Crafting Pathways to Success: Promising Assessment Strategies to Deliver High-Quality Learning Communities

11-11:50 a.m.

Location: Warhol B

Type: Informative/panel Facilitated dialogue

Audience: Linked Courses

Presenters: Candace dePass and Angela Phillips, Howard Community College

The role of assessment has long been emphasized as a pivotal element that defines well-executed high-impact practices, but also has major implications for meeting an institution's accreditation requirements. Howard Community College's Silas Craft Collegians Program is one of two linked-course learning communities at the college that maintains a consistent assessment cycle to measure student learning outcomes, evaluate program quality, and make curricular improvements. This presentation will provide an in-depth look at the development and evolution of the program's assessment cycle, and the exciting step that Howard Community College is taking to bring high-impact practices to scale as a part of the college's strategic agenda.