Accountability Resources

From the UT System:

• "An Innovative Framework for Accountability: The University of Texas System Model," Geri H. Malandra, Vice Chancellor for Strategic Management, presentation to NACUBO, New Orleans, July 31, 2007
• "Accountability, Learning Assessment and the Future of Higher Education," Geri H. Malandra, Vice Chancellor for Strategic Management, 7th Annual Assessment Conference, Texas A&M University, February 23, 2007
• "Creating a Higher Education Accountability System: The Texas Experience," Geri H. Malandra, Vice Chancellor for Strategic Management, Paper for the National Commission on the Future of Higher Education, December 2005
• "Eliminating Complexity and Inconsistency in Federal Financial Aid Programs for Higher Education Students: Towards a More Strategic Approach," Barry D. Burgdorf, Vice Chancellor and General Counsel, and Kent Kostka, Attorney, Paper for the National Commission on the Future of Higher Education, December 2005
• "Student Learning Assessment in Higher Education," Pedro Reyes, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Planning and Assessment, Paper for the National Commission on the Future of Higher Education, December 2005
• UT System Accountability Symposium: A New Compact for Higher Education: Accountability, Deregulation, and Institutional Improvement, Austin, Texas, October 27-28, 2004

UT System Rankings Summaries:

• Top American Universities 2006, The Center for Measuring University Performance, spring 2007
• America's Best Graduate Schools 2008, U.S. News & World Report, spring 2007
• America's Best Colleges 2008, U.S. News & World Report, August 2007
• Top 100 Undergraduate/Graduate Degree Producers 2007, Diverse Issues in Higher Education, June/July 2007

State of Texas Resources:

• Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Accountability System
• Statement by Chancellor Mark G. Yudof: Governor's Accountability Directive - January 22, 2004
• Gov. Perry Directs University Regents to Set Accountability Standards (news release, 1/22/04)
• Governor Rick Perry's Executive Order (RP31 - January 22, 2004)
• Closing the Gaps by 2015: 2007 Progress Report, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

National Resources:

• Academic Analytics, Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index
• Association of American Colleges and Universities. Greater Expectations: A New Vision for Learning as a Nation Goes to College. AACU, 2002.
• Banta, Trudy W. "A Warning on Measuring Student Outcomes." Inside Higher Education 26 Jan. 2007.
• Basken, Paul. "A Year Later, Spellings Report Still Makes Ripples." The Chronicle of Higher Education 28 Sep. 2007: A1+.
• Benjamin, Roger, Mark Chun, and Richard Shavelson. Holistic Scores in a Sub-score World: The Diagnostic Logic of the Collegiate Learning Assessment. New York: Council for Aid to Education, 2007.
• Bok, Derek. Our Underachieving Colleges: A Candid Look at How Much Students Learn and Why They Should be Learning More. Princeton: Princeton UP, 2006.
• Burke, Joseph C., and Associates. Achieving Accountability in Higher Education: Balancing Public, Academic, and Market Demands. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2005.
• Burke, Joseph C., and Henrik Minassians. Performance Reporting: The Preferred "No-Cost" Accountability Program--The Sixth Annual Report. Albany: SUNY-Albany, 2002.
• Burke, Joseph C., and Henrik Minassians. Reporting Higher Education Results: Missing Links in Performance, New Directions in Institutional Research. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003.
• Burke, Joseph C., Henrik Minassians, and Po Yang. "State Performance Indicators: What Do They Indicate?" Planning for Higher Education 31.1 (2002): 15-29.
• Business-Higher Education Forum. Public Accountability for Student Learning in Higher Education: Issues and Options. Washington, D.C.: American Council on Education, 2004.
• Carey, Kevin. "Truth Without Action: The Myth of Higher-Education Accountability." Change Sep.-Oct. 2007: 24-29.
• Chatman, Steve. Institutional Versus Academic Discipline Measures of Student Experience: A Matter of Relative Validity. Research & Occasional Paper Series CSHE.8.07. Berkeley: U of California P, 2007.
• The Center for Measuring University Performance, The Top American Research Universities, Arizona State University
• College and University Rankings, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Guiliani, Rudolph W. "Everyone's Accountable, All of the Time." Leadership. New York: Hyperion, 2002. 69-97.
• Hersh, Richard H., and John Merrow, eds. "Declining by Degrees: Higher Education at Risk." Palgrave MacMillan: 2005.
• Institute for Higher Education Policy
• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) Peer Analysis System, National Center for Education Statistics
• Lingenfelter, Paul E. "Educational Accountability: Setting Standards, Improving Performance." Change Mar.-Apr. 2003: 19 - 23.
• Miller, Charles. Chairman of the UT System Board of Regents Testifies to the U.S. House of Representatives on Accountability. Washington, D.C. 13 May 2003.
• Millett, Catherine M., Leslie M. Stickler, David G. Payne, and Carol A. Dwyer. A Culture of Evidence: Critical Features of Assessments for Postsecondary Student Learning. Princeton: Educational Testing Service, 2007.
• National Commission on Accountability in Higher Education
• Shavelson, Richard J. "Assessing Student Learning Responsibly: From History to an Audacious Proposal." Change Jan.-Feb. 2007: 26-33.
• State Higher Education Executive Officers
• Traub, James. "No Graduate Left Behind." The New York Times Magazine 30 Sep. 2007.
• Tritelli, David, ed. "Value Added Assessment of Liberal Education." Spec. issue of Peer Review 4.2/3 (2002).
• United States. Dept. of Education. A Test of Leadership: Charting the Future of U.S. Higher Education. Washington, D.C., 2006.
• Ward, David and Terry W. Hartle. "The Trouble with Measuring Quality." Trusteeship Jan.-Feb. 2003: 8-13.
• Wellman, Jane V. "Statewide Higher Education Accountability: Issues, Options and Strategies for Success." Higher Expectations. Essays on the Future of Higher Education 2. Washington, D.C.: National Governors Association, 2002. 7-14.

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