Volume 4, Issue 1 (Fall 2009)

In this issue:

• Moving Toward JSU's Future
• Looking Back on 2008-2009
• JSU Grad Retention Study Findings
• Program Review Cycle 3 Participants Recognized
• All Departments Need an Assessment Plan
• Jacksonville State University PRISM Planning and Reporting Guidelines
• Preparing for SACS Reaffirmation
• Beyond Boundaries Project Underway

Volume 3, Issue 2 (Spring 2009)

In this issue:

• Students Win Big with IDEA
• Collegiate Learning Assessment Beginning Fall 2009
• 23rd Annual ALAIR Conference
• Simmons and Rosier Named to ALAIR Executive Committee
• Jacksonville State University PRISM Planning and Reporting Guidelines
• IDEA Update
• Cost Calculator Now Available on JSU Web Site
• C-BASE:  Making it Meaningful

Volume 3, Issue 1 (Fall 2008)

In this issue:

• University Assessment System now available
• 2008 National Survey of Student Engagement (NESE) Results
• Is Prior Learning Assessment for JSU?
• Great IDEA!
• JSU PRISM Planning and Reporting Guidelines
• Moving to Online Assessment
• What are E-Goals and E-Objectives?
• Program Review Cycle 2 Participants Recognized

Volume 2, Issue 2 (Spring 2008)

In this issue:

• JSU will participate in Voluntary System of Accountability
• JSU leads state's regional universities in accreditation
• Jacksonville State University's 38 accredited programs
• OIRA publishes commemorative Fact Book for 125 anniversary
• Strategic Plan watch
• What's new in Program Review
• JSU hosts 22nd ALAIR Conference
• Campus community's hard work boosts NSSE participation
• JSU PRISM Planning and Reporting Timeline, Guidelines and Checklist

Volume 2, Issue 1 (Fall 2007)

In this issue:

• OIRA calls for Fact Book profiles
• JSU Planning and Reporting timeline
• PRISM Guidelines and Checklist
• First-Year Freshmen Retention Study
• OIRA publishes Assessment Quick Facts
• OIRA shares results of own evaluation
• Assessment for non-academic units
• Program Review units recognized
• OIRA offers sponsorships
• OIRA staff present

Volume 1, Issue 2 (Spring 2007)

In this issue:

• Students develop PRISM manual
• JSU Will Participate in Penn State First-Year Study
• 06-07 Fact Book available online
• PRISM Planning and Reporting Timeline
• President's Website,  SACS Compliance
• Tienhan Ma Promoted, Program Review enters Cycle 2
• Trudy Banta: Assessment Expert
• OIRA Offers Resource Library
• Minhas Honored

Volume 1, Issue 1 (Fall 2006)

In this issue:

• Assessment Survey Results
• Assessment Subcommittee takes the lead
• Institutional Effectiveness Committee
• The Truth about "Scary Assessment"
• PRISM Updates,  JSU Planning and Reporting Timeline
• Assessment Qs & As
• Unit Planning Made Easy
• Program Review is Good for You