ACPA’s Student Affairs Assessment Institute, sponsored by the Commission for Assessment and Evaluation, provides a guided, curricular experience where participants can develop essential assessment knowledge and skills for their professional toolkit. It offers a balance of instruction and hands-on experience designed to ensure attendees leave with the assessment skills and knowledge necessary to develop and execute quality assessment plans on their campuses.

Whether you are brand new to assessment, taking on new responsibilities in your individual unit, or charged with developing a division-wide plan for assessment, the ACPA Student Affairs Assessment Institute is the answer for your professional development needs! The Institute is focused on providing developmental assessment knowledge and may not be the best professional development opportunity for more advanced practitioners.
INSTITUTE TRACKS

Assessment Institute attendees have the opportunity to select their track when they register for the Institute, making the experience educationally catered to each registrants professional journey. Tracks help guide attendees session selections at the Institute based on their focus area or role with assessment.

The following tracks will be offered at the 2024 Institute:

• Foundations Track  – Sessions will be focused on building foundational assessment knowledge and skills for individuals with limited training or experience with assessment. If you’re new to assessment, regardless of your position, this is where to start. Topics include: assessment cycle, basic terminology, data ethics, writing learning and program outcomes, basic quantitative and qualitative methods, and reporting results.
   
• Practitioners Track – Sessions will be focused on expanding assessment knowledge and skills for individuals tasked with championing assessment for one or more departments. If you’ve done some assessment but want to improve your ability to meet the assessment element of your job description, this is for you. Topics include: more advanced quantitative and qualitative methods, survey design, interviews & focus groups, data cleaning and analysis, and data visualization.
   
• Administrator Track – Sessions will discuss how to lead sustainable, equity-centered assessment and focus on strategies for effectively influencing change as a student affairs leader. Topics include: equity-centered assessment, effective storytelling, leadership, change management, navigating politics, and career trajectories. Leave the institute as a stronger, more impactful leader who advocates for and enables data-informed student success.

PLEASE NOTE: In order to qualify for member rates for the ACPA’s Student Affairs Assessment Institute, membership with ACPA must be valid through 28 June 2024. You must have your own individual membership. ACPA Members who purchase a Student Affairs Assessment Institute Registration understand their membership needs to be active through 28 June 2024. If it is not active prior to the start of the Student Affairs Assessment Institute you will not be provided with your Student Affairs Assessment Institute Event credential unless you renew your membership or pay the difference between the non-member and member registration cost.

Registrations can be paid by check, VISA, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express. All fees must be prepaid. Purchase orders are not accepted. Refunds will be given for cancellations, received in writing at ACPA by 23 May 2024. Registrations can also be withdrawn by registrants by using the event registration system through 23 May 2024. After 21 May 2023 there are no refunds. ACPA reserves the right to charge a service fee of US$50 for returned checks. Registrations are non-transferable. The conference may be cancelled or postponed due to insufficient enrollment or other unforeseen circumstances. In this case, the fees will be fully refunded; however, ACPA will not be responsible for other additional costs, charges or expenses, including cancellation/change charges assessed by airlines and/or travel agencies.