1. Better Together: Strategic Assessment Partnerships between Academic Affairs and Student Services at California State University Long Beach
Sharlene Sayegh
Director, Program Review & Assessment, Academic Affairs
Susan Platt
Director, Testing, Evaluation & Assessment , Student Services

2. Overview Why campus partnerships are important
Getting buy-in from campus leaders
Engaging the campus in strategic assessment
Formalizing partnerships through program review
Using Astin’s I-E-O model in partnership
Developing a comprehensive assessment website
Strengths and challenges
Table of Contents for the presentation

3. Sharlene

4. Engaging the Campus Joint workshops and activities
Establishing and connecting student learning outcomes the University, division, and program level goals
Using formative/summative approaches in collecting qualitative/quantitative data
Panel presentations by experts, followed by workshop activities
Accreditation needs
Showcasing best practices from both divisions
Note: everyone in the campus community is invited!
Susan

5. Program Review Program Review & Assessment Council (PARC)
An Academic Senate council
Membership from all divisions
How the process works
Department schedules
The self-study
Internal/external review teams
Draft of the final report
The MOU
Follow-up to the MOU
Establishing a similar council in Student Services
Sharlene: PARC; Susan: similar council in student services

6. Astin’s I-E-O Model Inputs Environments Outputs
Freshman survey data, hs grades, college readiness indicators
Environments
In/out of class experiences (including GE and majors), learning communities, service learning, special services, advising, tutoring, study abroad, clubs/orgs
Outputs
Formative/summative outcomes of learning & development, grades, retention, graduation, values, beliefs, attitudes, careers
Susan & Sharlene; where we intersect, and how IR & A is involved

7. Assessment Websites Three main assessment websites
Program Review & Assessment, Academic Affairs
CSULB Student Assessment, Student Services
Institutional Research & Assessment, Academic Affairs
Ideas for combining these into one comprehensive assessment website
Sharlene & Susan; ideas concerning one comprehensive site

8. Strengths and Challenges
Partnership between two campus assessment leaders associated with WASC ALA
Program review process in Academic Affairs, soon to be replicated in Student Services
Support from Campus Leadership
Challenges
Undoing the prevalent silo mentality; involving all stakeholders, including faculty, staff, administrators, students, and community
Resources
Sharlene: strengths; Susan: challenges

9. Q/A and Discussion Questions? Discussion topics:
Share the strengths and challenges of your institution’s assessment practices.
To what extent have you been able to partner with other faculty, staff, administrators or students in your assessment approaches?
Sharlene & Susan