id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentence	flesch	summary	cache	txt
atpp-1030	Moore, Theresa; Hassinger, Mary C.	Improving Academic Quality through Outcomes Assessment and Active Learning Strategies - a Model for Effective Institutional Change	2010	8	.pdf	application/pdf	3539	145	40	The late Donald Farmer, Academic Vice President for Academic Affairs at King’s College in Pennsylvania, was able to institutionalize competency growth plans and a coherent curriculum within each field of study to improve student learning based on the following premises for success. The literature on facilitating institutional change to improve student learning has its underpinnings in sev- eral common facets: the importance of faculty buy-in and commitment, the need for financial resources and institutional commitment, and the provision of the necessary administrative support and expertise to facilitate the various faculty development efforts, with long term sustainability always at the forefront of the endeavor.	cache/atpp-1030.pdf	txt/atpp-1030.txt