Report from the Academic Assessment Committee to the Faculty Senate
January 26, 2009
The Committee approved the following resolution about the Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA) for
consideration by the full Faculty Senate. The Committee recommends its adoption.
1. While there are concerns about the methodology and meaning of the CLA, in the context
of NEASC concerns about assessment, the Faculty Senate recommends the continued
use, and as feasible expansion, of the CLA as one measure of student performance in
critical thinking, analytical reasoning, problem solving, and writing, subject to continued
evaluation by the Academic Assessment Committee.
2. In order to facilitate the evaluation and study of the CLA, the Faculty Senate authorizes
the publication of its results on the university’s website.
Approved by the Academic Assessment Committee December 1, 2008