Assessment Oversight through Shared Governance
The Assessment Subcommittee advises on the continuous development of the UMD assessment process including both academic and other educational programs. The committee serves as a resource for student learning assessment activities across campus and facilitates interdisciplinary groups to review student learning assessment reports, data and activities. (UMD Bylaws, 2017)
Each year, the Assessment Subcommittee works on assessment-related initiatives to improve upon campus assessment practices, reviews various campus assessment reports, and provides findings to the Teaching and Learning Committee, other shared governance committees, and administrators.
Assessment Subcommittee Minutes
The Assessment Subcommittee meeting minutes are available online.
Membership Structure
The Teaching & Learning Assessment Subcommittee will be composed of 14 elected voting members: 2 faculty members from each college (must be either a program assessment liaison or a member of the unit’s structure for oversight of assessment), 2 staff members from academic affairs units, 2 staff members from student life units, 2 students; and 3 ex-officio non-voting members: Director of Assessment, 1 appointed representative from EVCP, and 1 appointed representative from VCSL.
Current Membership
Lindsay Brown (staff support)
- Lynette Carlson (CEHSP Faculty) 2024-2027, Chair
- Jon Phillips (CEHSP Faculty) 2025-2028
- Jason Ford (CAHSS Faculty) 2025-2028
- Mark Whitlock (CAHSS Faculty) 2023-2026
- Joe Artim (LSBE Faculty) 2023-2026
- Steve Sharkey (LSBE Faculty) 2024-2027
- Igor Melnykov (SCSE Faculty) 2025-2028
- Michael Rother, Peng Fang (SCSE Faculty) 2023-2026
- Andy Kornitz (Student) 2025-2026
- Jonathan Newman (Student) 2025-2026
- Ian Moore (Staff from Academic Affairs) 2025-2028
- Vacant (Staff from Academic Affairs) 2023-2026
- Rachel Phelps (Staff from Student Life) 2025-2028
- Vacant (Staff from Student Life) 2024-2027
3 ex-officio non-voting members:
- Lisa Kittelson (Director of Assessment)
- Jennifer Mencl (appointed representative from EVCP)
- Vacant (Appointed representative from VCSL)