Faculty development centers face many challenges including shrinking resources whileprovidingan increasing array ofprograms and services to enhance learning. Needs assessment can beseen asa valuable toolto help centersfocus effOrts to meet the mostsalient needs relevant to the institutional mission. This chapter describes a faculty development needs assessment project that was implemented at a large public institution. Data collected was usedtofocus programming and guidedecision-making. Based upon a presentation at the 2002 POD conjerence, selected needs assessment findings and theirprogrammatic implications for the center are presented.T eaching and learning centers at large public institutions of higher education face many challenges. One of these is decreasing state appropriations to support programming for faculty development centers. As a result, there is an increasing calI for centers to move beyond anecdotal evidence of effectiveness and to provide empirical data that illustrate their impact on teaching and student learning, as well as user characteristics and demand for services.Another challenge faculty developers (tee is the emergence of many new and exciting learning-centered initiatives in higher education. Reaching beyond skiIls and activities, teaching and learning centers are asked to incorporate broad new initiatives such as service learning. learning communities, outcomes assessment, peer review. and electronic portfolio development. Some of these learning innovations are at the heart of the institution's mission and active in-1/
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