Committee on Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness
2024-2027: (9 Members)
Faculty Representatives (Name, Department, Term Ends)
- Lau, Matthew, English (2025)
- Pinheiro, Susana, Math (2025, co-Chair)
- Wong, Kathryn, College Discovery (2025, co-Chair)
- Marchese, Paul, Physics (2026)
- Mehta, Neeraj, Music (2026)
- Spezio, Stefan, Center for Tutoring and Academic Support (2026)
- Cercone, Alisa, English (2027, Secretary)
- Nercessian, Elizabeth, Student Success (2027)
- Ye, Fei, Mathematics & Computer Science (2027)
Student Representatives
- TBA
- TBA
Liaisons
- TBA, CoC Liaison
- TBA, Steering Committee Designee
- Arthur Corradetti, Dean for Institutional Effectiveness, President's Liaison
Contact Information
Bylaws Charges
Section 11. Committee on Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness
The Committee on Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness shall consist of nine (9) members of the faculty and eligible staff, reflecting, where possible, a balanced representation of faculty from varied programs and curricula, with no more than one representative from any given department; and two (2) students.
The Committee on Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness shall:
- Review and evaluate summary reports describing initiatives to assess student learning from academic departments, academies, and academic programs of the college;
- Review and evaluate documents relating to assessments of institutional effectiveness from all non-academic units of the college;
- Make annual reports of progress in assessment of data collection, including:
- The review of assessment reports from each department/unit of the college;
- Courses/college units assessed from each department;
- Summary of Assessment data gathered from assessments;
- Any departmental conclusions drawn and/or actions taken as a result.
- Review and evaluate assessment procedures the College undertakes and make recommendations concerning these assessment initiatives to the Academic Senate, in support of principles of shared governance, academic freedom and transparency.
The Committee meets the second Wednesday of every month at 12:10PM. Fall 2023 meetings: September 13th, October 11th, November 8th, December 13th.
Steering Committee Suggested Goals/Committee Goals
- Post meeting times asap at the top of your webpage, near chair's contact information
- Update your webpage to reflect new membership and change the heading to 2023-2026
- Thank you for your work in finding whether department Assessment Coordinators are past Assessment Committee members -- let SC know when you have more information
- Let SC know of any other department delinquent 2020 Assessment Reports, and we will help you to get them
- Invite Steven Dahlke, Scott Litroff and Phil Nelan to a meeting this semester. One of us at least will come and we will help to find ways to streamline department reporting and your asessment process
- Thank you for your outstanding Committee Guide Addendum!