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Corporatization Of Higher Education: The Move For Greater Standardized Assessment Programs, Robert P. Engvall
Corporatization Of Higher Education: The Move For Greater Standardized Assessment Programs, Robert P. Engvall
Justice Studies Faculty Publications
This book addresses the on-going push for greater assessment in higher education, within the larger societal context in which a push for accountability and transparency has been rather selectively imposed. Addressing this context is done by means of addressing the specific higher education assessment literature, as well as such topics as unionization in higher education and the increase in “merit pay” schemes that diminish the collective power of union members and radically change the concept of academic freedom on college campuses. It addresses “dead weight” faculty that burden our institutions and drain our resources away from where they could be …
Civic Engagement Assessment: Linking Activities To Attitudes, Ande Diaz, Dawn Geronimo Terkla, Lisa S. O’Leary, Nancy E. Wilson
Civic Engagement Assessment: Linking Activities To Attitudes, Ande Diaz, Dawn Geronimo Terkla, Lisa S. O’Leary, Nancy E. Wilson
Office of Intercultural Center Staff Publications
In the March-April 2005 issue of Assessment Update, Trudy Banta issued a call to readers to provide information on individual campuses’ efforts to assess civic engagement. This call has prompted us to share the multifaceted approach that Tuffs University has taken to describe and assess this area of student endeavor. Specifically, we will describe an in-depth study designed to investigate undergraduates’ participation in and attitudes toward civic engagement.