Membership of University Assessment Panel

1. The University Assessment Panel shall consist of the following members:

   Vice Provost for Academic Planning and Development;

   Two faculty members from each of the university's academic councils:

   Academic Planning Council - one member elected by council and one member appointed by provost to achieve balance among colleges;

   Graduate Council - one member elected by council and one member appointed by provost to achieve balance among colleges;

   Undergraduate Coordinating Council - one member elected by council and one member appointed by provost to achieve balance among colleges.

   One faculty member from the College of Law; appointed by the dean of the college;

   One staff member from Student Affairs units; appointed by the associate provost for Student Affairs;

   One faculty or staff representative from academic support units; appointed by the vice provost responsible for undergraduate education and the assistant provost for academic support services;

   One associate or assistant dean responsible for assessment, elected by those persons;

   One graduate student to be appointed by the Graduate Council;

   One undergraduate student to be appointed by the Undergraduate Coordinating Council;

   Director of Assessment Services, ex officio, non-voting;

   Director of Testing Services, ex officio, non-voting;

   Director of Institutional Research, ex officio, non-voting

   The chair shall be the vice provost for Academic Planning and Development.

   Terms shall be one year for appointed members and two years for elected members.

2. DUTIES:

   The duties of the University Assessment Panel shall be:

   1. To review the university mission statement, other statements of university objectives, and state-level policies as a context for assessment;
   
   
   
   2. To provide advice on performance measures and benchmarks to be used in new state approval and review processes;
   
   
   
   3. To integrate assessment activities for undergraduate, graduate and professional programs and academic support areas;
   
   
   
   4. To work with the General Education Committee and the Committee on Initial Teacher Certification on assessment activities in the general education program and in initial teacher certification programs, respectively;
   
   
   
   5. To promote campus-wide assessment activities to improve learning outcomes;
   
   
   
   6. To support departmental assessment activities in coordination with the academic program review schedule and advise departments preparing for program review;
   
   
   
   7. To make recommendations for funding support for expanded assessment activities in departments and colleges;
   
   
   
   8. To support departments and colleges preparing for the assessment component of discipline-specific accreditation reviews;
   
   
   
   9. To review and update the university assessment plan;
   
   
   
   10. To help position the university for the North Central Association reaccreditation process and assist with preparation of the self-study.