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Atlanta,
Ga., Feb. 2, 2011-Today,
several prominent scholars and key academic leaders from across the
country are attending the Southern
Education Foundation's (SEF) Student Learning Outcomes Institute:
Connecting Institutional Effectiveness and Student Learning at
Minority-Serving Institutions (Student Learning Outcomes Institute),
Feb 2-4, 2012, at the Grand Hyatt in Atlanta, Ga. The event focuses on
improving institutional capacity through the measurement, assessment, and
articulation of student learning at colleges and universities that serve
high percentages of low-income and minority students-otherwise known as
Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs).
The
Student Learning Outcomes Institute is structured as a three-day event
bringing together "institutional teams," which consists of the
chief academic officer and the institutional effectiveness/research
officer along with a key faculty member. Other attendees include
nationally recognized higher education experts, researchers, and
postsecondary stakeholders. The event also features a series of
intense workshops, interactive sessions, and campus demonstrations that
allows participants to discuss pressing issues related to student
learning. In addition, institutional researchers at MSIs will be able to
find out how to improve the usage of student data and measurements for
institutional effectiveness at an IPEDS data and benchmarking workshop
co-hosted by the Association for Institutional Research and the National
Center for Educational Statistics.
"For colleges and universities
that serve high percentages of low-income and minority students-our
nation's MSIs-the ability to clearly demonstrate educational gain is
particularly important as one proxy for institutional
effectiveness," said James T. Minor, Ph.D., senior program officer
and director of higher education programs at SEF. "Our Student
Learning Outcomes Institute is helping to lead the way for MSIs to
identify the appropriate metrics and methods for assessing student
learning on their campuses, which will provide greater evidence of what
their students know and are able to do upon graduation."
Additionally, a trio of higher
education leaders has been tapped to serve as the Student
Learning Outcomes Institute's keynote
speakers. Sarita E. Brown, president, Excelencia in Education,
will address attendees at dinner tonight. Fayetteville State University
Chancellor James A. Anderson and U.S. Department of Education Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Higher Education Programs Debra Saunders-White
will offer their remarks during luncheons to be held on Friday, Feb. 3
and Saturday, Feb. 4, respectively.
For
more information about the Student Learning Outcomes Institute:
Connecting Institutional Effectiveness and Student Learning at
Minority-Serving Institutions, contact Minor at jtminor@southerneducation.org.
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