Radio Higher Ed
Streaming Media
Abstract
"Quality assurance in higher education: A focus on student learning and learning outcomes" is a podcast interview with David Paris, Executive Director of the New Alliance for Student Learning and Accountability. Paris provides a brief overview of the Alliance and specifically discusses its recent publication, Committing to Quality: Guidelines for Assessment and Accountability in Higher Education. According to Paris, the guidelines represent a distillation of recommendations supporting the efforts of accreditors, organizations, faculty and foundations to move towards assessment of learning outcomes. In Paris’ view, the traditional form of assessment in higher education is not sufficient to meet the demands of a system which needs to produce the majority of the work force. Additionally, access, attainment, and quality should be the goal of institutions. Simply producing more graduates does not ensure their readiness for the workforce. Paris goes on to challenge the criticism that increased or different types of assessment will stifle creativity and academic freedom asserting that self-evaluation on learning outcomes challenges institutions with creativity solutions and further engages students.
Interview facilitation, commentary and discussion presented by Kathryn Dodge, Alison Griffin, and Elise Scanlon of Radio Higher Ed
Publication Date
3-28-2012
Publisher
Radio Higher Ed, LLC
Document Type
Podcast
Rights
Copyright © 2012 Radio Higher Ed . All Rights Reserved. Podcast Intro and Exit music by Won (FLT RSK) / CC BY-NC 3.0 Produced in conjunction with the Average Guy Podcast Network.
Recommended Citation
Paris, D. “Quality assurance in higher education: A focus on student learning and learning outcomes.” Interview by Kathryn Dodge, Allison Griffin, and Elise Scanlon. Podcast. Radio Higher Ed., 28 Mar. 2012. Web. http://radiohighered.com/2012/03/28/radio-higher-ed-podcast-3-a-conversation-on-student-learning-and-accountability-with-david-paris/