Student Affairs Assessment (PDF)

Gavin W. Henning is Professor of Higher Education at New England College in New Hampshire where he directs the Master of Science in Higher Education Administration and Doctorate of Education programs. Gavin is a past president of ACPA - College Student Educators International as well as a past president of the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS). He has over 20 years' experience in higher education assessment and institutional research and frequently consults and presents regionally, nationally, and internationally on the topic. His scholarship includes over 90 peer-reviewed presentations and over 90 invited presentations and keynotes regarding assessment. In addition, he has published articles and books on assessment including Student Affairs Assessment: Theory and Practice with Darby Roberts that serves as the foundational text for assessment courses in many higher education graduate programs. Gavin earned his Ph.D. in Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of New Hampshire. Darby Roberts is director of Student Life Studies in the Division of Student Affairs at Texas A&M University, and a faculty member in the Student Affairs Administration and Higher Education master's program. She is a past co-chair for the NASPA Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Knowledge Community, co-editor of Learning is Not a Sprint: Assessing and Documenting Student Leader Learning in Co-curricular Involvement, and a founding member of SAAL. Darby focuses on student learning in the co-curricular to move the profession, institutions, divisions, and departments forward in documenting the learning that occurs outside the classroom. Marilee J. Bresciani Ludvik is Professor for Postsecondary Education and Co-Director of the Center for Educational Leadership, Innovation, and Policy, San Diego State University. She was formerly Assistant Vice President for Institutional Assessment at Texas A&M University. She has conducted outcomes asses