2024 Assessment Institute Special Themes and General Topics

The Assessment Institute in Indianapolis provides a wide array of educational opportunities, including Featured Speakers, Pre-Institute Workshops, and sessions organized around 25+ topic areas. These formats address a range of themes and general topics, allowing attendees to select sessions that align with their interests and professional needs. See below for a comprehensive list of special themes and general topics.

Special Thematic Plenary/Keynote Sessions:

In addition to the general session topics that follow, we will feature special thematic plenary/keynote sessions emphasizing:

• Engaged Learning
• Inclusive Environments
• Innovative Instruction
• Strategic Directions
• Student Success

General Session Topics:

In addition, 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
• Experiential Learning
• Faculty/Professional Development
• Fraternity and Sorority Life
• General Education
• Graduate/Professional Education
• Grand Challenges in Assessment
• HBCU Collaborative for Excellence in Educational Quality Assurance (HBCU‑CEEQA)
• 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