Criterion Three: Student Learning and Effective Teaching The organization provides evidence of student learning and teaching effectiveness that demonstrates it is fulfilling its educational mission. Opportunities for improvement

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	Absent from the results of the LRS was evidence of strong leadership by the University administration in the assessment process, other than as provided by support units, such as the University Libraries, SI and the CAD. Only the Department of Chemistry mentioned SI and the CAD, although these and other services were explicitly suggested as resources to consider in the LRS survey. Furthermore, only the schools of Dentistry, Pharmacy and Law mentioned any efforts to work with the libraries in assessing their services as learning resources.
Consequently, from the perspective of UMKC’s schools, responsive assessment of the library services into their program needs is uncertain. In addition, since none of the schools referred to information literacy, more needs to be done to facilitate the incorporation of standards for information literacy (as promulgated by the American Library Association and the Association of College and Research Libraries). The standards have particular relevance to the use of library and information systems as learning resources. The same can be said about assessment of literacy and technology, for which evidence is entirely lacking. Comments from schools in the LRS about UMKC Information Services [IS] chiefly report “notifying” IS of problems, but not how assessment of ILE resources and other learning technologies is performed within the schools themselves. However, IS does report many important assessment mechanisms. Finally, the School of Law notes the difficulty in assessing interdisciplinary resources. All of these issues with shared resources suggest the need for greater support from the administration in seeing that assessment is properly done (at least from the perspective of the University’s schools). More schools need to collect and review data from interdisciplinary and shared resources on campus, such as SI, the CAD, externship programs, and campus libraries. As a parting comment, it would be useful for the various UMKC schools, libraries, and other service units to have a forum to share “best practices” in assessment. There are some excellent assessment practices on campus in certain units that may find useful application in other disciplines.