Achieving the Dream colleges engage in a process of institutional improvement to increase student success. A central component of this process is engaging internal and external stakeholders to help develop and implement interventions or changes in programs and services that improve student success. To determine whether these interventions do…

Discusses two assessment alternatives applicable to departments of communication: oral communication across the curriculum and assessment centers. Argues the efficacy of integrating assessment and learning. (KEH)

Describes what one school is doing in its theater faculty to seize the opportunity of "owning" an assessment program. (KEH)

Examines Kean College's approaches to establishing principles, policies, and procedures which have led to a faculty-supported assessment program. Summarizes how faculty concerns were considered and policies were reviewed and established. Describes the faculty-centered organizational structure. (KEH)