University-wide Assessment
Contact Dr. Jessica Jonson, Director of Institutional Assessment, for more information.
Office of Undergraduate Studies
201 Seaton Hall (0683)
(402) 472-3899
jjonson2@unl.edu
Institutional and Internet Resources
University-wide Assessment Committee Members 2007Find your college or unit assessment representative
PEARL ProjectOverview of an on-lne system supporting program's development and documentation of the assessment process
UNL Outcomes Assessment GuidebookResources for completing each step of the assessment process
Potential Models for Assessing Student LearningSnapshot of how other UNL programs are assessing student learning
9 Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning (pdf)
Internet Resources in Higher Education Outcomes Assessment WebsiteList of internet links for other institution's assessment programs and a large variety of assessment resources
Bureau of Sociological Research WebsiteWorks with investigators in the design, implementation, and completion of survey research projects
Survey, Statistics & Psychometrics (SSP) Core Facility WebsiteProvides a coordinated, comprehensive facility for finding support with methodological and statistical research needs
Institutional Reports
Institutional Assessment Reports
National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) Reports
"Making Outcomes Assessment Work for UNL" (presented at UNL Dean's Retreat 10/03/2000)
Links to Higher Learning Commission/North Central Association (HLC/NCA): Expectations for Assessment of Student Learning
Formal position statement on assessment of student learning (see page 3.4-2 of the Handbook of Accreditation, Third Edition):
http://www.ncahigherlearningcommission.org/download/Handbook03.pdf
Criteria for accreditation (see page 3.2-9 for the criterion related to assessment):
http://www.ncahigherlearningcommission.org/download/Handbook03.pdf
The Commission's fundamental questions for student learning and the role of assessment:
http://www.ncahlc.org/download/AssessStuLrngApril.pdf
Publications and Conference Presentations
2007 Annual Meeting of the Higher Learning Commission
Use and Impact of a Quality Enhancement System: A Tale of Two Universities (pdf)

