What's new in Student Affairs Research

This database is sponsored by the Commission of Assessment for Student Development of the American College Personnel Association. http://www.myacpa.org/pd/assessment

ACPA Principles Of Good Practice - a guide to the daily practice of student affairs work. http://www.acpa.nche.edu/pgp/principle.htm

This is an online magazine for technology and student affairs - many great search results. http://www.studentaffairs.com/ejournal/archive.html

NASPA is the largest professional association for student affairs administrators, faculty and graduate students. http://www.naspa.org

NACA offers a wide variety of educational workshops, publications, networking opportunities and programs. NACA links the higher education and entertainment communities ina business and learning partnership. http://www.naca.org

The Cooperative Institutional Research Program is the nation's largest and oldest empirical study of higher education. http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/heri/cirp/html

The Association of College Unions International supports its members in the development of community through education, advocacy and the delivery of services. ACUI is dedicated to a policy that fosters mutual respect and equality. http://www.acui.org

Educational Benchmarking provides the most comprehensive, comparative assessment instruments and analysis to support quality improvement efforts. http://www.webebi.com/default.aspx

Assessment Tools and Instruments

ACPA Commission IX - Assessment for Student Development
The ACPA Commission IX - Assessment for Student Development Clearinghouse on Environmental and Student Development Assessment Instruments is an assessment database sponsored by the American College Personnel Association. The contents of this database vary from brief descriptions of assessment instruments and the addresses used to acquire the instruments to full descriptions of the instruments and brief reviews.
http://www.acpa.nche.edu/comms/comm09/dragon/dragon-index.html

The College Student Experiences Questionnaire (CSEQ)
This website will give you all the information on The College Student Experiences Questionnaire (CSEQ) that you ever need. The CSEQ assesses the quality of effort college students expend in using the resources and opportunities provided by the institution for their learning and development.
http://www.indiana.edu/~cseq

ACT's Evaluation and Survey Services (ESS)
ACT's Evaluation and Survey Services (ESS) provides comprehensive information about postsecondary students' attitudes, opinions, needs, and development. ESS can help you to: Design effective educational programs; Evaluate and improve student and academic services; Maintain contact with alumni; Identify student needs; Analyze admissions and retention efforts; Determine why students drop out of school; Prepare for future needs and preferences of students; Assess postsecondary outcomes; and Meet accreditation requirements. ACT also provides additional assistance with your surveys, such as survey administration, data analyses and interpretation, summary and customized reports.
http://www.act.org/ess/index.html

Testing Services and Resources on Assessment, Evaluation, Statistics, and Educational Research

The American College Testing Programs (ACT)
ACT, Inc. is an independent, nonprofit organization that provides educational services to students and their parents, to high schools and colleges, to professional associations and government agencies, and to business and industry. Its vision is to be the world's leading provider of information for educational and career decisions in support of lifelong learning. Its mission is to help individuals and organizations make informed decisions about education and work. We provide information for life's transitions.
http://www.act.org

American Evaluation Association (AEA)
AEA is an international professional association of evaluators devoted to the application and exploration of program evaluation, personnel evaluation, technology, and many other forms of evaluation. Evaluation involves assessing the strengths and weaknesses of programs, policies, personnel, products, and organizations to improve their effectiveness.
http://www.eval.org

The Educational Testing Service
Educational Testing Service is the world's premier educational measurement institution and a leader in educational research. A private nonprofit company, dedicated to serving the needs of individuals, educational institutions and agencies, and governmental bodies in 181 countries, ETS develops and annually administers more than 11 million tests worldwide on behalf of clients in education, government and business.
http://www.ets.org

The Evaluation Center
The Evaluation Center, located at Western Michigan University, is a research and development unit that provides national and international leadership for advancing the theory and practice of evaluation, as applied to education and human services.
http://www.wmich.edu/evalctr

National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES)
NCES is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education in the United States and other nations.
http://www.nces.ed.gov

University of Michigan Documents Center
University of Michigan Document Center is a central reference and referral point for government information, whether local, state, federal, foreign or international;. Its web pages are a reference and instructional tool for government, political science, statistical data, and news.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html

The American Association of Higher Education (AAHE) provides a variety of resources on assessment, including an extensive listing of other resources.
http://www.aahe.org/assessment

AAHE also offers a nice overview of developing an assessment plan.
http://www.aahe.org/assessment/assessmentplan.htm

A number of colleges and universities also offer good information. For example, California State University at Chico provides a good overview of the assessment process at
http://www.csuchico.edu/community/assessment.html.

Arizona State University has a good site describing their assessment process.
http://www.asu.edu/oue/assessment.htm

Ball State University offers an assessment workbook on the web.
http://web.bsu.edu/IRAA/AA/WB/contents.htm

Internet resources for higher education outcomes assessment can be found at
http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/UPA/assmt/resource.htm

Focus Group Links

A manual for the use of focus groups
http://www.unu.edu/unupress/food2/UIN03E/UIN03E00.htm

Assembled by Carter McNamara
http://www.mapnp.org/library/grp_skll/focusgrp/focusgrp.htm

Articles by Thomas L. Greenbaum.
http://www.groupsplus.com/pages/articles.htm

By Jakob Nielsen (1997)
http://www.useit.com/papers/focusgroups.html

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