Lehman College uses Watermark Insights’ Planning & Self-Study™, an online, centralized assessment management system (AMS). All academic and Academic and Educational Support (AES) units will submit their assessment plans and reports using the AMS. Planning & Self-Study™ enhances Lehman College’s continuous improvement activities by facilitating planning, assessment, academic program review, and reporting. Planning & Self-Study™ accesses unified data across integrated areas and provides accurate analytics that inform decision making.
The system’s assessment-related benefits include:
- Documentation of organized and systematic assessment
- Ease of mapping assessment goals with program or institutional learning goals
- Documentation of the use of assessment results
- Evidence of “closing the loop” activities
- Demonstrates compliance with assessment-related accreditation standards
A Guide is provided to assist faculty, staff, and administrators in using the system.
To request access, please email assessment.office98@lehman.cuny.edu. Provide the name of the program for which you will be submitting assessment plans and reports.
First-time users who have been granted access to the system should try to log into the system and then indicate that they “forgot” their password. The system will then email a link to the user’s Lehman College email account at which they can create their password.
The Committee on Assessment is a standing committee of the Lehman College Senate. The Committee:
- Reviews the Institutional Effectiveness Plan, reports to the Senate, and recommends policies regarding the institutional effectiveness of academic and administrative affairs of the College;
- Reviews academic assessment information at the institutional, program and course levels, including General Education and Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOs);
- Reviews assessment information from Administrative, Educational, and Student Support (AES) units; communicates assessment findings to the Senate;
- Reviews the use of assessment tools and results for continuous improvement in Lehman College’s governance, planning, resource allocation, program-level and institutional learning outcomes;
- Disseminates information on best practices in assessment;
- Advises and recommends on the development of broader assessment policies, practices, and technology to promote student achievement and improvement in curricular, pedagogical, administrative, and support services.
General Education is assessed at Lehman College based on the College's multi-year General Education Assessment Plan