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 – 2010 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

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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
  • Heidi Gorovitz                - 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

• First, all annual assessment reports will be sent electronically to Deans, Associate Deans, Directors, Chairpersons, or Program/Unit designees before May 31^st 2010 (by specific due dates set by colleges/programs/units before May 31^st 2010, wherever applicable). In the title line, please type the name of the program;
• Secondly, by May 31^st 2010, a copy of these reports should be sent to the Office of Student Learning Assessment by the Deans, Associate Deans, Directors, Chairpersons, or Program/Unit designees to the following e-mail address: m.boboc@csuohio.edu. As stated before, please type the name of the program in the title line.

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Previous SLA Reports

• For copies or examples of SLA reports submitted prior to AY 2009-2010, please contact Marius Boboc with a request via e-mail at m.boboc@csuohio.edu or via phone at 216-875-9712