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2005

Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM), Associated Colleges of the South (ACS),Great Lakes College Association (GLCA)
Liberal Education and Study Abroad: Assessing Learning Outcomes to Improve Program Quality

$300,000 over 24 months. Building on the work of a planning grant made to these consortia in November 2004, the Associated Colleges of the Midwest, Associated Colleges of the South, and the Great Lakes College Association will now systematically assess study abroad programs surveyed, developing and pilot testing assessment instruments to assess key liberal education outcomes. More.

2004

Appalachian College Association
Proof of Progress: Measuring Academic Achievement in Appalachian Colleges

$149,650 over 23 months for a study that will use the Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiencies (CAAP), to assess the academic gains, through the junior year, of students at 21 of the 35 ACA colleges. More.

Associated Colleges of the South (ACS), Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM), and the Great Lakes College Association
Learning Outcomes and Study Abroad (planning grant)

$60,000 over 12 months to develop a project to assess varying models of study abroad programs for students at liberal arts colleges and to measure the learning outcomes that result from such programs. More.

Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)
Engaging Faculty with the Assessment of Liberal Education Outcomes

$150,000 over 18 months for a program of faculty development to self-identified consortia of colleges and universities-invited to apply for funding from the Foundation-working on assessment of liberal education outcomes. More.

RAND Corporation's Council for Aid to Education (CAE)
Collegiate Learning Assessment: Informing Best Educational Practice

$300,000 over 36 months for development of the Collegiate Learning Assessment project (CLA), which responds to the need for systematic measurement of the value added of liberal education. Working with the Council for Independent Colleges' consortium of liberal arts colleges (see below), CAE plans to show the practical benefits of the inter-institutional comparison opportunities afforded by the CLA. More.

Council of Independent Colleges (CIC)
Using CLA (Collegiate Learning Assessment) to Measure Value Added at Liberal Arts Colleges

$250,000 over 36 months to support work with a consortium of 33 small and mid-sized private colleges and universities administering the Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA). More.