Who is responsible for administrative oversight of the program?

In the Department of Entomology, oversight of learner outcomes is the responsibility of the Learner Outcomes Assessment Committee. This standing committee is composed of: the Departmental Chair, Departmental Officer for Graduate Education (DOGE), and the Chair of the department's Curriculum Committee. The Departmental Chair serves as the Chair of the Learner Outcomes Assessment Committee. Current members of the committee are:

• Jon Tollefson, Departmental Chair
• Joel Coats, DOGE
• Russell Jurenka, Curriculum Committee Chair
• Undergraduate Student

How program administration has provided administrative support for our outcomes assessment efforts, specifically by:

• The College of Agriculture maintains an Outcomes Assessment Committee. This committee, composed of faculty representatives from each department of the college, meets to discuss and share information on improving outcomes assessment in the college and departments. The College also supports Ag Career Services, which collects job placement data that are shared with departments. Additionally, the College maintains the server on which some departmental outcomes assessment web pages reside.
  
• approving a budget line in support of assessment program.
  There is no budget line from the University or College that comes to the deparment, nor one within the Department to support the assessment program.

• instituting and maintaining recognition efforts for assessment work in the program.
  Efforts in assessing student learning fall under the teaching area of the Position Responsibility Statement and are recognized during the Annual Performance Evaluation.

• demonstrating written and verbal support for assessment programs.
  Support for learning assessment is demonstrated by devoting faculty meeting time to planning and developing assessment plans and faculty are encouraged by the Chair to include Student Learning Outcomes in their course syllabi.

• creating release time for faculty to provide assessment services.
  There is no release time provided for development of student learning assessment; it is considered integral to the teaching responsibility.

• committing resources for faculty development and scholarly endeavors in outcomes assessment.
  
• including assessment activities as a part of position description for both administrators and teaching faculty.
  
• defining and enacting implementation and improvement strategies at administrative levels.