In student affairs, we don’t often talk about benchmarking and how it can be used for improvement. I know I spend more time thinking about student learning or satisfaction as [...]

The National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (https://www.learningoutcomesassessment.org/) has an amazing wealth of resources for campuses interested in all aspects of assessment of student learning in higher education. There are [...]

Many student affairs/co-curricular programs have moved to a virtual environment, commonly on Zoom. This has changed the way we can do data collection with a “captive audience.” Before the pandemic, [...]

This academic year will be like no other that we have experienced in our lifetimes. So much change, so much still unknown. While it can cause us stress and anxiety, [...]

Last month I was asked to present at a virtual conference related to COVID-19 with a colleague from NYU. If you know me, you might be saying, “Darby, you are [...]

As we are gearing up for students to return to campus (in person or virtually), it’s time to start thinking about our program and service delivery. Obviously, I think that [...]

My last blog was about identifying your audience(s) to help prepare you to share assessment results. This time, I would like to address what you want them to know or [...]

As the academic year winds down, it’s a good time to reflect on what programs have accomplished, what students have learned, and what changes you want to make moving forward. [...]

Wow, our lives have been turned upside down in the last month. Lots of uncertainty. Lots of change. Lots of messages, sometimes changing daily or hourly. Did I mention lots [...]