A-State Assessment Committee (AAC)

Purpose Statement

The A-State Assessment Committee (AAC) at Arkansas State University (A-State) is charged with the primary responsibility of planning and directing assessment at the university level.  The purpose of the AAC is as follows:

• Reviewing the university learning outcomes and recommending revisions when needed
• Developing an assessment process for the university learning outcomes
• Recommending the development, acquisition, and use of attitudinal and other types of surveys/questionnaires as institutional assessment instruments
• Providing leadership for the development and implementation of campus-wide institutional assessment procedures
• Establishing and monitoring the University's annual assessment calendar
• Evaluating the institutional assessment procedures and making recommendations to the University's executive leadership (Chancellor, Provost, VC Student Affairs, VC Finance, etc.)
• Recommending channels and the types of information that can be routinely communicated campus-wide and to the external constituencies/stakeholders
• Coordination of all assessment committees on campus--the Program-level Assessment Committee, General Education Committee, and Co-Curricular Assessment Committee
• Utilizes the A-State shared governance oversight process when appropriate for issues related to campus-wide assessment issues and/or procedures

Membership will consist of the following individuals and representatives:

• Elected representative/s from the Program Assessment Committee
• Elected representative/s from the Co-Curricular Assessment Committee
• Elected representative General Education Committee
• Elected representative Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
• Elected representative Graduate Council
• Undergraduate student who is appointed from Student Government Association
• Graduate student who is appointed from the Graduate Student Council
• Director of Assessment and the Office of Assessment team
• Representative from Academic Affairs

Members

2023-2024

• Joanna Grymes
• Addie Fleming
• Melodie Philhours
• Addie Fleming
• David Harding
• Robert Robinette
• Cherisse Jones-Branch
• Wayne Wilkinson
• Kelli Listenbee
• Bud Kennedy
• Alexandre Sokolov
• Tanja McKay
• Kevin Hennings
• Mary Elizabeth Spence
• Melanie Wicinski 

Meeting Minutes

Past meeting minutes can be found in the A-State Research and Creativity Hub (ARCH) managed by the Dean B. Ellis Library

They can be found under Accreditation and Assessment Committee Minutes in the University and Administration Collection.

For past meeting dates, contact the Office of Accreditation and Assessment.

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