On Solid Ground: Value Report 2017"This report is the beginning of a long-term effort to forefront the work institutions are doing to demonstrate student achievement across learning outcomes that are essential to students’ long-term success regardless of major, program of study, or institution attended. Further, the VALUE initiative draws upon the expertise, experience and judgment of those who are most closely connected to
students’ formal learning—the faculty and other educators involved in the curriculum and co-curriculum. By focusing on the work students produce and the assignments faculty develop, VALUE is turning a spotlight on the quality of students’ abilities to apply, make sense of, and contribute their knowledge by focusing on what they do well and what they can do to further enhance their learning.
What follows provides a fuller picture of the findings and their meaning"