Taking Ownership of Accreditation: Assessment Processes that Promote Institutional Improvement and Faculty Engagement

“Those who seek a model for how to do accreditation right will find it in this book.”―Jon F. Wergin, Program in Leadership and Change, Antioch University

Demonstrates how a participatory approach to assessment – involving faculty, students, and administrators –and accreditation creates a synergy for learner-centered education.

Amy Driscoll retired fromCalifornia State University, Monterey Bay as the founding Director of Teaching,Learning, and Assessment and from Portland State University as Director ofCommunity/University Partnerships. For the last 11 years, she has coordinatedand taught in the Assessment Leadership Academy, a year-long program forfaculty and administrators, and consulted nationally and internationally. Sheco-authored Developing Outcomes-basedAssessment for Learner-centered Education: A Faculty Introduction withSwarup Wood in 2007.

Diane Cordero De Noriega is Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, and currently Interim President, at California State University, Monterey Bay.

Judith A. Ramaley is President of Winona State University. Prior to coming to Minnesota, Dr. Ramaley held a presidential professorship in biomedical sciences at the University of Maine and was a Fellow of the Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy. She also completed a residency as a Visiting Senior Scientist at the National Academy of Sciences.From 2001 to 2004, Dr. Ramaley was Assistant Director, Education and Human Resources Directorate (EHR) at the National Science Foundation (NSF).Prior to joining NSF, Dr. Ramaley was president and professor of biology at the University of Vermont.Dr. Ramaley has a special interest in higher education reform and has played a significant role in designing regional alliances to promote educational cooperation. She has contributed to national discussions about the changing nature of work and the workforce. She plays a national role in the exploration of civic responsibility and the role of higher education in promoting good citizenship. She also has published extensively on educational reform; science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education; and the leadership of organizational change.