CWAC Meeting Topics
August 23, 2010Orientation to the duties and responsibilities of CWAC
September 8, 2010Discussion of the assessment process and assessment methods
September 23, 2010Discussion of the process for reviewing assessment plans
October 5, 2010Review of plans from the library, the College Honors Program, and ASB
October 19, 2010Review of the general-education assessment plan and global review of plans from each school
November 9, 2010Review of assessment resources and discussion of syllabi and learning goals
December 1, 2010Discussion of syllabi; discussion of spring assessment activities; review of institutional data
January 19, 2011Discussion of campus-wide progress on assessment and of spring faculty development in the area of assessment
February 23, 2011Faculty In-Service and CLA
March 23, 2011Faculty workshops, CLA, syllabi audits, and end-of-semester preparation
April 18, 2011CLA, CEP syllabus audit, and CEC assessment
May 16, 2011CEP syllabus audit, assessment reports, use of results, and alignment of program to institutional goals
June 20, 2011Review of assessment reports from general education, the library, and the College Honors Program; global review of assessment activities for the year in each unit; review of the assessment process to date; preview of future assessment activities
August 24, 2011Detailed review of the academic year’s assessment activities, including the CEC direct assessment
September 19, 2011Review of assessment accomplishments this fall to date; review of the upcoming CEC direct assessment
October 26, 2011Review of plans from the library, the College Honors Program, and general education; review of special projects, such as the outcomes matrix; review of CEC syllabus review results
November 14, 2011Review of upcoming CEC direct assessment, update on CLA administration, and update on input of assessment plans and outcome matrices
December 13, 2011Calibration for CEC direct assessment
January 23, 2012Discussion of mid-year assessment reports, CEC direct assessment (in progress), and matrices aligning all-college to program outcomes.
February 22, 2012Discussion of CEC direct assessment results, including exploring moving the CEC direct assessment to the program level; discussion of mid-year and end-of-year assessment reports; dialogue with Ben Levy about international/intercultural outcomes
March 28, 2012Update on Middle States Monitoring Report; discussion of CEC direct assessment; discussion of international/intercultural outcomes
June 4, 2012Review of assessment reports from general education, the College Honors Program, and the library; forecast of next year’s assessment projects; discussion of faculty-development needs
August 28, 2012Introduction of new members; discussion of current year’s assessment projects (assessment of the CEC at the program level, freestanding minors, and majors/graduate programs)
September 26, 2012Review of library and College Honors Program plans; updates on assessment of freestanding minors and CEC at the program level
October 24, 2012Discussion of assessment progress; discussion of January FRC institute
December 19, 2012Assessment updates; discussion of FRC institute; discussion of future plans; review of NSSE and CLA results
February 13, 2013Assessment updates; discussion of strategies to more fully institutionalize assessment
March 6, 2013Discussion of further ways to institutionalize assessment on campus
May 8, 2013Discussion of assessment projects for next year
June 12, 2013Review of assessment reports from GECCo, the library, and the College Honors Program; discussion of best practices in assessment
September 4, 2013Present: Eric Daffron, Christina Connor, Ashwani Vasishth, Aaron Lorenz, Juan Cabrera, Jackie Skrzynski, Michael Unger, Larry D’Antonio; discussion of assessment process for 2013-14
October 2, 2013Present: Eric Daffron, Christina Connor, Ashwani Vasishth, Aaron Lorenz, Juan Cabrera,Jackie Skrzynski, Michael Unger, Larry D’Antonio; discussion of progress on assessment process for 2013-14; review of plans from the library and the College Honors Program; discussion of refinement of outcomes matrices developed a few years ago
January 8, 2014Present: Eric Daffron, Christina Connor, Ashwani Vasishth, Aaron Lorenz, Michael Unger, Larry D’Antonio, and Jackie Skrzynski; review of progress made in revising and collecting outcomes matrices; discussion of progress on assessment plans, 2013-14; discussion of assessing current assessment processes
February 19, 2014Present: Eric Daffron, Christina Connor, Aaron Lorenz, Michael Unger, Larry D’Antonio, Jack Latona, and Jackie Skrzynski; discussion of assessing current assessment processes
March 26, 2014Present: Eric Daffron, Aaron Lorenz, Michael Unger, Larry D’Antonio, Jack Latona, and Jackie Skrzynski; discussion of ongoing spring 2014 assessments, general education assessment plan for 2013-14, and assessment of the current assessment process.
