ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING

Academic Program Assessment Committee (APAC)

Mission:        
APAC's charge is to oversee and facilitate academic program assessment planning and to assist academic departments and programs in undertaking programmatic assessment and reporting.  Persons responsible for establishing this committee are the Associate Provost for Institutional Assessment & Effectiveness, Provost, and College Senate.

Goals:
  1. To be a resource to faculty and academic programs working to implement their assessment program and report assessment results by:
    1. Providing content for and co-sponsoring a program assessment website;
    2. Meeting with department chairs and faculty;
    3. Facilitating for faculty professional development activities related to outcomes assessment
  2. To advise the Provost and Deans regarding academic program assessment on campus.

Membership:
After appropriate consultation with the Provost and the College Senate Steering Committee, the Presiding Officer of the Faculty will nominate and forward three Faculty members from each of the academic divisions to the College Senate for approval.  Additionally, two members may be appointed by the Provost.  Length of Committee Service: Members of the Committee shall have a term of three years with a two term maximum; after an intervening term, one may seek additional term(s). Terms shall be staggered to allow for appointments on a rotating basis.

Officers: Chair

The Chair of the College’s Academic Program Assessment Committee may be contacted as follows:

Dr. Bill Wilkerson Political Science Bill.Wilkerson@oneonta.edu 436-3272

Questions about assessing academic programs should be directed to the Dean of your Academic Division:

Interim Dean Alex Thomas Behavioral & Applied Science 436-2520
Interim Dean James Ebert Science and Social Science 436-2125

Behavior and Applied Science
Joshua Hammonds, Communication Arts – College Senate appointee
Anuradhaa Shastri, Educational Psychology and Counseling – College Senate appointee
Julie Licata, Music – College Senate appointee
Patrice Macaluso, Theater – Provost appointee

Science and Social Science
Paul French, Physics and Astronomy – College Senate appointee
Michael Koch, Philosophy – College Senate appointee
Bill Wilkerson, Political Science – College Senate appointee
Richard Lee, English – Provost appointee
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