institutional effectiveness efforts will be a resounding success.
Make the most of your budget by pulling key stakeholders together for one low seminar price. The fee of $189 applies per site–not per person–so your first step toward assessment can be as meaningful as possible. The seminar is delivered completely online, so schedule some time afterwards for your team to discuss how to implement the ideas you'll gain during the seminar. One more bonus–since the seminar is delivered to you, at your location, you won’t need a travel budget to participate.
Who should attend:
• Chief academic officers
• Chief planning officers
• Institutional assessment coordinators and directors
• Institutional assessment committee members
• Institutional research directors
• Student development staff
• College administrators
Promo Code: MR0AR3
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