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Quantifying the Humanities

Posted on January 7, 2009January 7, 2009 by Mills

The rising importance of metrics for evaluation in higher education has more than a few of my friends and colleagues on edge. What will it mean, for instance, when colleges and universities see the same sorts of assessment data generated for the humanities that already exist in K-12 education? Will we see graduation exams in…

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Tests we don’t need, but probably ought to prepare for

Posted on March 10, 2006December 17, 2009 by Mills

The once and former president of Harvard, Derek Bok, published an interesting op ed piece in the Washington Post last week. Bok takes notice of the growing demands for assessment tests in higher education and neatly summarizes the reasons why they are a bad idea–at least in some disciplines. I’m all for assessment in disciplines…

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