Dr. Tammie Cumming serves as Associate Provost and Assistant Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness at Brooklyn College. She has provided educational research and assessment support services in higher education and at ACT Inc. for more than 25 years. Dr. Cumming is a frequent speaker on educational assessment and accreditation on a national/international level and recently […]
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Accreditation Standards to Include Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
By Tammie Cumming, Isana Leshchinskaya and M. David Miller on November 1, 2021 in Accreditation, Vol 3, Issue 1 (Nov 2021)
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) are rooted in the cultural identity and lexicon of a civil society. However, in 2020, these words became aggressively polarizing among groups in America. Along with polarization, Americans either became fearful of their neighbors, separated from those who were different, were moved to a new awakening that there is much […]
Ensuring Fairness in Unprecedented Times: Grading Our Nation’s Students
By Tammie Cumming, M. David Miller, Jennifer Bergeron and Fredrik deBoer on July 6, 2020 in Fostering Culture, Reflections, Vol 1, Issue 2 (Jul 2020)
For high school and college students across the country, getting through the end of the school year has gotten very complicated. The spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus, and the widespread closure of public places in response, has turned […]
Academic Assessment: Best Practices for Successful Outcomes with Accreditation Evaluation Teams
By M. David Miller and Tammie Cumming on February 10, 2020 in Accreditation, Vol 1, Issue 1 (Feb 2020)
Accreditation is an important process for ensuring program integrity, as well as awarding Title IV financial aid, which includes student loans and federal grant awards. Assessment is a critical component of accreditation. Most accrediting commissions […]
