Self-Regarding Institution: Information for Excellence
| Title: | Self-Regarding Institution: Information for Excellence |
| Author: | Ewell, Peter T. |
| Date: | 1984 |
| Catalog #: | 2BA369 |
| Price: | $ 8.00 |
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| Description: |
With public calls for excellence in higher education becoming increasingly vocal, institutions of all kinds need to demonstrate that they do, in fact, make a difference. The Self-Regarding Institution cogently argues that to achieve excellence, faculty and administrators must create explicit, institution-specific mechanisms for regularly assessing progress toward educational goals. Theoretically sound yet practically oriented, this book: • Stresses the need for multiple dimensions of excellence. • Summarizes and organizes various types of educational outcomes. • Describes how institutions can use existing information about student outcomes to improve educational programs and services. • Provides a rational framework for developing institutional assessment activities. By helping faculty and administrators understand institutional assessment not as a burdensome responsibility but as an opportunity to initiate constructive action, Dr. Ewell encourages a new perspective on student learning and institutional change. Properly understood and implemented, assessment becomes not a discrete activity but a natural, ongoing extension of institutional self-consciousness. |