2025 Participate in Research at the Assessment Institute
Join Erica Eckert, Assessment Update Associate Editor and Assistant Professor at Kent State University, by volunteering to participate in the program review in higher education research study during your time at the 2025 Assessment Institute in Indianapolis.
Research Study: Qualitative Study of Program Review in Higher Education
If you are engaged in work related to program review at the institutional or program level, we invite you to participate in this study. Please note that program review is a process distinct from accreditation, but often conducted in support of accreditation.
The research team, is specifically interested in how the program review process is structured, managed, and deployed in higher education. We also seek to understand the institutional impact and value attributed to program review. We hope to use the data from this study to better understand how program review works and provide guidance for institutional leaders on how to support and enhance the program review process. We welcome faculty, administrators (academic and student affairs), and other interested professionals to talk with us.
How to Participate
Participants will be asked to participate in a 45-minute interview (during a 60-minute time block) with a research team member during the 2025 Assessment Institute in Indianapolis, held Sunday, October 26, 2025, through Tuesday, October 28, 2025, at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown. Research participants must be registered Institute attendees to volunteer for these research studies.
To learn more about this study, please complete this form for more information and to indicate your interest in participating.
Note: These projects have been approved by the Kent State University Institutional Review Board; if you have any questions, please contact Erica Eckert at eeckert@kent.edu.