The Institutional Effectiveness - Teaching Connection (formerly known as Assessment Briefs) is a collaborative product of the Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness (OIRE) and the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE). The Connection's goal is to translate institutional data into considerations for improving teaching and learning at Miami. It is distributed approximately once a month.

Current Connections

Connection 111 - Assessment of Experiential Learning

Connection 110 - First-Year Students' Expectations of College

Connection 109 - Resources for Assessment, Teaching, and Learning During the Pandemic

Connection 108 - Comparing Perceptions of Student Engagement: Spring 2019 FSSE and NSSE Results

Assessment 107 - Higher Learning Commission Accreditation Review Results

Assessment 106 - Using the NSC Student Tracker as a Tool for Indirect Assessment

Assessment 105 - Frequent Feedback on Departmental Assessment Reports and Plans

Assessment 104 - Accreditation Update

Assessment 103 - Creative Assessment Methods

Assessment 102 - Aligning Assessment with Professional Accreditation Review in Architecture+Interior Design

Assessment 101 - Advice from Assessment Award Winners

Assessment 100 - Survey of Departmental Assessment Coordinators

Assessment 99 - Academic Engagement on the Oxford Campus

Assessment 98 - Personal Librarian

Assessment 97 - Assessing the Global Miami Plan

Assessment 96 - Oral and Written Communication in the Farmer School of Business

Assessment 95 - Transitioning Into the First Year of College, September 2017

Assessment 94 - Philosophy Assessment Activity, April 2017

Assessment 93 - Master of Computer Science Assessment Activity, January 2017

Assessment 92 - Professional Writing Assessment Activity, October 2016

Assessment 91 - The Winter Term Experience, September 2016

Assessment 90 - CAEP, July 2016

Assessment 89 - LibQUAL, March 2016

Assessment 88 - UNV 101, February 2016

Assessment 87 - Did You Know? Quick Facts About The Oxford Campus Class of 2019, September 2015

Assessment 86 - Information Literacy Skills of Entering Students: A 4-year Synopsis, December 2014

Assessment 85 - Did You Know? Quick Facts About The Oxford Campus Class of 2018, October 2014

Assessment 84 - Assessing Student Technological Self-Efficacy, May 2014

Assessment 83 - Miami Plan Assessment via Program Level Assessment, Part 2, May 2014

Assessment 82 - What Did We Learn About the Miami Plan Through Program Review, April 2014

Assessment 81 - Student and Faculty Experiences in the 2014 Winter Term, March 2014

Assessment 80 - The Daily Class Summary: A Teaching and Learning Tool, February 2014