Purpose Statement
A-State Assessment Committee
The A-State Assessment Committee (AAC) at Arkansas State University (A-State) is charged with the primary responsibility
- Reviewing the university learning outcomes and recommending revisions when needed
- Developing an assessment process for the university learning outcomes
- Recommending the development, acquisition, and use of attitudinal and other types of surveys/questionnaires as institutional assessment instruments
- Providing leadership for the development and implementation of campus-wide institutional assessment procedures
- Establishing and monitoring the University's annual assessment calendar
- Evaluating the institutional assessment procedures and making recommendations to the University's executive leadership (Chancellor, Provost, VC Student Affairs, VC Finance, etc.)
- Recommending channels and the types of information that can be routinely communicated campus-wide and to the external constituencies/stakeholders
- Coordination of all assessment committees on campus--the Program-level Assessment Committee, General Education Committee, and Co-Curricular Assessment Committee
- Utilizes the A-State shared governance oversight process when appropriate for issues related to campus-wide assessment issues and/or procedures
Membership will consist of the following individuals and representatives:
- Elected representative/s from the Program Assessment Committee
- Elected representative/s from the Co-Curricular Assessment Committee
- Elected representative General Education Committee
- Elected representative Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
- Elected representative Graduate Council
- Undergraduate student who is appointed
from Student Government Association - Graduate student who is appointed
from the Graduate Student Council - Director of Assessment and the Office of Assessment team
- Representative from Academic Affairs
