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Assessment Grants for Academic Departments and Programs:
Department/Program Application
Please submit via email to Steve McKelvey at . Applications are reviewed as they are submitted.
Department/Program:
Name and email address of individual submitting this application:
Project title:
Project start and end dates:
Fiscal year of anticipated expenditures: June 1, 20__ - May 31, 20__
Description of proposed project
1. Project purposes: What specific academic decisions, curriculum features, pedagogical practices, or other aspects of the department’s academic program do you hope to illuminate with the assessment data you will analyze or collect?
2. Data sources: What existing assessment data will you examine, or what new data do you hope to collect, and how?
3. Principal activities: Who will do what and when?
4. Project budget: Please indicate your total anticipated expenses for this project below. Normally, department/program assessment grants will not exceed $500, but in the event that funds continue to be available in any given fiscal year after all other applications have been reviewed, a department/program may be eligible for additional funding beyond $500.
Item or activity Anticipated cost
5. Significance: How do you expect this project to strengthen and/or sustain teaching and learning in your program? How is this project connected to larger institutional goals for student learning and development?
Department/program commitments: By submitting this application for a Department Assessment Grant, the department/program agrees to the following:
· We will submit a report on our activities and findings to the Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness () within one month of the end date of our project (or by June 15 for projects ending May 31).
· We give permission for information about this project (e.g., the application, the final report, or a project abstract) to be shared via the St. Olaf assessment website or other means.
______Check to indicate agreement
Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness