Assessment Workshop
Workshop Presenter: Barbara E. Walvoord
Barbara E. Walvoord is a Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame where she serves as their coordinator for Self-Study for North Central Accreditation (Notre Dame’s Regional Accreditation body) and as a fellow at the Institute for Educational Initiatives. Her research interests focus on teaching and learning in higher education, including the forces and reform movements, such as assessment and writing across the curriculum, that affect higher education.
Her publications combine broad qualitative research projects with guidance for practitioners. They include:
Assessment Clear and Simple: A Practical Guide for Institutions, Departments, and General Education (Jossey-Bass, 2004)
Academic Departments: How They Work, How They Change (Jossey-Bass 2000)
Effective Grading: A Tool for Learning and Assessment (Jossey-Bass, 1998)
In the Long Run: A Study of Faculty in Three Writing Across the Curriculum Programs (NCTE, 1997)
Thinking and Writing in College: A Study of Students in Four Disciplines (NCTE, 1991)
A documentary-style video for faculty, Making Large Classes Interactive (1995), of which she is executive co-producer and co-writer, won two national awards in 1995. Named Maryland English Teacher of the Year for Higher Education in 1987, she has consulted or led workshops for faculty on teaching, learning, assessment, writing across the curriculum and classroom productivity at more than 250 institutions of higher education and serves on a number of national advisory boards.