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Assessing Higher Education Assessment Policies and Processes: A Critical Policy Analysis Approach
The journal of academic administration in higher education, Vol.14(2), pp.47-63
2018
Abstract
In recent years, the nature and number of administrative reporting requirements have increased substantially for most universities. As a result, faculty find themselves devoting increasingly large amounts of time to these needs (Gardiner, 2002) often at the expense of time devoted to teaching, scholarship, and service. One major driver for administrative reporting is embedded in the assessment of learning process. This paper uses Critical Policy Analysis to examine assessment policies and processes at four universities through the viewpoints of the authors who serve in the roles of administrators, faculty, and students to determine policy “winners” and “losers.” In this process we identify why many faculty resist the assessment process and make recommendations on how universities can develop assessment policies and processes that meet the real requirements for assessment of learning while meeting the demands of all stakeholders.
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- Title
- Assessing Higher Education Assessment Policies and Processes
- Publication Details
- The journal of academic administration in higher education, Vol.14(2), pp.47-63
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- J W Press
- Copyright
- © J W Press
- Identifiers
- 99380473595006600
- Academic Unit
- Accounting and Finance; Lewis Bear Jr. College of Business; College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities; Business Administration
- Language
- English