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Illusions of Managing History: The Enduring Relevance of Reinhold Niebuhr
Andrew J. Bacevich, a College of Arts and Sciences professor of international relations, discusses the legacy of American social critic Reinhold Niebuhr and the relevance of his ideas to the current U.S. military engagement in Iraq in the 2007 [...]University Lecture.
Hosted by Office of the Provost on October 9, 2007.
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Using the Results of Assessment: Lessons from the Wabash Study
Boston University
October 16, 2015 Program Learning Outcomes Assessment Workshop
Sponsored by the Office of the Provost
"Using the Results of Assessment: Lessons from the Wabash Study"
An Assessment Workshop with Charles Blaich & Kathy [...]Wise of the Wabash Center for Inquiry
Charles Blaich – Director, Center of Inquiry and the Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium (HEDS)
Kathy Wise – Associate Director, Center of Inquiry, and Director, Teagle Assessment Scholar Program
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Advising Network Brown Bag Lunch: Career Services Panel
Boston University's Advising Network
Brown Bag Lunch: Career Services Panel
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Panelists:
Kimberly G. DelGizzo: Director, Center for Career Development
Joyce Rogers: Director, College of Communication Career [...]Services
Dottie Catlin: Director, College of Engineering Career Development Office
Marta Wyrodek McManus: Director, School of Hospitality Administration Career Services and Corporate Relations
JP Matychak: Associate Dean, School of Management
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Assessing Archived Artifacts in ePortfolio
Assessment Workshop, sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the Program Learning Outcomes Assessment Working Committees (February 28th, 2014).
Presentation by Natalie McKnight, Interim Dean of the College of General Studies.
In this [...]workshop, Dr. McKnight discusswa how the College of General Studies uses ePortfolios to assess the impact of their two-year program. She provides an overview of the rubric CGS developed and the methods used by their assessment committee. She also highlights a few student portfolios and shows the quantitative data CGS has collected in the past two years.
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Direct vs. Indirect Measures in Program Assessment
February 19th, 2014 Assessment Workshop, sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the Program Learning Outcomes Assessment Working Committees.
Presentations by Steven Davidson (Assistant Dean of Strategic Initiatives & Student Learning, SMG), [...]and Deborah Marlino (Associate Dean of Academic Programs & Student Affairs, SMG).
Measuring student learning is an essential step in the assessment process. In this session, Drs. Davidson and Marlino explore how faculty can use both direct and indirect measure to assess student performance against program learning goals. Through the perspective of recent efforts at two institutions, they explore how direct and indirect measurements can be identified, the role direct measurements play, and why there is value in using both.
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Biology by Design
Jim Collins, a College of Engineering professor of biomedical engineering and codirector of the Center for BioDynamics at Boston University, delivers the 2008 University Lecture, Biology by Design. He talks about his research at BU, including using [...]noise to enhance sensory function and making antibiotics more effective by tricking cells to turn off their repair mechanisms.
Hosted by Boston University Office of the Provost on October 21, 2008.
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Aeroecology: The Next Frontier
Professor of biology and director of BU's Center for Ecology & Conservation Biology Thomas Kunz invites the audience to consider the air around them. In Aeroecology: The Next Frontier, Kunz explains the new discipline of aeroecology, which studies [...]airborne organisms and how they depend on the support of their aerospheric ecosystem. Kunz's presentation is the 2009 University Lecture, established to honor faculty engaged in outstanding research.
Hosted by Office of the Provost on October 19, 2009.
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BU Fall 2017 Assessment Workshop: Why Care About Accreditation? National Politics and the Future for
Boston University Fall 2017 Assessment Workshop: Why Care About Accreditation? National Politics and the Future for Faculty
October 4, 2017
Sponsored by Gillian Pierce, Director of Learning Assessment, Office of the Provost.
Featuring [...]presentation by Dr. Judith S. Eaton, president of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).
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