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Retention

Partnering with Student Organizations to Build First-Year Student Engagement: Special Olympics Young Athletes and Merrimack College 

Every day, academic leaders make decisions about what kinds of programming college first-year students will find attractive and engaging. Many colleges’ ideas, however, fail to connect to student interest and experience. Part of the reason for this disconnect is generational. The staff and administrators planning these programs are at least...
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Program and Course Assessment

Designing Meaningful Institutional Assessment Plans: Putting It All Together 

Institutions with regional accreditation now have access to a great deal of information about developing assessment plans and many fine examples of general education assessments, academic department assessment plans, and a plethora of student affairs and student support assessment plans. But many institutions are lacking in the overall institutional level...
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Faculty Development

Developing and Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness at Colorado State University 

An international conversation around an increased focus on high-quality teaching at R1 institutions has been gaining momentum for several years. A recent shift in the conversation, focused on identifying fair and valid measures to evaluate effective teaching, continues to grow. On the one hand, individual departments and colleges look to...