A Generous Thanks to our 2012 ARC Sponsors!

Gold Sponsor

At TaskStream, we empower institutions to go beyond compliance and establish a culture of continuous improvement throughout the learning network. We provide the highest quality cloud-based software and supporting services to plan and manage assessment and strategic planning processes, facilitate the demonstration of learning achievement, and systemically address accreditation requirements. To learn more, visit www.taskstream.com

Silver Sponsor

LiveText's flexible Accreditation Management SystemTM provides institutions with the most advanced, complete, and user-friendly web-based tools for developing, assessing, and measuring student learning and more. With LiveText's Accreditation Management System, institutions can provide its students, faculty, administration, and stakeholders the best assurance of its commitment to accountability, continuous improvement, and excellence in education.  To learn more, visit www.livetext.com

Bronze Sponsors

Digication is the leading e-Portfolio provider for K-12 and Higher Education schools across the U.S. Our e-Portfolio Editions are tailored to meet the needs of individual teachers and students, classrooms, departments, and campuses. Whether you're looking to get started with your own e-Portfolio or evaluating a solution for your school, you've come to the right place. For more information, visit www.digication.com/highered

DigitalMeasures solutions manage information for higher education, making it more powerful and simplifying processes. Their two web-based flagship solutions are used by more than 1,500 schools and colleges in more than 25 countries. Each is designed for a specific need but can be tailored to meet your exact needs, taking your information - and your campus - to the next level.  To learn more, visit www.digitalmeasures.com

Nonprofit ETS is dedicated to advancing quality and equity in education by providing fair and valid assessments, research and related services. Institutions of higher education rely on ETS to help them make admissions decisions, demonstrate student learning outcomes, and promote both student success and institutional effectiveness. To learn more, visit www.ets.org/highered.  

ProctorU provides distance proctoring services for institutions that offer examinations online. The service allows students to take exams from anywhere in a secured environment. ProctorU offers live, person to person, real time monitoring to more than 100 colleges, universities and certification organizations including the University of Florida and Northwestern University. To learn more, visit www.proctoru.com/

To develop authentic data on student learning, schools must assess students on complex tasks. Waypoint Outcomes features customizable, interactive rubrics, aligned with learning outcomes, which help faculty create exceptional feedback for students in just a few clicks. The resulting data can be easily aggregated and reported at multiple levels. To learn more, visit www.waypointoutcomes.com

Brass Sponsors

ACT
ACT is a 51-year old not-for-profit organization primarily known for the ACT college entrance exam. ACT also offers secondary, post-secondary and workplace data-driven research-based assessments for college and career readiness. ACT's additional solutions and services include research, information, and program management for teachers, counselors, schools, state and local administrators, national government agencies and businesses to evaluate the effectiveness of curriculum, their students' knowledge, the behavioral factors that impact a student's ability to learn, and the skills workers bring into the workplace. The mission of ACT is to advance lives by helping people achieve education and workplace success. For more information go to www.act.org.

ConnectEDU
CoursEval, is a web-based evaluation and assessment system for colleges, universities, and health profession schools that is offered by ConnectEDU and currently serves 240 campuses. The software provides an efficient, cost-effective means to conduct student surveys of courses and instructors, as well as other campus surveys. CoursEval offers sophisticated reports and will meet campus requirements for accommodating complex schedules and teaching arrangements. Recent additions include ‘mobile awareness' and customized surveys that include faculty added questions. CoursEval is easy to implement and has earned high marks nationwide. Please visit our booth to see how CoursEval will work on your campus and to arrange a detailed presentation. Please contact sales [at] connectedu [dot] com 

Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP)
The Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) runs the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP), a comprehensive longitudinal survey program. For more than 40 years, CIRP surveys have helped institutions understand the impact of college on students, plan efforts to meet their learning goals, and demonstrate a commitment to institutional improvement.  To learn more, visit http://www.heri.ucla.edu/

Digital Architecture
Digital Architecture's Acalog ACMS^TM is the leading academic catalog management system for higher education. Acalog helps reduce the reliance on printed catalogs and provides an interactive, web-based catalog experience, with advanced capabilities for search, personalization, mobile web, and social media interaction. More than 300 colleges and universities rely on Acalog for its centralized workflow for managing all catalog content - including programs, courses, and policy information. In addition, the integrated editing and tracking environment creates greater efficiency and transparency in the revision process, decreasing the time required to publish catalogs, and increasing the accuracy of the catalog content.  To learn more, visit www.digarc.com

