***SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS. Commission on Colleges - http://www.sacscoc.org/
***MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE
Mission Statement & Strategic Goals http://www.mc.edu/about/offices/assessment/policy.pdf
Linkages Between Mission Statement & Strategic Goals http://www.mc.edu/about/offices/assessment/missgoal.pdf
Office of Institutional Research – Assessment Plans & Reports, Common Data Sets, Fact Book, Key Point Performance Indicators, Peer Data, and Unit & Committee Accomplishments http://www.mc.edu/about/offices/institutional_research/
Strategic Planning Framework – Data Information http://www.mc.edu/faculty_staff/MCplan/framework.html
QEP Home Page http://www.mc.edu/qep/
Alliance for Excellent Education – many free publications on different levels and areas of education http://www.all4ed.org/publication_material American Council on Education - http://www.acenet.edu//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home APPA – reports dealing with educational physical facilities http://www.appa.org/tools/measures/tls.cfm Association of American Colleges and Universities - click on any of the topics on the left side of the screen to see publications http://www.aacu.org/index.cfm
Association of American Colleges and Universities. Greater Expectations - a “multi-year initiative to articulate the aims of a 21st century liberal education and identify comprehensive, innovative models that improve learning for all undergraduate students.” http://www.greaterexpectations.org/
Cal Poly’s Learning Assessment Planning Guide – http://www.academicprograms.calpoly.edu/assessment/assessplanguide.htm
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching – many free reports on different aspects of education http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/publications/
College Board – publications on access and success in higher education, writing, diversity, and other topics http://professionals.collegeboard.com/policy-advocacy/pubs-resources/archive
The Community College of Baltimore County – Guide for Learning Outcomes Assessment & Classroom Learning Assessment http://www.ccbcmd.edu/media/loa/loa_booklet.pdf
The Conference Board – a few reports (especially under Key Findings) that discuss higher education and the emerging workforce http://www.conference-board.org/publications/keyfinding.cfm
Mark Taylor. Learning Resources (Jan. 23, 2009) http://www.taylorprograms.com/learningresourceslinks.html Click on pdf link
Middle States Commission on Higher Education- mostly free standards, manuals, and guidelines from a different regional accrediting agency http://www.msche.org/publications.asp
Mississippi Department of Education – state, district, and school-level information http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/
National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment – http://www.LearningOutcomesAssessment.org
National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education – articles and case studies on the intersection of teaching and digital technologies http://www.nitle.org/www/site/resources
Partnership for 21st Century Skills – free reports of survey findings http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=82&Itemid=185
Pew Internet – reports on the results of various Pew Research Center’s studies http://www.pewinternet.org/Topics.aspx
Policy Center on the First Year of College http://www.firstyear.org/
Southern Regional Education Board - http://www.sreb.org/
State University of New York – Stony Brook. Boyer Commission on Educating Undergraduates in the Research University – Reinventing Undergraduate Education http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/publications/
UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. Higher Education Research Institute – free pdf and PowerPoint documents on many different higher education topics. Click on Publications http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/heri/index.php
U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/
State and County QuickFacts http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/
State and Metropolitan Area Data Book http://www.census.gov/compendia/smadb/
Statistical Abstract of the United States http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
U. S. Department of Education. National Center for Education Statistics – tables and figures http://nces.ed.gov/quicktables/ also try the drop-down menus under Data Tools and Annual Reports. You can also create tables and choose data sets at http://nces.ed.gov/datalab/
U. S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov/
USC Center for Excellence in Teaching – Course Assessment and Student Learning Outcomes http://www.usc.edu/programs/cet/private/ppt/Assessment_Sept_07_Final_.ppt