Center for the Advancement of Staff and Student Learning (CASSL)

The Goals for the Center are:

1)    Disseminate assessment techniques and strategies developed to assess Student Learning Outcomes (SLO's)

2)    To provide a place where CRC faculty can share their research experiences and studies

3)    Inform faculty of upcoming training in the development of research and assessment of Student Learning Outcomes

4)    Provide a place for CRC staff to discuss the varied issues and strategies as it relates to assessing student learning outcomes

This website will be modified frequently as needed.  Our goal is to support CRC faculty to assess student learning outcomes.  We also hope to build a place on this website to allow for faculty to engage in a dialogue as it pertains to assessing student learning outcomes and to showcase individual faculty efforts as they implement the assessment of student learning outcomes in their courses.

We sincerely hope that you will find this website helpful and we encourage you to contact us with ideas to make this website meet the varied needs of our faculty, staff and students at CRC.

Sincerely,

Kathy McLain - Dean of Planning and Research

Dr. Marybeth Buechner - CASSL Coordinator

Dr. Jeanne Edman - Faculty Research Coordinator

Brad Brazil - Research Analyst

Interview With Chancellor Marc Drummond

Marc Drummond was interviewed on KQED regarding the controversial report on the Community College system.  Click on the link below to hear the interview.

Chancellor Drummond's Interview on KQED

CRC Spring 07 Convocation Presentation

Kathy McLain and Brad Brazil from CASSLpresented research on the enrollment patterns of LRCCD students.  Here is the presentation for you to view and download.

Spring 07 Convocation Presentation

Accountability Report for Community Colleges

 The State Chancellor's Office just released the Accountability Report for Community Colleges.  Click on the links below to see how well CRC performed to similar California Community Colleges.

CRC Report

What Community College Policies and Practices are Effective in Promoting Student Success?

A Study was conducted by the Community College Research Center which looked at which Community College policies and practices are effective in enabling their students to succeed in college.


Click here to get the study

CRC Colloquium Presentation

Brad Brazil from CASSL and Judy Beachler from the District's Research Office presented research on the demographic, enrollment and course success of CRC's First-time Freshmen Population.  Here are their presentations for you to view and download.

Brad Brazil's Presentation

Judy Beachler's Presentation

CRC Guidelines For Conducting Research

Depending on whether you are employed at CRC or outside of Los Rios Community College District, select the appropriate forms to request conducting research at CRC.

A Guide to Research at CRC

Issues to consider when conducting Faculty or Student research at CRC

Guidelines for those not employed by LRCCD who wish to conduct research about CRC students

Research Proposal Cover Sheet

Sample Consent Form

Search the Web for scholarly articles via Google

Google Scholar