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- catalog abstract ""Amid ongoing financial belt-tightening and pressures to prove their effectiveness in measurable terms, student services professionals have turned to assessment as a means of demonstrating the value of their programs and services for student learning and satisfaction. This book offers a comprehensive, in-depth resource for program assessment in student services. It provides practitioners with the tools they need to design and carry out an assessment project, communicate the results, and implement the findings." "For practitioners of all levels of experience, Assessment in Student Affairs provides a single-volume, practical resource on using assessment to develop and improve all facets of student affairs. It includes detailed guidance for student affairs staff on how to assess student needs, student satisfaction, campus environments, campus cultures, and student outcomes. And it explains how senior staff can employ assessment findings in strategic planning, policy development, and day-to-day decision making."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b9234915.
- catalog contributor b9234916.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description ""Amid ongoing financial belt-tightening and pressures to prove their effectiveness in measurable terms, student services professionals have turned to assessment as a means of demonstrating the value of their programs and services for student learning and satisfaction. This book offers a comprehensive, in-depth resource for program assessment in student services. It provides practitioners with the tools they need to design and carry out an assessment project, communicate the results, and implement the findings." "For practitioners of all levels of experience, Assessment in Student Affairs provides a single-volume, practical resource on using assessment to develop and improve all facets of student affairs. It includes detailed guidance for student affairs staff on how to assess student needs, student satisfaction, campus environments, campus cultures, and student outcomes. And it explains how senior staff can employ assessment findings in strategic planning, policy development, and day-to-day decision making."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-361) and index.".
- catalog description "Part 1: The context for assessment in student affairs -- Why student affairs needs a comprehensive approach to assessment -- Key questions to ask in assessment -- Using qualitative methods -- Using quantitative methods / Patrick T. Terenzini and M. Lee Upcraft -- Part 2: Dimensions of assessment in student affairs -- Tracking clients' use of services, programs, and facilities -- Assessing student needs -- Assessing student satisfaction -- Assessing campus environments -- Assessing student cultures / Elizabeth J. Whitt -- Assessing program and service outcomes / Patrick T. Terenzini and M. Lee Upcraft -- Benchmarking: comparing performance across organizations -- Measuring effectiveness against professional standards / Theodore K. Miller -- Part 3: Assessment challenges for practitioners -- Reporting and using assessment results -- Maintaining high standards of ethics and integrity -- Making assessment work : guiding principles and recommendations.".
- catalog extent "xx, 374 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Assessment in student affairs.".
- catalog identifier "0787902128".
- catalog isFormatOf "Assessment in student affairs.".
- catalog isPartOf "The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers,".
- catalog relation "Assessment in student affairs.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "378.1/98/06 20".
- catalog subject "Education, Higher United States Evaluation Handbooks, manuals, etc.".
- catalog subject "LB2342.9 .U63 1996".
- catalog subject "Student affairs services United States Evaluation Handbooks, manuals, etc.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Part 1: The context for assessment in student affairs -- Why student affairs needs a comprehensive approach to assessment -- Key questions to ask in assessment -- Using qualitative methods -- Using quantitative methods / Patrick T. Terenzini and M. Lee Upcraft -- Part 2: Dimensions of assessment in student affairs -- Tracking clients' use of services, programs, and facilities -- Assessing student needs -- Assessing student satisfaction -- Assessing campus environments -- Assessing student cultures / Elizabeth J. Whitt -- Assessing program and service outcomes / Patrick T. Terenzini and M. Lee Upcraft -- Benchmarking: comparing performance across organizations -- Measuring effectiveness against professional standards / Theodore K. Miller -- Part 3: Assessment challenges for practitioners -- Reporting and using assessment results -- Maintaining high standards of ethics and integrity -- Making assessment work : guiding principles and recommendations.".
- catalog title "Assessment in student affairs : a guide for practitioners / M. Lee Upcraft, John H. Schuh ; with contributions from Theodore K. Miller, Patrick T. Terenzini, and Elizabeth J. Whitt.".
- catalog type "Handbooks, manuals, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".