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2008 Chairs Conference
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ASA Chair Conference
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Theme: Assessing Our Work in Terms of Student Learning and Department Effectiveness
Designed for new and current department chairs at all types of academic institutions, the 13th annual ASA Chair Conference will focus on assessment issues. The keynote speaker will be Barbara Hetrick, Senior Vice-President, Council of Independent Colleges, who has been involved in issues of assessment in higher education for more than 20 years. In addition to working with departments on their own assessment plans (either establishing one, or fine-tuning and streamlining an existing one), there will be sessions on using assessment results to negotiate with administrators, discussing the issue of assessment in light of accreditation pressures, plus a two-hour conflict resolution workshop for department chairs that will teach general conflict resolution techniques and then apply those techniques to specific conflicts that can arise in the context of assessment. All chairs who register for the conference will be sent a copy of the ASA's booklet "Creating an Effective Assessment Plan for the Sociology Major" and encouraged to read it (if they haven't already) before the conference starts. The conference is a focused and fast-paced one-day event, with breakfast and snacks included. Preregistration and fee payment are required.
American Sociological Association Chairs Conference
Thursday July 31st, 9:00am - 5:30pm
“Assessing Our Work in Terms of Student Learning and Department Effectiveness.”
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Presenters and Breakout Leaders |
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| 8:30 am -9:00 am |
Breakfast and Registration |
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| 9:00 am - 9:15 am |
Welcome |
Margaret Weigers Vitullo,
Director of Academic and Professional Affairs, ASA
Sally Hillsman,
Executive Officer, ASA
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| 9:15 am - 10:00 am |
Assessment – Definitions, History, and Why It’s Hard to Do |
Barbara Hetrick, Senior Vice-President, Council of Independent Colleges |
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| 10:00 am -10:30 am |
Assessment – The Story of One Campus’ Journey
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Judith K. Little, Humboldt State University |
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| 10:30 am -11:45 am |
Student Learning - Assessment within the Department: Where is your department? What’s working? What’s not? What’s the next step?
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Breakout discussions for BA, MA, and PhD Departments |
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| 11:45 am - 12:30 pm |
Department Effectiveness – Report on new data from the ASA Department Survey.
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Roberta Spalter-Roth, Director of Research, ASA |
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| 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm |
LUNCH BREAK |
On your own |
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| 1:45 pm - 2:30 pm |
Department Effectiveness –Assessment and Accreditation Pressures. What’s causing them and why will they continue?
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Barbara Brittingham
Director, Commission on Institutions of Higher Education
New England Association of Schools and Colleges
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| 2:30 pm -3:15 pm |
Department Effectiveness – Using Assessment Results to Negotiate with Administrators |
Barbara Hetrick, Senior Vice-President, Council of Independent Colleges
Jay Howard, Interim Vice Chancellor and Dean, Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus
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| 3:15 pm - 3:30 pm |
BREAK
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| 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm |
Department Effectiveness – Working on assessment: Facing conflict effectively
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Kathryn Goldman Schuyler, Alliant International University, San Francisco, CA |
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| 5:15 pm - 5:30 pm |
Wrap up and evaluations |
Margaret Weigers Vitullo, Director of Academic and Professional Affairs, ASA |
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Agenda