From the Dean of Academic Assessment
Congratulations to
courses that met
By Steven Harmon Wilson, Ph.D.
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“Assessment is the systematic collection, review,
and use of information about educational programs undertaken for the purpose of improving student learning and
development.”
-- Catherine A. Palomba and Trudy W. Banta, Assessment
Essentials: Planning, Implementing, and Improving Assessment in
Higher Education(San Francisco CA: Jossey-Bass, 1999).
Evidence gathered from a well-conceived and Online Training is available for WEAVE
sensibly implemented assessment program will be an
at tulsacc.edu/about-tcc/assessment/tccessential tool for all of us at TCC to use in the cultiva- weaveonline-training-faculty-and-administrators
tion of continuous improvement in student learning and in the fostering of sustainable
excellence in teaching. Assessment data also will give us the means to hold ourselves accountable—to our stakeholders, and to our profession. Among the recently updated Criteria for Accreditation established by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) is the requirement that an institution “demonstrates a commitment to educational achievement and improvement through ongoing assessment of student learning.” [Criterion 4; Teaching and
Learning] I am proud to say that TCC has made such a commitment, by the establishment of
the CELT, and by the creation of the position I now hold, Dean of Academic Assessment.
As Dean, it is my purpose and privilege to support faculty in all of the academic
divisions of the College as they collaborate to develop and implement their plans for discipline and program assessment. I rely heavily