Trudy Banta
Professor of Higher Education and Senior Advisor to the Chancellor for Academic Planning and Evaluation.
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
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Our 2011 Plenary Speakers
David Paris
Executive Director, New Leadership Alliance for Student Learning and Accountability.
Diane Nyhammer
Provost and Chief Academic Officer, Rock Valley College, AALHE Board of Directors.
Marilee Bresciani
Professor, Administration, Rehabilitation, and Postsecondary Education, San Diego State University, AALHE Board of Directors.
News, Blogs & CoPs
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November 05, 2011
AALHE Board of Directors Bestows First AALHE Service Award on UK Provost
The AALHE Founding Board of Directors presented University of Kentucky Provost Kumble Subbaswamy with its first AALHE Service Award in acknowledgement of and deep gratitude for Dr. Subbaswamy's steady support and generosity in helping to launch the organization and its Inaugural Conference. Without Dr. Subbaswamy's support, neither the AALHE nor the conference would have been possible.
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November 05, 2011
Highlights of Members-Only Resources
Your AALHE membership allows you to join the discussions on the Assessment Directors Community of Practice. Melanie Booth of Marylhurst University facilitates discussions concerning the daily challenges of our work as assessment professionals in higher education, and sharing of useful resources and practices gained through the work experiences of practitioners. Also, if you are...
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November 05, 2011
Tell Us How You Think It Went
As all assessment professionals and AALHE members know, continuous improvement requires collection and analysis of assessment data. To hep AALHE assess the current conference and improve future events, this year's conference participants are urged to complete and return the overall conference survey they received via email on 9 June 2011, as soon as possible. If you were a conference...
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July 26, 2011
Requirements differ between regional and specialized accreditors?
Recently, I got into a conversation about the potentially conflicting requirements of specialized business accreditors and regional accreditors. While AACSB describes the need to develop and measure SLOs for each "degree" within their definition of a program, I have been under the impression that our regional accreditor, HLC, considers every U/G major to be a program. If business...
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July 11, 2011
Introducing the New Co-Facilitators of the Graduate Students' CoP
In order to best serve our graduate student members, the Graduate Students Community of Practice will be co-facilitated by both an experienced higher education assessment professional, Dr. Robin Anderson, and a graduate student whose discipline is assessment in higher education, Kimberly R. Marsh, M.A. Dr. Anderson is the Academic Unit Head for the Department of Graduate Psychology at...
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July 07, 2011
Membership Benefits & the AALHE Website -- Current and Future
I recently received an inquiry concerning what comprises the AALHE membership fee. I thought my answer would be informative to our members, not only to clarify what is available only to AALHE members now, but also to update everyone on what is already in the works, and what is being planned for the relatively near future: ...
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