{"id":6005,"date":"2013-08-02T12:03:16","date_gmt":"2013-08-02T16:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/?page_id=6005"},"modified":"2026-04-28T14:11:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T18:11:59","slug":"program-learning-outcomes-assessment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/planning-assessment\/program-learning-outcomes-assessment\/","title":{"rendered":"Program Learning Outcomes Assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.learningoutcomesassessment.org\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/provost\/files\/2016\/05\/featuredwebsite_000-e1463694542409.jpg\" class=\"alignright wp-image-22592 size-full\" width=\"256\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Program Learning Outcomes Assessment at Boston University provides faculty a means to ask a fundamental question about the programs they design and teach: by completing a given set of courses and other requirements, do students actually acquire, in the end, the particular knowledge, skills, habits of mind, and attitudes faculty intend? If not\u2014or if not fully enough\u2014what pedagogical and curricular reforms can be undertaken to improve student learning? A similar question can be asked of the co-curricular and extra-curricular programs that contribute so significantly to a well-rounded education at BU.<\/p>\n<h2>Assessment Oversight<\/h2>\n<p>Program Learning Outcomes Assessment at Boston University is overseen by the Council of Deans. It is coordinated and facilitated by Russell Stone, Assistant Provost for Academic Assessment. University Working Committees, comprised of representatives from the schools and colleges, meet regularly with the Assistant Provost for Academic Assessment to share information and best practices, and to coordinate the University\u2019s effort.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/offices-contacts\/staff-directory\/?num=1&#038;office=academic-assessment\">Meet the assessment team.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Program Learning Outcomes Assessment at Boston University provides faculty a means to ask a fundamental question about the programs they design and teach: by completing a given set of courses and other requirements, do students actually acquire, in the end, the particular knowledge, skills, habits of mind, and attitudes faculty intend? If not\u2014or if not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5321,"featured_media":0,"parent":6453,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6005"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5321"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6005"}],"version-history":[{"count":51,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66998,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6005\/revisions\/66998"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}