"Assessment Scholarship Reconsidered" - Keeling et al

      I'm reading this article and being reminded of what Dr. Mahoney was talking about during our first class of the semester. Knowing that after this program, we will all hopefully be in our first professional role within higher education, it is essential that we are prepared to perform an assessment project from start to finish. While some institutions and departments may have their own ways about executing their assessment, there will also be the times where a new program is being implemented and we need to assess its success for future funding or for a shift in focus: that is when we will need to be able to start from stage one.
      It is also very important to have this experience not only in the classroom but also with offices on campus. For my individual project, I was asked to partner with a conference committee with members of the Pacific community. By doing so, I was able to utilize the activities and components of class into practice for this project.
      Looking at the table on page 99, the biggest takeaway I had was under the "Student affairs practice" section. Aligning student activities to the students' development of lifelong skills is exactly why I entered this field. Academic work can teach a student many things; however, cannot place them into a job in their exact field of expertise time and time again. It is the student life side that teaches the transferability of skills and the development of person that will make a higher number of successful graduates.