Keene State College is a founding member of the Presidents’ Alliance to Improve Student Learning,  a national initiative to encourage “college and university presidents to ‘stand up’ individually and publicly reveal what their institutions are doing to measure student learning and to commit them to regularly reporting on their forward progress.”

Presidents’ Alliance members represent all sectors of U.S. higher education, including two- and four-year, public and private colleges and universities. Through the Alliance, KSC President Helen Giles-Gee joins more than 70 college and university presidents in signing an agreement to expand our ongoing efforts to gather and report evidence of student learning and use it to achieve desired learning outcomes.

As Dr. Giles-Gee explained, “Membership in the Alliance comes at an important time for Keene State College as we redouble our assessment efforts and connect these directly to the classroom and co-curricular experience. I am delighted by this opportunity to showcase the progress we have made, to learn from other institutions, and to share some of the promising practices that have emerged from our work.”

The Presidents’ Alliance was created by the New Leadership Alliance for Student Learning and Accountability, an organization made up of higher education association leaders, accreditors, and others who believe American colleges should voluntarily adopt evidence-based approaches to improving student learning—both to bolster public confidence in higher education and because the institutions have a professional responsibility to prepare students for careers and life.

If you’d like to know more about the Alliance, read this Inside Higher Ed story.