April 16, 2014Discussion of the assessment of the current assessment process and missing outcomes matrices
May 26, 2014Discussion of updates on assessment in the schools; discussion of the general education plan, 2013-14; discussion of the assessment of assessment (focus groups and direct assessment)
June 24, 2014Present: Eric Daffron, Aaron Lorenz, Michael Unger, Larry D’Antonio, Jackie Skrzynski, Juan Cabrera, Jack Latona, Christina Connor, and Ashwani Vasishth; discussion of assessment report submission; discussion of strategies for streamlining assessment; discussion of assessment reports from the library and the honors program; discussion of the assessment of assessment (focus group data)
August 25, 2014Review of past assessment of assessment process; review of best practices in assessment; introduction of checklist for reviewing assessment plans and reports
October 8, 2014Review of assessment plans in the honors college and the library; discussion of recent NSSE and CLA results
February 11, 2015Present: Eric Daffron, Aaron Lorenz, Rebecca Root, Larry D’Antonio, Jackie Skryzynski, Jack Latona, and Christina Connor; discussion of sampling strategy for future CLA administration; discussion of need to complete this year’s CEC assessment; discussion of the enhanced process for reviewing assessment plans and reports, using the checklist; exercise in which assessment coordinators reviewed sample assessment plans against the checklist
March 11, 2015Discussion of assessment report materials.
August 25, 2015Present: Eric Daffron, Shaziela Ishak, Rebecca Root, Larry D’Antonio, Jackie Skryzynski, and Christina Connor; discussion of Alumni Report and use of alumni perceptions of learning outcomes as indirect measure; discussion of enhancements to loop-closing processes.
October 21, 2015Reviewed assessment plans for Library, College Honors Program, and General Education; discussed assessment issues in the schools.
February 3, 2016Present: Eric Daffron, Shaziela Ishak, Rebecca Root, Larry D’Antonio, Jackie Skryzynski, Gladys Torres-Baumgarten, Sangha Padhy, and Christina Connor; discussion of outcomes and rubric design for the revised general education curriculum.
March 24, 2016Present: Eric Daffron, Shaziela Ishak, Rebecca Root, Jackie Skryzynski, Gladys Torres-Baumgarten, Sangha Padhy, Christina Connor, and Ben Levy (guest); discussion of assessment report materials; discussion of report on diversity-related outcomes; discussion of the meaningful international experience.
June 15, 2016Present: Eric Daffron, Shaziela Ishak, Jackie Skryzynski, Sangha Padhy, Christina Connor, Christine Bennett; review of assessment this past academic year with particular attention to enhanced measures to close the loop; review of assessment reports from the College Honors Program, information literacy (library), and General Education.
September 2, 2016Present: Eric Daffron, Shaziela Ishak, Jackie Skryzynski, Sangha Padhy, Christina Connor, Christine Bennett, Larry D’Antonio, Rebecca Root, Gladys Torres-Baumgarten; discussion of content of fall Assessment Brief; discussion of project aligning programmatic to general education outcomes; review of examples of closing the loop from 2015-16 assessment reports.
October 19, 2016Present: Eric Daffron, Shaziela Ishak, Jackie Skryzynski, Sangha Padhy, Christina Connor, Christine Bennett, Larry D’Antonio, Rebecca Root, Gladys Torres-Baumgarten; updates about status of assessment plans from assessment coordinators; review of draft fall Assessment Brief; discussion of next steps for project aligning programmatic to general education outcomes.
November 30, 2016Present: Eric Daffron, Shaziela Ishak, Jackie Skryzynski, Sangha Padhy, Christina Connor, Christine Bennett, Larry D’Antonio, Rebecca Root, Gladys Torres-Baumgarten; reviewed assessment plans and reports from the College Honors Program, information literacy, and general education.
February 22, 2017Present: Eric Daffron, Jackie Skryzynski, Sangha Padhy, Christine Bennett, Jay Carreon, Gladys Torres-Baumgarten; discussed assessment activities in the schools; discussed matrices aligning GE objectives to program outcomes; discussed assessment report materials.