Policies & Procedures

• Every academic program and student support or service unit on campus is required to submit a yearly Student Learning Assessment (SLA) report
• For a description of the structure of such SLA reports as well as of how to complete them, click on the following Web link – 2008 Guidelines
• All annual SLA reports are submitted electronically to the Deans, Associate Deans, Directors, Department Chairpersons, OR Program/Unit designees in charge of collecting them. For specific details about who these individuals are, check the list included under Responsibilities
• For suggested SLA report formats and sample reports from previous years, clink on the following Web link – 2007 Sample SLA Reports

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Responsibilities

• Directors OR Department Chairs OR Program/Unit Designees: They are responsible for ensuring that SLA efforts occur both formatively and summatively in the various programs housed in their respective departments or units. Often, this charge is shared with or delegated to program/unit coordinators.
• Deans OR Associate Deans: They are responsible for the coordination and monitoring of SLA efforts, collection of SLA reports, and dissemination of SLA report findings and review recommendations in their respective College, Unit, or Division. Below you will find a list of Deans, Associate Deans, Directors, Department Chairpersons, or Program/Unit designees currently involved in the SLA process at CSU.
• David Anderson         - College of Science
• George Burke              - Center for International Student Programs
• Kathy Dobda              - CSU Library
• Patricia Falk                - Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
• Barbara Hanniford      - Division of Continuing Education
• Benoy Joseph              - James J. Nance College of Business Administration
• Wendy Kellogg           - Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs
• Teresa LaGrange         - College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS)
• Paul Lin                       - Fenn College of Engineering
• Rosemary Sutton        - Undergraduate Studies
• Melodie Yates             - Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
• Jane Zaharias               - College of Education and Human Services
• Director of the Office of Student Learning Assessment: He is responsible for facilitating, monitoring and coordinating all SLA efforts across campus, for promoting and sustaining a participative and transformative assessment culture at CSU, and for writing SLA-related components of accreditation reports. It is the Director’s responsibility to work closely with all faculty, staff, students, and administrators involved in or with a vested interest in assessment of student learning at our institution. His contact information is as follows: Marius Boboc; campus location – AC 225; campus extension – x9712; e-mail address – m.boboc@csuohio.edu.
• Vice Provost for Planning, Assessment, and Information Resource Management: She receives direct reports from the Director of the Office of Student Learning Assessment, is in charge of program planning and institutional research, and also chairs the Assessment Council meetings. Her contact information is as follows: Gitanjali Kaul; campus location – AC 223; campus extension – x7402; e-mail address – g.kaul@csuohio.edu.
• Assessment Council: It comprises of the Vice Provost for Planning, Assessment, and Information Resource Management, the Director of the Office of Student Learning Assessment, Associate Deans, as well as faculty and staff members who are involved and/or have a vested interest in the process of student learning assessment at CSU. The Council meets regularly to review and set policies and procedures for the SLA process. Moreover, Assessment Council members participate actively in the annual SLA report review sessions. For a listing of the Assessment Council members and meeting minutes, click on the following Web link – Assessment Council.

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Due Dates

• The first step in the process of collecting SLA reports: all annual SLA reports are sent electronically to the Deans, Associate Deans, Directors, Department Chairpersons, OR Program/Unit designees (see list under Responsibilities) before May 31st, 2008 OR by specific due dates that individual college/programs/units may have in place (which would also be prior to May 31st, 2008). This will allow the person in charge of coordinating SLA efforts and collecting SLA reports to have a preliminary idea about their assessment-related achievements as well as potential areas of improvement.
• The second step in the process of collecting SLA reports: by May 31st, 2008, a copy of all annual SLA reports are sent electronically to the Office of Student Learning Assessment by the Deans, Associate Deans, Directors, Department Chairpersons, OR Program/Unit designees (see list under Responsibilities) to the following e-mail address: assessment@csuohio.edu.

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2007 Sample SLA Reports

• To access samples of previous SLA reports, click on the following Web link that will provide you with a listing of such reports by College/Program/Unit/Division – 2007 sample SLA Reports.