The following is a list of some of the resources that Amy Graham and Nicholas Thompson used in their article Broken Ranks: U.S. News measures everything but what matters most. And most universities don't seem to mind. A list of helpful web sites is included at the bottom. References 1. Astin, Alexander W., Assessment for Excellence: The Philosophy and Practice of Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, American Council on Education, Oryx Press: 1993. 2. Astin, Alexander W., What Matters in College: Four Critical Years Revisited. San Francisco, Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1993. 3. Banta, Trudy W., Editor. Implementing Outcomes Assessment: Promise and Perils. New Directions for Institutional Research Number 59. San Francisco, Jossey-Bass Publishers, Fall 1988. 4. Bok, Derek. Higher Learning. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1986. 5. Boyer Commission on Educating Undergraduates, Reinventing Undergraduate Education: A Blueprint for America's Research Universities. 1998 6. Cambridge, Barbara Assessing the Real College Experience, AAHE Bulletin, January 2001 7. Educational Testing Service: Assessing the Outcomes of Higher Education: Proceedings of the 1986 ETS Invitational Conference. Princeton, N.J.: Educational Testing Service, 1986. 8. Gaither, Gerald H., Editor. Assessing Performance in an Age of Accountability: Case Studies. New Directions for Higher Education Number 91, San Francisco, Jossey-Bass Publishers: 1997 9. Gray, Peter J. and Trudy W. Banta, Editors, The Campus Level Impact of Assessment: Progress, Problems, and Possibilities, New Directions in Higher Education, Number 100. San Francisco, Jossey-Bass Publishers: 1997. 10. Jacobi, Maryann, Astin, Alexander W. and Frank Ayala, Jr. College Student Outcomes Assessment: A Talent Development Perspective, ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report No. 7, Washington, D.C.: Association for the Study of Higher Education, 1987. 11. Kuh, George D. The National Survey of Student Engagement: Conceptual Framework and Overview of Psychometric Properties, Bloomington: Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research and Planning 12. McCormick, Alexander C. Bringing the Carnegie Classification Into the 21st Century, AAHE Bulletin, January 2000. 13. Monks, James and Ronald G. Ehrenberg, The Impact of U.S. News & World Report College Rankings on Admissions Outcomes and Pricing Policies at Selective Private Institutions. NBER Working Paper 7227, July 1999. 14. O'Brien, George Dennis. All the Essential Half-Truths about Higher Education. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press: 1998. (ISBN 0-26-61654-1) 15. Reisberg, Leo. Are Students Actually Learning? The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 2000 16. Ryan, Katherine E., Editor. Evaluating Teaching in Higher Education: A Vision for the Future. New Directions for Teaching and Learning Number 83. San Francisco, Jossey-Bass Publishers, Fall 2000. 17. Task Force on College Quality. Time for Results: The Governors' 1991 Report on Education. Washington D.C.: National Governors' Association Center for Policy Analysis and Research, 1986. 18. Theall, Michael and Jennifer Frankin, Editors. Effective Practices for Improving Teaching, New Directions for Teaching and Learning, Number 48. San Francisco, Jossey-Bass Publishers, Fall 1988. 19. Weimer, MaryEllen. Faculty as Teachers: Taking Stock of What We Know. National Center on Postsecondary Teaching, Learning, and Assessment, The Pennsylvania State University. 1993 Interviews In addition to talking to numerous higher education administrators and college officials, we had extensive conversations with the following people. 1. Lucy Arendt Coordinator of Assessment and Testing University of Wisconsin-Green Bay 2. Alexander Astin, Ph.D. Allan M. Cartter Professor of Education Director, Higher Education Research Institute University of California, Los Angeles 3. Nancy Asher, Director Assessment Center Truman State University 4. Russ Edgarton Director, Pew Forum on Undergraduate Learning Chairman, Nation Survey of Student Engagement National Advisory Board 5. T. Dary Erwin, Ph.D. Director, Center for Assessment and Research Studies James Madison University 6. Peter Ewell Senior Associate National Center for Higher Education Management Systems Leader, Design Team for the National Survey of Student Engagement 7. Karen Gentemann, Ph.D. Director, Institutional Assessment George Mason University 8. Eden Ionay-Ronnie University of Wisconsin-Madison 9. George Kuh Chancellor's Professor and Director National Survey of Student Engagement Center for Postsecondary Research and Planning Indiana University 10. Alexander McCormick Senior Scholar The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching 11. Brian Pickerill, Assistant Director Center for Academic Assessment at Ball State University 12. Lee Schulman President The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching 13. Kelly Talley Director, Assessment Center Alverno College 14. Robert Zemsky, Ph.D. Institute for Research on Higher Education University of Pennsylvania 15. Gerhard Casper President Emeritus Stanford University 16. Peter Cary Director of Special Projects U.S. News and World Report 17. Michelle Seidl Program Officer Pew Charitable Trusts 18. Ralph Wolff Executive Director Western Association of Schools and Colleges Selected Web Sites http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/UPA/assmt/resource.htm http://measuringup2000.highereducation.org http://www.indiana.edu/~nsse/html www.aahe.org/assessment/assess_faq.htm tp://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/rankbib.htm www.pewundergradforum.org http://www.schev.edu