Student engagement and institutional assessment: Current trends and future possibilities

Abstract

With the National Survey of Student Engagement marking its 20th year, we invite participants to explore the trends and possibilities of engagement as a lens for examining institutional quality. This session, conducted as a research town hall, will focus on three broad areas: 1. Changing demographics—What are the emerging demographics on your campus? How will new kinds of students challenge and shape what we know about engagement? 2. Developments in teaching and learning—Do current measures of engagement adequately cover what is essential to the improvement of student learning? What new forms of engagement should we assess? 3. Approaches to assessment—What trends should a large-scale survey assessment project consider over the next decade to facilitate evidence-informed improvement? After briefly introducing each topic, the presenters will facilitate an active discussion with participants about the trends and possibilities at their institutions and in higher education overall.