It will review definitions of student competence, consider assessment practices of faculty in several accredited disciplines, show how disciplinary accreditors influence assessment of student competence by faculty on individual campuses, and discuss common challenges that exist in assessing student achievement in the major. This session will focus on how effective faculty evaluation is a key element in assessment efforts. While research has shown us how to do it well, you d never guess that from practices on most campuses. Explore and explode myths about faculty evaluation, discover research-based guidelines for good practice, and learn promising strategies for improvement. These sessions, held throughout the conference, will focus on the evaluation of educational uses of technology.
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The early-bird registration deadline is May 21. The regular registration deadline is June 8. UUPP Report Program Update Engagement with the urban community is a key component of the mission of urban public universities and a major topic in each of the six Urban Universities Portfolio Project institutions online institutional portfolios. To date, relatively little work has been done developing approaches to assessing the impact and effectiveness of urban universities civic engagement. As UUPP institutions began thinking about how to represent civic engagement in their portfolios, they soon realized that enumerating and describing activities and urban partnerships might indicate commitment to positive engagement with their communities, but did not demonstrate the impact of this commitment.