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Kimball, Elizabeth; Schnee, Emily; Schwabe, Liesl – Composition Studies, 2015
This essay explores the influence of the discourse and practices of the learning outcomes assessment (LOA) movement on three composition instructors' assignments and assessments. While outcomes assessment by itself can be a useful tool, it cannot be separated from the exigency that compels it, in which educational practices must be defended…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Outcomes of Education, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction
Romano, Richard M.; Losinger, Regina; Millard, Tim – Cornell Higher Education Research Institute, 2010
In his February 2009 address to Congress, President Obama called attention to the problems of higher education and promised a policy agenda to restore the U.S. to its leadership role in student access and completion rates. However, a depressed economy, stagnant or falling state funding for public higher education, and public resistance to rising…
Descriptors: Credentials, Higher Education, Community Colleges, Low Income