For
Educators
For more than 30 years, faculty, academic staff
and administrators from all over this country and the world have
visited Alverno College to learn about the college’s ability-based
curriculum and performance-assessment methods. The college offers
daylong and weeklong workshops
through the Alverno College Institute for Educational Outreach,
conducts research on lifelong learning and outcome-based education,
offers consultation services, produces publications and offers the
Alverno Diagnostic Digital
Portfolio used by faculty and students.
Longitudinal
Research on College Outcomes
Since 1976, the Educational Research and Evaluation office has been conducting
an ongoing research program. We tracked entire classes of students, from entry
to graduation, using 16 different research instruments (12 drawn from outside
the college). We have undertaken intensive studies of our alumnae to ascertain
whether they are using the abilities they learned in college. We have studied
how the abilities of Alverno's graduates compare with the abilities of other
working professionals and managers in corporate and nonprofit agencies in the
Milwaukee area.
In 1983, we summarized more than 2,000 pages of
research in a report titled "Careering after College."
Since then, we produced other publications outlining the results
of our ongoing and widely cited longitudinal studies of Alverno
students and alumnae. These include "Abilities That Last a
Lifetime: Outcomes of the Alverno Experience," "Paths
to Integrity: Educating for Personal Growth and Professional Performance,"
"Connecting Education, Work, and Citizenship: How Assessment
Can Help," and "The Proof is in the Performance."
These studies tell us that our students are acquiring
the knowledge and complex abilities that our faculty have identified
and our studies have verified to be keys to effective performance
as workers and citizens. Alverno students grow and change in
significant ways. Even more, these studies become a part of our
journey together as a community of educators. They inform us
and our colleagues in higher education and help map the new tarries
we are exploring.
For more information about our research, call 414-382-6263
or leave your request, along with your name, address and phone
number in e-mail to ere@alverno.edu
Innovation and Inquiry for
Student Learning (IISL)
Alverno College is also collaborating with community and technical
colleges in a consortium-based project focusing on Innovation
and Inquiry for Student Learning. Alverno College is
a baccalaureate and master's degree granting institution and is
a coordinating partner for the consortium.
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Ability-Based
Curriculum
Alverno
College Institute for Educational
Outreach
Alverno's
Diagnostic Digital Portfolio
Graduate
Programs
Learning
Outcomes Studies
Publications
Student
Assessment-as-Learning
Visiting
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