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.
August 2011
Alternative IT Sourcing Strategies: Six Views
EDUCAUSE Review recently asked six CIOs to talk about alternative IT sourcing strategies and about whether they are, or aren't, "doing it themselves"-providing technology services-at their institutions.
Download the portion of the article written by the Vice President & CIO of Drexel University, John A. Bielec
here.
The complete article, available on the EDUCAUSE Review website, also contains contributions from
Ed Mahon, Michael R. McPherson, Joseph Vaughan, Theresa Rowe, Michael P. Pickett.
View the full article on the EDUCAUSE Review website >>
Anthony Salcito, Vice President Microsoft Education, interviews David Raney, Nuventive CEO
Learn more >>
Opening Doors to Faculty Involvement in Assessment.
(NILOA Occasional Paper No.4).
Written by Pat Hutchings, April 2010
Urbana, IL: University of Illinois and Indiana University, National Institute of Learning Outcomes Assessment.
Note TracDat reference on page 12.
A Guide to Planning for Change
Written by Donald M. Norris and Nick L. Poulton
Underwritten by: Microsoft, Inc., The Sextant Group, Nuventive LLC, iStrategy Solutions and eThority
©Society for College and University Planning
Learn More >>
Institutional Planning and Assessment Solutions: Supporting Effective Decision Making in Higher Education
A companion to A Guide to Planning for Change
Learn more >>
“ASU-Beebe: New Era of Assessment”
Published in AAACL Newsletter
March 2009
Read Article >>
“The New Guys in Assessment Town”
Published in Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning
May-June 2009
Read Article >>
Assessment Update
Article
"Strategic Planning and Decision-Making in Higher Education: What Gets Attention and What Doesn't"
This is a preprint of an article published in Assessment Update,
March-April 2008, Volume 20, Number 2.
Journal
Website >>
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PDF >>
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.
Read Article >>
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.
Read Excerpts of the
Report >>
Read
the Full Report >>
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.
Read
WMU Press Release >>
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