Introduction

Our topic for Teaching and Learning Effectiveness Symposium 2005 centers on the Assessment and Enhancement of Adult Student Learning Outcomes. The Extended Campus Faculty Development and Benefits Committee was particularly interested in receiving papers related to the most appropriate methods relating to the enhancement (and appropriate assessment} of adult student course learning outcomes. An overarching academic quality schema of the Extended Campus centers on the annual development and updating of the course outline for each course in the Extended Campus catalog. Within each course outline are 10-12 adult student learning outcomes upon which the course is anchored. These learning outcomes must be faithfully transmitted to the course syllabus developed by contracted term faculty, and provide the cornerstone upon which all course lesson plans, exams, and general coursework are developed. Academic freedom, or the freedom to deliver a course in the best style benefiting the students and faculty member, begins after course learning outcomes anchor all coursework