Executive Council on Assessment
Mission Statement
The Executive Council on Assessment (ECA) is the oversight body for evaluating strategic planning processes and assessment practices University-wide. In this role, the ECA has overall responsibility for assessing the methods and implementation of the University’s strategic plans and planning processes. Currently, this includes engagement with all four of the foundational elements stated in the University Strategic Plan (Transform the Student Experience, Build Faculty Excellence, Envision Tomorrow’s University, and Enhance our Public Prominence). In addition,
The ECA oversees:
a. the broader expanse of institutional assessment, including student progress and student success, such as retention, graduation rates, time to degree, and more general matters that affect the quality of life of the university community. (Student Experience, Faculty Excellence, Public Prominence)
b. the procedures for the evaluation of teaching across the University, using summative assessment for promotion and tenure, and formative assessment for the professional development of our faculty at every level as teachers, and is responsible for supporting and coordinating the teaching evaluation systems in the schools. (Student Experience, Faculty Excellence)
c. procedures for investigating and assessing the academic impact of technological and administrative initiatives (such as the new scheduling system, new student records system, course management systems, new administrative systems, new budgeting systems) and support services on the quality of education, student learning, and the student experience. (Student Experience, Tomorrow’s University)
d. the annual assessment reporting processes conducted by its sub-councils, the Assessment Council on Learning Outcomes and the Assessment Council on the Student Experience. (Student Experience, Faculty Excellence)
e. procedures for the assessment of academic governance and leadership, including the University Senate’s processes for the evaluation of deans and chancellors. (Transform the Student Experience, Build Faculty Excellence, Envision Tomorrow’s University, Enhance our Public Prominence)
2. The ECA participates in the reaccreditation process through the University’s membership in the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and monitors the activities of the many schools and programs within the University that are accredited by professional associations. (Student Experience, Faculty Excellence, Public Prominence, Tomorrow’s University)
Committee Members
Barbara Lee, Chair
Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Michael Barnett
Rutgers Business School–Newark
Barbara Bender
Graduate School–New Brunswick
Jeanne Boyle
Rutgers University Libraries
Jeffrey Carson
Provost–RBHS
Patricia Fitzgerald-Bocarsly
Provost–RBHS
William Fitzgerald
Faculty of Arts & Sciences–Camden
Gary Gigliotti
Associate VP for Academic Affairs, SAS-New Brunswick
Carol Goldin
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences
Michael Gower
Executive Vice President Finance and Administration
John Gunkel
Faculty of Arts & Sciences–Newark
Robert Heffernan
Institutional Research & Academic Planning
Educational Evaluation and Research–NJ Medical School
Ellen Law
Enterprise Applications, OIT–New Brunswick
Susan Lawrence
School of Arts & Sciences–New Brunswick
Roberta Leslie
Academic Affairs
Richard Novak
Division of Continuing Studies-New Brunswick
Michael Palis
Provost-Camden
Brent Ruben
Center for Organizational Development & Leadership
Jerome Williams
Provost–Newark