Middle States documents are available here, in Portable Document Format (PDF). To open and view these files, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. The free Adobe Acrobat Reader software can be downloaded from the Adobe website.

Many of the remaining documents are available only from on-campus computers, via the campus intranet, from the OIRA in 1A-304, or from the Assessment Resource Room in 1A-104C.

Middle States Reports, Manuals, & Presentations

Web versions of Powerpoint workshops by Linda Suskie of Middle States, as presented at CSI on 29-30 March, 2007:

• Assessing Student Learning in General Education
• Understanding and Using Assessment Results
• Assessing Institutional Effectiveness

Handbook for Periodic Review Reports (2007)

CSI 2006 Periodic Review Report

Self Study: Creating a Useful Process and Report (2006)

Assessing Student Learning and Institutional Effectiveness: Understanding Middle States Expectations (2005)

Student Learning Assessment: Options and Resources (2003 - "the orange book")

Best Practices in Outcomes Assessment (2002)

Characteristics of Excellence in Higher Education (2002)

Framework for Outcomes Assessment (1996)

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CSI Documents

CSI Guidelines for Assessment of Non-Academic Offices (2007)

CSI Guidelines for Academic Self-Studies (2007)

CSI-SIP Brochure

CSI Academic Outcomes Assessment Manual (2003)

Report of the Middle States Visiting Team (2000)

Middle States Self-Study Chapter on Assessment (2000)

The Assessment Plan for the College of Staten Island (1995)

Student Outcomes at the College of Staten Island (1990)

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CSI Assessment Resource Library

NB: The Assessment Library is continually under development.

CSI Guidelines for Assessment of Non-Academic Offices (2007)

CSI Guidelines for Academic Self-Studies (2007)

Middle States' Handbook for Periodic Review Reports (2007)

Middle States' Self Study: Creating a Useful Process and Report (2006)

Middle States' Assessing Student Learning and Institutional Effectiveness: Understanding Middle States Expectations (2005)

CSI Academic Outcomes Assessment Manual (2003)

Middle States' Student Learning Assessment: Options and Resources (2003 - "the orange book")

Council of Regional Accrediting Commissions' Regional Accreditation and Student Learning: Principles of Good Practice (2003)

Noel-Levitz National Student Satisfaction Report, 2003

Noel-Levitz National Institutional Priorities Report, 2003

Noel-Levitz National Adult Student Priorities Report, 2003

Report to the New Jersey Board of Higher Education from the Advisory Committee to the College Outcomes Evaluation Program, 1987

Appendices to the Report to the New Jersey Board of Higher Education from the Advisory Committee to the College Outcomes Evaluation Program, 1987

Procedures Manual for the Assessment of Community/Society Impact at New Jersey Institutions of Higher Education, College Outcomes Evaluation

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Economic Impact Study Resources

Methodology

Caffrey and Isaacs, 1971, "Estimating the Impact of a College or University on the Local Economy," American Council on Education. (password required)

College Outcomes Evaluation Program Handbook for Calculating Short-Term Economic Impact

College Outcomes Evaluation Program Procedures Manual

College Outcomes Evaluation Program Sample Report

Council of County Colleges of New Jersey Handbook for Conducting a Study of Economic Impact

Parsons and Griffiths, 2003, "A Micro Economic Model to Assess the Economic Impact of Universities: A Case Example," AIR Professional File Number 87 (password required)

Schuyler, 1997, "The Assessment of Community College Economic Impact on the Local Community or State," Community College Review (password required)

Stokes and Coomes, 1998, "The Local Economic Impact of Higher Education: An Overview of Methods and Practice," AIR Professional File Number 67 (password required)

Selected Case Studies

Augustana University (Canada)

British Columbia Institute of Technology (Canada)

Community College of Philadelphia

Council of County Colleges of New Jersey

Gloucester County College

Jefferson College

Nova Southeastern University

Piedmont Virginia Community College

Radford University

Tarleton State University

University of Notre Dame

University System of Maryland

Utah Valley State College

Victoria University (Canada)

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