2025 Call for Proposals
We would like to extend to you and your colleagues an invitation to submit a proposal for the 2025 Assessment Institute in Indianapolis, held October 26–28, 2025, at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown. The Institute is the oldest and largest U.S. event focused on assessing and improving higher education.
Please consider submitting a proposal on or before the priority deadline of Friday, February 28, 2025. We would be particularly pleased to receive proposals addressing any of the General Session Topics listed in the bullet points below.
The Assessment Institute is partnering with Research & Practice in Assessment (RPA), an online journal, to identify select sessions to be considered for the RPA Best Scholarly Presentation Award. Please see information below for details on how to be considered for this award.
Proposal Development Information Session Recording
Proposal Development Information Session Slides
Information Needed to Submit a Proposal
RPA's Best Scholarly Presentation Award
Submission Guidelines
Special Thematic Keynote Sessions
General Session Topics
Call for Proposal Submission Guidelines:
- All proposals and edits to previously completed proposals should be submitted online no later than 11:59 PM on Friday, February 28, 2025, which is our priority deadline for proposal receipt. We will accommodate additional proposals beyond this date as program space permits.
- You may submit multiple proposals; however, due to limited space not all proposals are guaranteed to be accepted.
- Please review the RPA Presentation Award Rubric before submitting your proposal. If you would like your presentation considered for the RPA's Best Scholarly Presentation Award, you should check the box for consideration when completing your proposal submission. If you do not wish to have your proposal considered, please do not check this box.
- The coordinating/main presenter will receive an email confirming that the proposal was successfully submitted.
- Preference will be given in the selection process to those proposals that include information about assessment findings and their use to improve student learning and/or institutional processes or services.
- If your proposal is accepted for a presentation at the Institute, all presenters are expected to pay registration fees and will need to register for the Institute via the Institute website.
- Proposal status notifications will be sent via email to the coordinating/main presenter listed on the proposal in April 2025.
Special Thematic Keynote Sessions:
In addition to the general session topics that follow, we will feature special thematic keynote sessions emphasizing:
General Session Topics:
We will present Pre-Institute Workshops, Concurrent 60-minute sessions, Rise-and-Shine 20-minute sessions, and poster sessions with assessment leaders and practitioners and additional learning opportunities emphasizing:
- Accreditation
- Analytics and Metrics
- Assessment in Online Courses and Programs
- Assessment Methods
- Campus Business Operations and Services
- Community Colleges
- Competency-Based Education and Assessment
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Emerging Trends in Assessment, including Artificial Intelligence
- Experiential Learning
- Faculty/Professional Development
- Fraternity and Sorority Life
- General Education
- Graduate/Professional Education
- HIPs in the States/High-Impact Practices
(HIPs include Capstone Courses and Projects, Collaborative Assignments and Projects, Common Intellectual Experiences, Diversity/Global Learning, ePortfolios, First-Year Seminars and Experiences, Internships, Learning Communities, Service Learning and Community-Based Learning, Undergraduate Research, and Writing-Intensive Courses) - Institution-Wide Data Collection/Use
- Leadership for Assessment
- Learning Improvement
- Major Fields
- National/State Initiatives
- STEM Education
- Strategy and Planning
- Student Affairs and Co-Curricular Programs and Services
- Student Partnership and Engagement in Assessment
- Undergraduate Education
- Use of Technologies in Assessment