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TEAGLE FOUNDATION GRANTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
May 19, 2005

GRANTS FOR FACULTY-DRIVEN VALUE ADDED ASSESSMENT COLLABORATIVES

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Implementation Grants

Augustana College, Alma College, Gustavus Adolphus College, Illinois Wesleyan University, Luther College, and Wittenberg University
Measuring Intellectual Development and Civic Engagement through Value-Added Assessment

$300,000 over 36 months. The collaborative will undertake a research project that seeks to detail the relationship of students' intellectual growth—measured in terms of writing and critical-thinking—and students' growth in civic engagement. More.

Bates College, Amherst College, Bowdoin College, Colby College, Smith College, Trinity College, Wellesley College, and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges
Assessment of Educational Practices and Student Learning in Selective Liberal Arts Colleges

$300,000 over 36 months. The collaborative will undertake a collaborative project that investigates students' learning at points when they make choices that influence the scope and quality of their education, as well as prepare them for what they do when they graduate. More.

Carleton College, Grinnell College, Macalester College, and St. Olaf College
An I-35 Consortium: A Collaborative Effort in Value Added Assessment of Student Learning

$300,000 over 36 months. The collaborative will investigate four learning outcomes that have been identified as central to the institutional values and missions of each of the colleges: effective writing (Carleton), analytical reasoning (Macalester), critical thinking (St. Olaf), and global understanding (Grinnell). More.

Furman University, Austin College, Juniata College, and Washington and Lee University
Value-Added Assessment of Student Learning in the Liberal Arts: Assessing the Impact of Engaged Learning

$300,000 over 36 months. The collaborative will conduct a project that seeks to develop assessments of student outcomes that will provide a rich source of insight into the mechanics of student instruction and motivation at the level of the small liberal arts college. More.

Hampshire College, Allegheny College, Bard College, Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts at Wabash College, Hamilton College, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Hope College, and Vassar College
Improving Teaching and Learning in the Liberal Arts

$300,000 over 36 months. The collaborative proposes to study a three-year collaboration to study the assessment of student writing and other foundational skills, create a "common data set" for the collaborative, and convene consultancies and meetings designed to integrate assessment efforts and practices at all levels of each institution. More.

Kalamazoo College, Colorado College, and Earlham College
A Catalyst for Cognizance and Change

$300,000 over 48 months. The collaborative will use quantitative and qualitative means to gather data and stories that will (1) provide the evidence for its assertions about student outcomes and (2) help to improve and sustain an interrogative approach to shaping curricula through which students become educated. More.

First-Step Grants

Beloit College, Knox College, Lake Forest College, Monmouth College, and Ripon College

$25,000 over 12 months. The collaborative will develop strategies for faculty-driven assessment of liberal education that rest primarily on course assessment. Participants will seek ways to preserve pedagogical autonomy as a building-block of an effective assessment program while taking into account the programmatic context in which courses are offered. More.

Bethel University, Asbury College, Gordon College, Greenville College, Houghton College, Mount Vernon Nazarene College, and Northwestern College

$25,000 over 12 months. The collaborative will conduct two workshops to review its practices in general education and current approaches to assessment. More.

The College of Wooster, Denison University, Kenyon College, Oberlin College, and Ohio Wesleyan University

$25,000 over 12 months. The collaborative will hire an assessment expert to work as a consortial consultant and workshop coordinator and convene two assessment workshops. The year's work should result in revised assessment plans, the development of tools for value-added and general education assessment, and a commitment from faculty at each institution for further work on assessment. More.

Moravian College, Drew University, Lafayette College, Muhlenberg College, Roanoke College, and Susquehanna University

$25,000 over 12 months. The collaborative will develop expertise in interactive assessment expertise (ie. assessment methods that emphasize face-to-face interactions between investigators and students) and delineate specific questions participating institutions want to answer through value added assessment. Key activities will include hiring an assessment consultant and running a conference. More.

Wofford College, Agnes Scott College, Converse College, and the University of North Carolina at Asheville

$25,000 over 12 months. The collaborative will explore and utilize methods for assessing institutional creativity, paying close attention to the qualitative features of an institution that add value to a liberal education. More.