Academic Assessment

The purpose of this web site is to provide resources to the campus community who need to conduct assessment in their courses or departments. Below you will see links to important documents and web sites that can help you.

Semester-by-Semester Program Assessment Plans

Academic Assessment Committee

The Academic Assessment Committee oversees the assessment processes of general education, program review, and the assessment of institutional, program, and course level student learning outcomes.

This committee consists of faculty and staff across disciplines:

  • Chair: Kirk Jones, Director of Assessment, Interim Dean, School of Business and Liberal Arts
  • Sarah Todd, Director of Institutional Research
  • Michele Snyder, Dean, School of Science, Health & Criminal Justice
  • Michael Newtown, Dean, Canino School of Engineering Technology
  • David Barnes, School of Science, Health & Criminal Justice
  • Christine Brassard, School of Science, Health, and Criminal Justice
  • Jessica Spooner, Senior Assistant Librarian, Southworth Library
  • Cullen Haskins, Canino School of Engineering Technology
  • Tatsuhito Koya, Canino School of Engineering Technology
  • David Button, School of Business and Liberal Arts
  • Jennifer Sovde, School of Business and Liberal Arts
  • Wil Rivers, GER Chair, School of Science, Health & Criminal Justice
  • Johanna Lee, Chair, Non-Academic Assessment Committee

If you are interested in serving on the Academic Assessment Committee, please contact your Dean for more information on how to get involved.

» Meeting Minutes

Areas of Assessment

The following links provide resources for the areas of assessment at SUNY Canton: General Education Assessment (GER), a SUNY-wide initiative to ensure students meet general education standards that follow similar best practices, conducive to seamless transfer; Assessment in the Major, a SUNY-wide initiative that . . . ; Institutional Student Learning Outcomes (ISLO), our institutional outcomes which align with our mission statement, SUNY, and Middle States suggested best practices for accredited institutions in our region.

Assessment Results

Additional Resources

Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs

Peggy A. De Cooke, Ph.D.
SUNY Canton
MAC 610
34 Cornell Drive
Canton, NY 13617

315-386-7202
Fax: 315-386-7945
decookep@canton.edu
provostoffice@canton.edu

Director of Academic Assessment
Kirk Jones, Ph.D.
MacArthur Hall, Room 502
315-386-7605
jonesk@canton.edu

Chair of Non-Academic Assessment
Johanna M Lee
Learning Commons, Room SL 115
315-386-7910
leej@canton.edu