1. Assessment Across Two Cultures: Professional Schools and Arts & Sciences NEASC 126th Annual Meeting and Conference December 7-9, 2011 José-Marie Griffiths, Ph.D. Vice President for Academic Affairs Bryant University Smithfield, Rhode Island

2. Bryant University Overview Founded in 1863 3,370 full-time and part-time undergraduate students from 27 states (plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Palau) and 54 countries 87% of undergraduates reside on campus 244 full-time and part-time graduate students in three master's programs Accreditations: – NEASC - New England Association of Schools and Colleges – The College of Business - AACSB International, a distinction given to less than 5% of business schools worldwide

3. Bryant University Overview continued 98% of faculty hold Ph.D’s or the highest degree in their discipline College of Arts & Sciences – Bachelor of Arts (10 majors) – Bachelor of Science (5 majors) – Master of Arts in Teaching College of Business – Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (8 concentrations) – Bachelor of Science in Information Technology – Bachelor of Science in International Business (6 concentrations) – Master of Business Administration (MBA) – Master of Professional Accountancy (MPAc) – Master of Taxation (MST) All College of Arts & Sciences degree students take a Business minor All College of Business degree students take an Arts & Sciences minor

4. Mission Statement To provide a student-centered Bryant Experience that promotes academic excellence and cultivates the leadership skills, qualities of character and diverse perspectives required to succeed in an age of unlimited global opportunity.

5. Assessment at Bryant Process not project Value not an outcome Teaching best practice Accountability commitment

6. Developing & Implementing Assessment Program not faculty being evaluated Need to change faculty perspectives on assessment – not just an overhead task Requires careful design of the structure, process and participation in the assessment Communication of the process – clarifying expectations, tasks, roles and responsibilities Important to have an internal champion

7. Developing & Implementing Assessment continued More mature process in our College of Business Fewer faculty within each discipline in Arts & Sciences – makes it more difficult Once assessment is routinized need to: – develop a continuous review of relevance and currency of learning goals – identify how to support faculty to improve their teaching – Embrace and encourage the notion of teaching as scholarly work as well as good practice – Institutionalize incentivize and reward the scholarship of teaching and learning

8. What Are We Doing Now? Are revising our general education foundations curriculum Looking at capstone courses to demonstrate performance on institutional outcomes Longitudinal assessments Developing fluency in assessment languages