Faculty Resources
There many new resources on the web available to faculty on the subjects of student learning, outcomes assessment, academic program review, core curriculum models and revision processes, and reaccreditation. Several of these sources and publications are listed below as links.
American Colleges and Universities (AAC& U) Publications:
- College Learning for a New Global Century
This publication is a comprehensive look at student learning from a liberal arts perspective. It identifies essential learning outcomes and considers a new framework for academic excellence. - Liberal Education's Scorecard
This publication provides a new way to think about integrative learning as the basis for a core curriculum, the foundation of a liberal arts education. - A New Era in Learning
This publication focuses on student engagement and learning communities as ways of enhancing student learning.
Visit AAC&U's Web site to explore several major initiatives; many of these are directly linked below:
- Liberal Education
- General Education
- Curriculum
- Faculty
- Institutional Change
- Assessment
- Science and Health
- Diversity
- Global Learning
Western Association of Colleges and Universities (WASC)
Our reaccrediting regional organization offers a variety of resources in the form of guidelines and rubrics for evaluating institutional progress. Some of these are linked directly below or you can access them on their Web site:
- Educational Effectiveness Framework
- General Education Rubric
- Capstones Rubric
- Portfolio Rubric
- Assessing Program Learning Outcomes Rubric