National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)
The NSSE is administered annually to first-year and senior students at participating institutions. Results provide valid, reliable information on the extent to which students engage in proven educational practices that correspond to desirable learning outcomes. Nearly, 1,500 baccalaureate-granting institutions have participated in this effort to assess and improve undergraduate education. Institutions receive diagnostic information about teaching and learning, with customizable comparison groups, and resources to assist in interpreting and using results. Visit our exhibit to learn more about NSSE, and its companion surveys, the Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (FSSE) and the Beginning College Survey of Student Engagement (BCSSE). To learn more, visit www.nsse.iub.edu

Nuventive
Nuventive is a leader in technology and services for assessing, managing, and improving higher education. Nuventive's enterprise software solutions -- TracDat planning and assessment software, iWebfolio electronic portfolio system, and Insight software for presenting institution-wide initiatives -- equip individuals and organizations to meet demands for continuous quality and academic improvement. To learn more, visit www.nuventive.com.

OrgSync
OrgSync provides a centralized Campus Engagement Network that connects your students to organizations, programs, and departments on campus. Our platform is built using the latest technologies that create an online community for your campus and help improve communication, information sharing, and collaboration. The platform streamlines day-to-day operations, minimizes paper usage, drives student engagement, and tracks all co-curricular involvement data. Campuses may leverage the data collected in OrgSync to assess the impact of student involvement and co-curricular programming on overall student success and retention. To learn more, visit www.orgsync.com

Peg Jackson & Associates
Tragedies like the ones at Penn State and Virginia Tech need not happen on your campus. Peg Jackson & Associates is a consulting group specializing in risk management, contingency planning and compliance solutions for institutions of higher education. Inspired by her busy clients' needs, Dr. Jackson designed a streamlined method for emergency preparedness and contingency planning. Learn how to prepare for and effectively deal with crisis situations. For more information, come visit our booth in the Learning Commons Lounge or www.pegjackson.com

Scantron, an affiliate of GlobalScholar
Scantron, an affiliate of GlobalScholar, delivers assessment and survey solutions, allowing institutions to make informed decisions about instructional quality, improve effectiveness, and meet accreditation standards. Testing and evaluation management provide tools to improve recruitment, retention, and graduation rates. GlobalScholar encompasses the education offerings of Scantron, GlobalScholar and Spectrum K12. To learn more, visit www.scantron.com

Stevens Strategy
Stevens Strategy is a full-service consulting firm specializing in managing the process of strategic change in colleges, universities and schools. We offer professional services to the leaders of these institutions in the areas of Strategic Planning, Strategic Governance, Focused Strategic Analysis, Financial Analysis and Planning, Academic Program Review, and Institution-wide Policy Development. Our consultants have extensive experience serving colleges, universities and schools-including positions as present and former trustees, presidents, faculty, vice presidents and other senior staff-each with a particular area of expertise in higher education leadership and management. Our clients include independent and public institutions from the largest universities to the smallest colleges and schools in America and the world.  To learn more, visit www.StevensStrategy.com

The Learning House, Inc
The Learning House, Inc. is an online education solutions partner that helps colleges and universities develop and grow high-quality online degree programs and courses. Partnering with more than 100 colleges and universities in 30 states, Learning House offers a "no upfront cost" model that enables institutions to efficiently andaffordably achieve online education success. Learning House provides a comprehensive online campus solution that includes online course development and publishing, program marketing, enrollment management support, learning management system customization and hosting, faculty and staff training, 24/7 technology support, and industry best practices consulting. For more information, visit www.learninghouse.com

Three Rivers Systems Inc
Three Rivers Systems Inc. is the only privately held, independent, debt-free, one-stop company focused solely on high-quality academic ERP solutions exclusively for higher education. For more than 25 years from our St. Louis headquarters we have been keenly focused on innovation and service to our worldwide customers. Always innovating, we invest significant revenues back into product R&D to improve our existing products while developing new ones so our users always get the exact functionality, industry experience and accurate project management they need. Our business model and products are designed to ensure institutional effectiveness, more-efficient business processes, student success and satisfaction. To learn more, visit www.threerivers-cams.com

Tk20
Tk20 is a leading provider of campus-wide assessment management and reporting solutions for higher education. The Tk20 suite of solutions consists of two online systems. HigherEdTM is an assessment; accountability and management system to help colleges of education meet requirements for accreditation. The second system, CampusWideTM, is a comprehensive assessment and reporting system for a single-source, seamless view of the all the performance data of your institution. To learn more, visit www.tk20.com

WEAVE
Supported by a community of experienced assessment and planning professionals, our mission at WEAVE is to enrich education through better assessment and planning. For almost a decade, WEAVE has provided software to institutions of higher education to facilitate institutional and program-level processes for quality assurance and enhancement. In addition to providing WEAVEonline software, WEAVE is a community of expertise, including consulting and professional learning opportunities. To learn more, visit www.weaveonline.com