Members of the Task Force
Co-Chairs:

• Karen Bauer, Assistant Director, Institutional Research and Planning 
• Ann McNeil, Associate Professor, Health and Exercise Sciences 

• Gabriele Bauer, Teaching Consultant, Center for Teaching Effectiveness 
• Gretchen Bauer, Assistant Professor, Political Science and International Relations; also member, Middle States Steering Committee 
• Andrew Fields, Associate Professor and Chair, Finance 
• Susan Groh, Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Palaniappa Krishnan, Associate Professor, Food and Resource Economics 
• Francis Kwansa, Associate Professor, Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management
• Gregory Stephens, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences 
• William Ullman, Associate Professor, Marine Studies 
• Dick Wilkins, Associate Dean, Engineering 

• Karen DeMonte, Institutional Research Analyst, Institutional Research and Planning 
• Marcia Watson-Whitmyre, Assistant Director, Academic Programs and Planning

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This task force will focus on examining institutional strategies for measuring outcomes and effectiveness to explore ways in which existing institutional research and assessment strategies can be enhanced, and to identify new areas which should be explored. Specific attention will focus on the following issues:

• What baseline measures exist that cut across disciplines that measure learning and can be used for benchmarking purposes?

 
• What strategies are in place or are under consideration for assessing student progress and learning outcomes in technology-based, non-traditional courses, i.e., distance learning and web-based courses?

 
• What opportunities exist to build upon existing academic cost and productivity measures, and to extend that research paradigm into administrative operations?