Learning Outcome Assessment Infrastructure

Departmental Curriculum and Assessment committees

   Each department and program has a curriculum and assessment committee that reviews and recommends changes in the department’s major and minor programs, and its courses. The committees coordinate curricular change in the department, and forward any changes approved by the department’s faculty to the respective school’s curriculum committee.

School-wide Assessment Advisory Committees (AAC)

   As requested by Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, each academic dean has appointed an Assessment Advisory Committee to coordinate learning outcome assessment activities in each school.  The AACs give advice to the Dean concerning the development of a school-wide assessment strategy, assist departments in the school as they develop assessment plans and conduct assessments and implement changes based on those assessments.  The Committees also advise the Dean on the School’s assessment of general education learning outcomes.

University Assessment Council (AC)

    The Assessment Council is composed of the chairs of each school’s Assessment Advisory Committee, and is chaired by the Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs-Teaching and Assessment.   The Council acts as a clearing-house for learning outcome assessment plans and strategies across the University. It supports departments and schools as they review their assessment practices, conduct assessments, and implement change in their curricula based on the results of their assessments. 

      The Council works with the CTAAR to provide assistance to the Assessment Advisory Committees. This includes bringing in experts in assessment development and design for consultation, offering workshops on assessment practices and programs on the uses of various assessment methods.  The Council disseminates information about assessment practices across the University and acts as  a clearing-house for information about learning outcome assessment activities. 
     
      The chairs of the School-wide Assessment Advisory Committees, and members of the Assessment Council, for AY 2007-2008 are given below.

Camden	Chair of Assessment Advisory Committee
Camden Faculty of Arts and Sciences	Alan Woll
Camden School of Law	Carol Wallinger
Rutgers School of Business	Samuel Rabinowitz
Newark
Faculty of Arts and Sciences	John Gunkel
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences	Lion Gardiner
Rutgers School of Business	Bil Leopold
School of Criminal Justice	Adam Graycar
School of Law	Stuart Deutsch
School of Nursing	Lucille Heller
School of Public Affairs and Administration	Norma Riccucci
New Brunswick
Graduate School of Education	Angela O’Donnell
School of Engineering	Fred Bernath
Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology	Charles Mahr
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences	Richard Ludescher
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy	Frank Hughes
Edward J. Bloustein School of Policy and Planning	Dona Schneider
Mason Gross School of the Arts	Dennis Benson
School of Arts and Sciences	Susan Lawrence
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences	Harvey Waterman
School of Communications, Information and Library Studies	Ross Todd
School of Management and Labor Relations	Susan Sherman
School of Social Work	Antoinette Farmer
University Library	Jeanne Boyle

Executive Council for Assessment

The Executive Council for Assessment (ECA) is the strategic planning body for learning outcome assessment in the University.  The ECA is staffed by one representative each from the Provost in Newark, the Provost in Camden, the VP for Undergraduate Education, the VP for Graduate Education, the Office of Institutional Research and Academic Planning and Associate VP for Teaching and Assessment, plus two rotating seats appointed by the deans of the schools.  The ECA will provide guidance in the development and implementation of assessment methods.