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Welcome to the Academic Affairs web page on Assessment and Academic Program Review. Here you will find documents describing the College’s assessment activities from 1999 to the present. Documents of related interest may be found on the web page of the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment, and information about the College’s Strategic Plan may be found at http://www.qcc.cuny.edu/Governance/strategicplan.asp. For questions about the documents at this site, you may contact Dean Karen Steele at ksteele@qcc.cuny.edu.
Overview
During 1999-2005, with efforts led by an interdisciplinary faculty and administration team, Queensborough Community College, CUNY developed and implemented a comprehensive student learning assessment plan. Student learning assessment is central to the College’s overall assessment plan (2001), which is based on the major goals of Queensborough’s Mission Statement and is linked to the College’s strategic planning process.
To provide a foundation for assessment, a statement of educational objectives was written and subsequently approved by the QCC Academic Senate (2002). Curricular objectives were written, and an individual course assessment process was piloted (2003-04) linking general education and curricular and course objectives. A college-wide course objectives form and a course assessment form were developed, and a database (2004-05) was designed and implemented for the course objectives form.
In 2004-05 a revised academic program review process was implemented, embedding both general education assessment and assessment of curriculum specific student learning outcomes. In 2005 Queeensborough revised its Mission Statement, and the goals are being incorporated into program review and the College’s overall assessment plan. In addition, a review of QCC’s educational objectives is being launched in Fall 2005.
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