Nuventive wants
you to know about recent trends and news in our industry. Here
are some recent issues that showcase the key drivers and motivation
and the local, state, federal level, as well as indicators of
how educational leaders are looking at Enterprise Assessment
today.
Assessment Update
Article
This is a preprint of an article published in Assessment Update,
March-April 2008, Volume 20, Number 2.
Journal
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March 26, 2007
Doing E-Portfolios Right
Composition instructors have long been in
the forefront of the idea of using portfolios to assess student
learning. There are many forms of portfolios, but the basic
idea is to have students assemble a body of work over the course
of a semester — and to have more emphasis on student progression
over a semester than on any one paper.
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In a newly issued and much anticipated report from the Department
of Education, the Spellings Commission clearly lays out challenges,
goals and objectives facing higher education institutions today.
Many of these issues revolve around ensuring
continuous quality improvement and accountability. Nuventive
enthusiastically supports the call for a national focus on these
issues.
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Western Michigan University announces
the formation of a Center of Excellence for Portfolios and Assessment
(CEPA)
December 9, 2005 – Kalamazoo,
Michigan
CEPA will be a state-of-the-art technology center that could
serve as a national model for speeding the spread of student
electronic portfolios and managing the assessment of student
learning outcomes.
Nuventive is proud to partner with Western
Michigan on this important initiative. With a student body of
over 26,000 students, a strong relationship with local employers
and relationships with a wide range of professional associations,
Western Michigan is an ideal setting for this Center of Excellence.
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WMU Press Release >>
Secretary Spellings
Announces New Commission on the Future of Higher Education
Sept 19, 2005 U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings
today announced the formation of the Secretary of Education's
Commission on the Future of Higher Education. The new commission
is charged with developing a comprehensive national strategy
for postsecondary education that will meet the needs of America's
diverse population and also address the economic and workforce
needs of the country's future. Learn More >>
IT DIRECTORS and other top-level executives in higher education
attending the Syllabus2005 Executive Summit in July were surveyed
on a range of IT topics in a study arranged by Campus Technology
Magazine (www.campus-technology.com). Four broad areas emerged
from this study:
- Aligning IT with Institutional Goals
- Information Security as a Strategic Issue
for Institutions
- Students as Customers: Online Student Services
- Digital Learning Technologies and Instructional
Impacts
Nuventive has been exclusively focused on
three of the four top issues in this survey for many years.
Learn more about what was discussed. Learn More >>.
State Community Colleges Facing New Requirements
HARRISBURG - As Pennsylvania's
14 community colleges receive the largest infusion of state
money in more than a decade, their performance is coming under
greater government scrutiny.
Starting in 2006, the two-year schools will
be required to provide the state Education Department with student
retention and graduation rates, as well as data on job placements
and employer satisfaction.
"We're going to set some high expectations
for community colleges... . We'll also be thinking about the
comparable level of support that the government needs to provide,"
Zahorchak said. "All of that has to be measurable if we're
going to talk to the public about the value of community colleges."
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