What are the responsibilities of the unit chair/head regarding ACE?
The ACE document (#4, Section 3, B and Section VII, B) charges the department chair or head (or unit head in the case of colleges without chairs or heads) with the following responsibilities for ACE certified courses. “A signature from the unit chair/head affirming that the Unit will: • See that the syllabus for each ACE-certified course clearly indicates the ACE Outcome(s) for which the course is certified, the opportunities the course will give students to acquire the knowledge or skills necessary to achieve the Learning Outcome(s), and the graded assignments the instructor(s) will use to assess the students’ achievement of the Outcome(s). • Collect and assess in coordination with the ACE assessment cycle a reasonable sample of students’ products and provide reflections on students’ achievement of the Learning Outcomes for its respective ACE-certified courses. • Review and aggregate samples and summary assessments across course sections and semesters. • Draft a summary assessment acr
