A short commentary on assessment from a respected sociologist who has done a big assessment project funded by the Mellon Foundation and who served several years on Middle States (the WASC of the mid-Atlantic region). Chambliss spoke at Mills in ~2005.
The Hamilton Plan for Assessment of Liberal Arts
http://www.hamilton.edu/documents/TheHamiltonPlanforAssessmentofLiberalArtsEducation.PDF
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