Educational effectiveness includes student learning outcomes assessment, teaching and learning effectiveness as it relates to student learning outcomes, and the support and enhancement of Cal State LA as a learning organization. The Council engages in planning associated with these areas and advises in the alignment of a systematic assessment program consistent with the campus strategic plan. The EEAC is an administrative advisory committee of the Vice Presidents of Academic Affairs and Student Life and will meet three times a semester or as needed.
The EEAC:
a) Advises the Vice Presidents and campus community:
- in the development of a systematic long term campus assessment program
- in the alignment of the assessment program with the campus strategic plan
b) Monitors:
- prior WASC recommendations and current status
- indicators of educational effectiveness at the institutional level
- the achievement of program learning outcomes reported by academic programs and institutional research
c) Promotes:
- dissemination and engagement of educational effectiveness data (including, but not limited to, NSSE, graduation rate, CLA)
- inquiry into assessment, student learning, and program improvement (via workshops and fairs, in collaboration with CETL)
d) Supports:
- a culture of evidence on campus
- departmental and co-curricular assessment of student learning outcomes and alignment of these with institutional learning outcomes (via college assessment coordinators)
MEMBERS
Name | Title/Department |
Brown, Karin E. |
Dean, Graduate Studies |
Adur, Shweta |
Faculty, Sociology |
Ayran, Frangelo |
Assistant Dean, Student Wellness and Engagement |
Baaske, Kevin |
Associate Dean, Arts and Letters |
Bondad-Brown, Beverly |
Director, Academic Technology |
Chavez, Andrew |
Coordinator, Graduate Resource Center |
Chang, Ya-Chih (Jilly)* |
Faculty, Special Education and Counseling |
Choy, Jonathan |
Executive Director, Career Development Center |
Dean, Richard |
Faculty, Philosophy |
Dennis, Jessica M. |
Chair, Child and Family Studies |
Dong, Jianyu (Jane) |
Associate Dean, College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology |
Fazzi, Diane |
Associate Dean, Charter College of Education |
Garcia, Margaret |
Associate Dean, Office of Undergraduate Studies |
Garnet, Dustin* |
Faculty, Art |
Giarrusso, Roseann |
Chair, Sociology |
Hafner, Anne L. |
Chair, Applied and Advanced Studies in Education |
Haras, Catherine M. |
Senior Director, Center for Effective Teaching and Learning |
Harris, Christopher |
Faculty Director, Writing Across the Curriculum |
Hillstrom, Mandy* |
Faculty, Kinesiology and Nutritional Science |
Kuo, Jim* |
Faculty, Mechanical Engineering |
Lanning, Nathan* |
Faculty, Biological Sciences |
Mecenas, Jolivette |
Interim Director of First-Year Writing |
Miller, Jennifer |
Dean of Students, Office of the Dean of Students |
Moon, Sunny (Hye) |
Assistant Vice President, Institutional Effectiveness |
Peppers, Marla |
Associate Dean, University Library |
Pearce, Jade |
Assessment Coordinator, Charter College of Education |
Prabhu, Veena |
Faculty, Management |
Roberts-Corb, Carol |
Assistant Dean of Student Conduct, Deputy Title IX Coordinator |
Seals, Dimitri* |
Faculty, Sociology |
Smolter, Nicole* |
Faculty, School of Criminal Justice and Criminalistics |
Subrahmanyam, Kaveri |
Associate Dean, College of Natural and Social Sciences |
Sun, Chengyu |
Faculty, Computer Science |
Whitcomb, Laura* |
Faculty, Management |
Wong-Kim, Evaon |
Associate Dean, Rongxiang Xu College of Health and Human Services |
Young, Angela |
Associate Dean, College of Business and Economics |
Yu, Alan |
Senior Research & Assessment Analyst, Institutional Effectiveness |
*College Assessment Coordinator