AALHE 2018 Annual Conference

The session will offer a strategy for engaging the campus community in the regular collection, documentation, and sharing of assessment data that highlight and support the mission of the institution. Presenters will share how the accreditation and continuous improvement strategy was implemented in two very different educational settings: a private, highest-intensity research university and a small, for-profit online institution. They will demonstrate how the process utilizes technology to support ongoing assessment while organically promoting institutional improvement, and how use of the resulting data can inform an engaging self-study process regardless of institution classification. Participants will be asked to share challenges they face in the self-study cycle, comment on how the proposed process could be implemented in their unique setting, and brainstorm additional ways the strategy could engage faculty and staff.