Assessment Project

Repeatedly, humanists, particularly within general studies programs, observe that current assessment does not capture the liberal learning that they believe they are imparting to students. A rich supplement to current statistical assessment practices would be the construction of narrative cases, or “briefs,” on the development and acquisition of liberal learning as humanists conceive of it. The Association for General and Liberal Studies and ACTC’s Liberal Arts Institute have agreed to a project which will result in humanistic, institutional narrative assessment centered on core texts and evidence of student liberal learning.