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MANOA ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE (MAC)

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> DESCRIPTION

The Committee will be staffed by the Assessment Office, and work closely with the Office of Faculty Development and Academic Support, General Education Office and General Education Committee, and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and will have the following responsibilities:

Establish academic assessment policies necessary to foster a campus-wide understanding of and commitment to improvement-oriented educational assessment;
Identify the most appropriate practices and uses for assessment of student learning at Manoa;
Review assessment resource needs and recommend concomitant budgetary allocations by the institution.
Liaise with faculty to promote effective academic assessment practices, especially in support of degree programs;
Consult with subject matter/content area experts as necessary;
Produce an annual report (due at the end of each fiscal year, June 30) to the Faculty Senate on the status of academic assessment at UHM.

[Resolution to Approve a Statement on Faculty Governance of Program Assessment (Approved on 12/08/2010)]

> MEMBERS

MAC consists of 13 members: 9 voting and 4 non-voting. Two faculty senators serve as Chair and Vice-Chair. The nine voting members (including the Chair and Vice-Chair) are faculty: four from the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, chosen to ensure academic diversity, and five from the remaining Manoa Colleges/Schools or Units, each from a different College/School/Unit.

Senators

Name	E-mail	Constituency	Position
TBD
TBD
TBD

Non-Senators

Name	Term	Constituency	E-mail
George Harrison	2011-2014	Non A&S Education	georgeha@hawaii.edu
Daniel Jenkins	2011-2014	Non A&S Center for Tropical Agriculture & Human Resources	danielje@hawaii.edu
Adam Pang	2011-2014	Non A&S Learning Assistance Center	adampang@hawaii.edu
Amy Schiffner	2012-2015	A&S Arts & Humanities Theater & Dance	amyls@hawaii.edu
Sang Yee Cheon	2012-2015	A&S LLL	scheon@hawaii.edu