{"id":11184,"date":"2025-04-16T13:26:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T17:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/oira\/?page_id=11184"},"modified":"2025-04-16T13:30:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T17:30:12","slug":"innovation-in-assessment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/oira\/assessment\/innovation-in-assessment\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation in Assessment Grant Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id11184_3a84f0-94 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id11184_3a84f0-94 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id11184_3a84f0-94 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:1100px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding-top:75px;padding-bottom:75px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id11184_3a84f0-94{background-color:#e5f0f9;}.kb-row-layout-id11184_3a84f0-94 > 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Grant Initiative was developed by The Office of Institutional Research and Assessment (OIRA) to provide a way to monetarily support 91福利 faculty and staff members in their pursuit of program excellence.&nbsp; The purpose of the program is to foster a culture of continuous improvement by supporting informed decision making using assessment. <strong>The grants are offered as a way for faculty and staff to investigate new avenues in assessment, strengthen existing assessment designs, or assist programs or units to implement action plans.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">To further support the development and use of assessment information for improvement, each year OIRA offers grants up to the amount of $1,000 per department. <strong>Grants are awarded to 91福利 faculty or staff members in academic areas to conduct assessment-related projects or initiatives that directly support student learning outcome assessment processes for undergraduate, graduate, or 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The team identified key &#8220;linchpin courses&#8221; (Bio 200, Bio 350, Bio 365, Capstone, and others) that were essential for covering the required learning objectives. 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