Publications
Other Resources on Accreditation Topics
Accountability, Transparency and Institutional Responsibility: Addressing the Challenges
A dialogue among Middle States institutions, led by MSCHE Chair Peter Burnham, former MSCHE President Jean Avnet Morse, and MSCHE Executive Vice President Elizabeth Sibolski.
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Assessment Studies and Reports from the National Center for Educational Statistics
Access a variety of regional and national studies and reports on assessment topics, all available through the website of the National Center for Educational Statistics and IPEDS. View at http://nces.ed.gov/IPEDS.
Cyber Guide for Psychology Learning Goals
This website from the American Psychological Association provides guidelines for learning goals and outcomes in the undergraduate Psychology major. View at www.apa.org/ed/guidehomepage.html.
Discouraging Degree Mills in Higher Education
Toward Effective Practice: Discouraging Degree Mills in Higher Education, is a joint project of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Read about it at www.chea.org/pdf/degree_mills_effective_practice.pdf.
General Education and Essential Skills
Presentation by former MSCHE President Jean Avnet Morse at the 2008 AAC&U conference on Integrative Designs for General Education and Assessment.
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Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008: Distance Education, Substantive Change, Monitoring Growth, and Transfer of Credit
This document was excerpted and updated from the September 2009 and January 2010 MSCHE newsletters. It contains useful information for MSCHE institutions that need to learn more about the accreditation provisions of the HEOA.
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Learning Outcomes from the American Historical Association
Review benchmarks for assessment, historical thinking, and the teaching of history as a discipline. View at http://historians.org/teaching/policy/benchmarks.htm.
National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment
This valuable website contains numerous resources on outcomes assessment, including articles on accountability issues, presentations and other materials on emerging best practices in assessment, hyperlinks to websites of award-winning institutions, and much more. View at www.learningoutcomeassessment.org
Self-Assessment: Quality Assurance of Program-Level Assessment of Student Learning
This helpful flowchart for program-level assessment can be viewed at http://www.abet.org/Linked%20Documents-UPDATE/Assessment/Revised%20Self-Assessment.pdf.
(c)2007 Gloria M. Rogers, ABET, Inc.
The Role of Published Tests and Assessments in Higher Education
A brief paper by MSCHE Vice President Linda Suskie on how to use published tests and assessments to supplement locally developed tests, rubrics, and surveys.
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Why is College Accreditation Important?
A brief explanation of accreditation's importance, with hyperlinks to web sites of all U.S. regional accreditors and some specialized accreditors.
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