2012 Assessment Conferences
Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education (AALHE)
Albuquerque, NM, June 3-5, 2012: Proposals due by 2/8/12
"The Well-Rounded Assessment Practitioner: Exploring the Skills, Knowledge, and Art of the Assessment Profession in Higher Education"
Scope: National; Audience: Discipline Based, Multidisciplinary, Student Services, Institutional Research, Assessment Officers, Administrative Officers
2012 Institute on High-Impact Practices and Student Success
AAC&U
Portland State University, Portland, OR, June 19-23, 2012: Application Deadline 3/1/12
Scope: "The Institute on High-Impact Practices and Student Success is designed to help campus, system, or regional collaborative teams (faculty, student affairs professionals, institutional leaders, students). The institute curriculum addresses the challenge of leading for change in an era of austerity. It offers innovative models for program implementation and assessment. The program will be of particular interest to campus- or system-wide cross-functional teams working on programmatic curricular and co-curricular change, assessment of new or existing programs or practices, or development of effective institutional collaborations. The institute is also ideal for teams working on accreditation."
8th Annual Academic Assessment Summer Institute
New England Educational Assessment Network (NEEAN)
Keene State College, NH, June 7-8, 2012
"The NEEAN Summer Academic Institute supports college and university faculty and administrators as they strengthen their assessment efforts and link campus assessment processes with curriculum design, delivery, improvement, and accreditation expectations."
Scope: Administrators, staff and/or faculty responsible for coordinating campus assessment efforts; administrators and faculty responsible for official communication to accreditors
2012 Institute on High-Impact Practices and Student Success
AAC&U
Portland State University, Portland, OR, June 19-23, 2012: Applications due 3/1/12
Scope: " The Institute on High-Impact Practices and Student Success is designed to help campus, system, or regional collaborative teams (faculty, student affairs professionals, institutional leaders, students). The institute curriculum addresses the challenge of leading for change in an era of austerity. It offers innovative models for program implementation and assessment. The program will be of particular interest to campus- or system-wide cross-functional teams working on programmatic curricular and co-curricular change, assessment of new or existing programs or practices, or development of effective institutional collaborations. The institute is also ideal for teams working on accreditation."
2012 Institute on Integrative Learning and the Departments: Faculty Leadership for the 21st Century
AAC&U
The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, July 11-15, 2012: Application deadline 3/16/12
Scope: "Teams of faculty and administrators who are working to articulate and link departmental, general education, and institutional-level learning goals; encourage innovative teaching, learning, and assessment practices among their colleagues; and align institutional structures to reward and sustain learning success."
Assessment in the Arts Conference
Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design (RMCAD)
Denver, CO, July 20-22, 2012: Submissions due by 2/1/12
"The Assessment in the Arts Conference will add to the body of knowledge of assessment, specifically in creative academic programs. How the arts can be appropriately assessed for accreditation, techniques and possible spectrum of providing assessment feedback and the improvement of student learning will be focal points. Keynote speakers, Olivia Gude, Stacie Rohrbach, and Karol Gates, along with a variety of art and academic professionals will present ideas and practices that have contributed to the development of assessment in creative higher education disciplines."
College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, November 2, 2012: Submission deadline 6/28/12
"Connecting with incoming students: Making the transition work"
Keynote speaker: Dr. Jose Crux, VP for Higher Education and Policy, The Education Trust
Scope: "Forum attendees are interested in sessions that go beyong describing assessment processes in order to provide specific examples of assessment results and examples of how the results are being used to inform institutional practices."
International HETL Conference: Exploring Spaces for Learning
Higher Education Teaching & Learning Association
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, January 13-15, 2013: Proposals due 5/18/12
"The conference will feature three content tracks: Track 1: Engaging and retaining students using cutting-edge technologies; Track 2: Engaging and retaining students using innovative pedagogies; and Track 3: Engaging and retaining students using international collaborations."
Scope: Representatives from all countries and from institutions of all types and missions, including: higher education administrators and managers, higher education faculty and scholars from across the disciplines, graduate students interested in higher education pedagogy, instructional technologists and faculty developers, and leaders in campus design and strategic planning.
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