Assessment in Student Affairs: Tough Times Call for Good Measures

The ACPA Student Affairs Assessment Institute will be held June 18-20 in Austin, Texas.

In the last two decades, legislative bodies, students, and parents have demanded greater accountability from higher education. Student affairs divisions are not exempt from this challenge. As educators, we are called upon to assess the impact our programs and services have on students in areas such as leadership development, critical thinking, ethical development, and interpersonal relations. The 2009 ACPA Student Affairs Assessment Institute is designed primarily for student affairs professionals new to assessment to develop the assessment skills and knowledge to meet these emergent needs, but will also be of interest to other higher education professionals seeking to build assessment skills.

Keynote speakers include John H. Schuh, Trudy W. Banta, Susan R. Komives and Marilee Bresciani.

Early-bird registration ends June 4, 2009. To register online visit: http://members.myacpa.org/Scripts/4Disapi.dll/4DCGI/events/Register.html?Action=Register&ConfID_W=171

For additional information about the institute, visit http://www.myacpa.org/pd/assessment

Sherry Ann Woosley
Associate Director of Institutional Effectiveness
Office of Academic Assessment and Institutional Research
Ball State University
sawoosley@bsu.edu