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What Is a System of Reference? Higher Ed Data Governance Explained
Somewhere in your environment, there is a query with a forty-line WHERE clause.It excludes study-abroad students, because they broke a retention report in 2017. It excludes...
How To Manage Academic Program Costs Without Compromising Your Mission
When significant financial changes are necessary, an institution must look beyond administrative costs to its core academic enterprise. While academic programs are the heart...
5 make-or-break steps for successful assessment management platform adoption
In fall 2022, Alaina Walton, Director of Academic Assessment at Stockton University, was given what sounded like a straightforward task: find and implement an assessment...
Connecting the Dots: The Case for a Unified Assessment Solution
I recently did one of those “murder mystery in a box” games with friends.
Turning Data Into Direction: Making Learning Outcomes Count
In the bustling corridors of higher education, data is everywhere. But without purposeful action, even the most meticulously gathered data can become just another report...
Using a SWOT Analysis to Supercharge Your Institutional Assessment
Let’s be real—assessment in higher education can sometimes feel a lot like herding cats. By that I mean: chaotic, can get a “little hairy”, and some people definitely seem to...
5 Benefits of Shifting to an Accreditation & Assessment Platform
Institutions across the country are continually seeking ways to better capture assessment data, bring uniformity to their process, and make the results efficiently and...
Unpacking the New WASC Standards for Evidence-Based Improvement
Disjointed and hard-to-access data is one of the biggest challenges facing higher ed institutions today. Or is it an opportunity? Acknowledging your obstacles to centralize...
Four Assessment Trends in Higher Education
The word "Authentic" was selected as the 2023 word of the year by the Merriam-Webster dictionary; it was one of the most reviewed words in the dictionary's 500,000 entries....
MSCHE Revised Its Evidence Requirements—Are you ready?
In July 2023, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) launched its newly revised accreditation standards which explicitly call for more concrete evidence of...
Can Your Institution Withstand Shocks to the System? Accreditors Want You to Prove It
While higher ed is slowly bouncing back from the pandemic, adjusting to the ‘new normal’ remains a challenge. This is apparent in the ongoing exodus ofcollege president...

