Washington Center Summer Institute for Improving Undergraduate Education

This year we have partnered with dynamic organizations to offer you in-depth pre-institute sessions. Included in your team registration is the opportunity to attend one of three partner sessions to kick-off your experience at the institute. We begin our spotlight of these partner sessions with…

Turning Evidence into More Equitable Outcomes for Students: Lessons from the National Institute for Learning Outcomes (NILOA) and the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)
Facilitated by Pat Hutchings (NILOA) and Jillian Kinzie (NSSE)

This pre-conference session is an opportunity to explore a central theme of the Institute and an important component in campus action plans: how to use student learning outcomes assessment to create a culture of ongoing improvement.  We’ll begin with your questions and experiences about assessment—both challenges and successes—building toward a set of principles for effective practice based on and supported by resources from NILOA and NSSE.  The goal is to help you build assessment into your campus action plan in a way that will support your most important goals—for more and better student learning, more equitable outcomes, stronger curricular and co-curricular connections, and more effective teaching.