Committee on Learning Assessment
AY 2009-2010

Chair: Anastasia Snelling, CAS/SETH, ssnelli@american.edu

* Ex officio, non-voting member

The Committee on Learning Assessment, shall consist of: - One full-time faculty member from each of the academic units except for CAS, which shall have three full-time faculty members from each cluster. The full-time faculty of each unit shall elect its member or members and elected members shall serve a two-year term. - One representative from the General Education, one from Honors, and one from University College, each appointed by the director of the respective program. These representatives shall serve a two-year term. - The Director of Institutional Research and Assessment shall be an ex-officio, non-voting member of this committee.

As the committee transitions from the Project Team to a Faculty Senate Committee, committee members from the Project Team will be invited to serve on the Faculty Senate Committee for 2009-2010, either for a one or two-year term. To stagger the committee membership over a two-year period, it is recommended that for the academic year 2010-2011, half of the committee members shall be elected while the other half of the members serve an additional year.

The Committee members shall elect a chair. V. The charge of the committee is to provide guidance and assistance to the colleges and schools in developing and implementing academic program assessment plans, analyzing and interpreting assessment results, developing appropriate reports, and disseminating assessment results to the University community. The committee will oversee the annual process of updating and disseminating assessment plans.

The committee interacts with other stakeholders, such as the Vice-Provost for Undergraduate Studies, Vice-Provost for Graduate Studies and Research, Center for Teaching Excellence, and Campus Life. VI.

The committee will submit a written report to the Faculty Senate each December.