Continuous Improvement for a New Era in Higher Education

Launching Actionable Assessment
1. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-1-041-21965-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Assessment and Improvement in Higher Education

As higher education faces declining confidence, budget constraints, and rapid technological change, this book offers a practical mission control kit for moving assessment beyond mere compliance and toward sustained innovation and meaningful transformation.

Introducing the Launchpad-to-Legacy framework, this book reframes assessment as the launchpad, continuous improvement as sustained orbit, and innovation as deep space, providing a shared vocabulary for work that typically happens across disconnected offices and committees. Grounded in adaptable principles rather than prescriptive models, each chapter includes learning outcomes, discussion questions, and actionable takeaways designed for immediate use. Whether you lead assessment, teach students, or shape institutional strategy, this book invites you to move from data collection to meaningful learning, from isolated projects to shared mission, and from temporary momentum to lasting legacy.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Miller, Will

Wells, Naima

Berwick, Rob

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungswesen: Organisation und Verwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Prüfungen und Beurteilungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Launchpad: Reimagining Continuous Improvement for a New Era  PART I: Academic Domain: Building the Launchpad for Learning  2. Inclusive Assessment for Diverse Learners and Modalities  3. From Syllabus to Strategy: Classroom-Level Improvement That Matters  4. Curricular Coherence and Program-Level Change  PART II: Student Success Domain: Mission Control for the Student Journey  5. Engagement That Elevates  6. Student Affairs at the Center: Measuring What Matters for the Future  7. Future-Focused: Aligning Assessment with Career Readiness PART III: Operational Domain: Systems that Sustain Innovation  8. Reimagining Institutional Improvement: Agentic AI, Assessment, and the Next 100 Years  9. From Process Fatigue to Performance Excellence: Operational Improvement That Sticks 10. Institutional Cultures of Innovation and Transformation for Student Learning: Considerations for Leaders and Decision-Makers  CLOSING SECTION: From Deep Space to Legacy  11. From Launch to Legacy: A Framework for Sustained Improvement

Über Autor(innen)

Will Miller is Associate Vice President for Continuous Improvement and Institutional Performance at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA.

Naima Wells is Executive Director of Operational Impact and Success at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA.

Rob Berwick is Associate Vice President and University Registrar at Jacksonville University, USA.