Wednesday, June 11	Room
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A Practical Working Model for Program-Wide Curriculum Imbedded Assessment	Kierland 1A
Implementing An Authentic Assessment Strategy to Improve Students’ Achievement of General Education Learning Goals	Kierland 1B
Program Assessment of Student Learning: Keep it Simple	Kierland 2
Writing and Measuring Student Learning Outcomes in Academic Programs	Kierland 1C
Thursday, June 12	Room
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Assessment Through Learning Outcomes: A "How-To" Guide	Pathfinders
Building Assessment Capacity and Buy-In Among Student Affairs Professionals: A Curricular Model	Kierland 4C
Defining Intended Learning Outcomes: Essential Foundation for Effective Learning and Assessment	Cushing
Fostering Critical Thinking and Communication Skills	Kierland 4A
Navigating the Process of Student Learning Outcomes: Development, Evaluation, and Improvement	Tribal Room
New Student Affairs Assessment Professionals: I Got My Dream Job, Now What?	Mapmakers
Planning for Learning: Integrating Student Learning Outcomes in Program Strategic Planning	Powell
The "What," "How," and "So What?" of Assessment Measures	Kierland 4B
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Assessment for What?	Kierland 4A & 4B
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Advancing the assessment of quantitative and scientific reasoning: First-year results	Mapmakers
Connecting Assessment with Practice: Moving Information from Interesting to Valuable	Powell
Program Review: The Key to Student Success	Cushing
Strategy: improve student persistence in college majors through a cross-discipline introductory course.	Tribal Room
Utilizing Peer Leadership Toward a Systemic Approach to Student Learning Outcomes Design	Pathfinders
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Assessment in Student Affairs: O.A.S.I.S. or D.E.S.E.R.T.	Cushing
Improvements in Undergraduate Students Communication Skills Informed by Assessment Results	Mapmakers
Moving from “buy-in” to “process improvement” and to “planned change”	Powell
The Most At-Risk First Time in College Students: Using Assessment Techniques to Identify and Assist Them	Tribal Room
They're doing what online? Assessing college students' use of technology	Kierland 4C
Using CAS Standards and Review Process for Improving Student Learning and Program Outcomes	Pathfinders
Friday, June 13	Room
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
The Practical Assessment Community of Practice	Kierland 4C
The Student Affairs Planning and Reporting Template: Evaluating Learning and Development	Cushing
Trends in Financial Aid and Graduation Rates at Diverse Public 4-Year Institutions	Powell
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Learning Reconsidered: Implementing the Charge	Kierland 4A &4B
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Documenting assessment: How to improve assessment using formal, consistent, and informative reporting procedures	Mapmakers
Examining the Assessment Professional Development Needs of Student Affairs Educators	Tribal Room
Helping Students Know What They Know: Self-Monitoring As an Assessment Strategy	Merriam
Jumping Into Collaborative Assessment	Powell
Key General Education Outcomes through the Lenses of Four Instruments	Cushing
The Collaborative Assessment of Learning Outcomes in Student Affairs	Pathfinders
Winning With Youth: Identifying "At- risk" Students and Strategies for Their Success	Kierland 4C
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
2007 Student Affairs Assessment Professionals Survey: Results and Recommendations	Kierland 4C
Assessment for Learning, Teaching, & Accountability	Tribal Room
Assessment of Moral Reasoning in Two Faith Based Institutions	Cushing
Diverse Strategies for Retention of Probation Students	Pathfinders
Results from an Investigation of the relationship between Student Affairs Programs and Students GPA, Retention, & Health Status	Mapmakers
STUDENT SUCCESS MODEL: ASSESSMENT BASED INTERVENTIONS IMPACTING PSYCHOSOCIAL VARIABLES	Powell
The Consequences of Overlooking Consequential Validity	Merriam
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
A Learning Community Approach to Assessment of Higher Cognitive Skills	Pathfinders
Assessing Persistence: A Model for Improving Persistence and Organization Learning	Merriam
Assessing to Improve Diversity Learning in a Student Affairs Service Project Class	Powell
Assessment is Everyone's Responsibility: Paradise Valley Community College's Collaborative Assessment Efforts	Cushing
Improving Institutional Effectiveness, Description and Application of an Implementation Model	Kierland 4C
Using Portfolios to Assess the Outcomes of a Leadership Program	Mapmakers
Values, Use and Practical Philosophy: Beyond Methodology In Assessment Practice	Tribal Room
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Leading & Managing in Student Affairs Assessment	Kierland 4A
Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education	Kierland 4A
4:30 PM - 5:45 PM
A Model for Authentic Online Assessment of Graduate Learning	Powell
Building Connections Between Student and Academic Affairs One Person at a Time	Mapmakers
Can you hear me now? Keeping threats to validity from muffling assessment messages	Tribal Room
It Takes a University: Designing, Implementing and Assessing a System of Academic Probation and Intervention in Support of Student Retention &Success	Cushing
Making Assessments Matter to Students	Pathfinders
The Invisible Man: Factors Affecting the Retention of Low-income Black Male Collegians	Kierland 4C
Using Assessment Data to Impact Student Learning and Retention	Merriam
Saturday, June 14	Room
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Assessing Student Affairs: Consultations with Leaders of NASPA's Knowledge Community on Student Affairs Assessment	Mapmakers
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Assessing Learning Beyond the Classroom: When Student Affairs and Academics Join Forces	Kierland 4C
"This Is the House That Truman Built. Grassroots Buy-in for Assessment	Cushing
Assessing Student Acheivement in a First Year Seminar: A Portfolio of Artist Statements	Powell
Building Professional Competency for Effective Assessment Planning and Program Improvement	Tribal Room
Construct Definition: The Art (and Science) of Defining Constructs	Mapmakers
Multiple Perspectives on Directing Assessment in Student Affairs	Merriam
NASPA's Learning Reconsidered and CAS' FALDOs: To Use or Not to Use?	Pathfinders
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
CAS Standards & Assessment	Kierland 4A
Reflective Learning though E-Portfolios	Kierland 4B
11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Assessing Student Engagement in "High-Impact" Practices	Mapmakers
Assessing the Self: The Cornerstone of Life-long Learning and Institutional Assessment	Merriam
Developing and Assessing Students’ Complex Reasoning Abilities: Applications of the Reflective Judgment Model	Pathfinders
First-Year ePortfolios: An Initiative to Involve Freshmen in an Assessment of Their Personal Success	Cushing
Implementing a Readiness Tool to Increase Persistence and Improve Individual Student Success	Kierland 4C
Instrument Selection: Best Practices for Choosing Defensible Assessment Instruments	Powell
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Assessment in Action: Developing a Campus-Specific Retention Strategy Map	Culturekeepers Hall South
Comparing Senior and Sophomore Knowledge and Confidence Concerning Academic Advising	Culturekeepers Hall South
Engaging in rigorous instrument development to increase the validity of assessment results	Culturekeepers Hall South
Improving Student Success and Persistence Easily	Culturekeepers Hall South
Quick, easy steps to coordinate student affairs assessment without a full-time professional	Culturekeepers Hall South
Student Development in Learning Communities: A Collaborative Effort	Culturekeepers Hall South
The CLASS Action Survey: Assessment of a Course for College Student Persistence	Culturekeepers Hall South
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
A New Game Plan: Hitting assessment and learning out of the park!	Powell
Challenges and Opportunities of Assessing Student Learning: Online vs. Ground Classrooms	Mapmakers
Improve Student Retention by Integrating Institutional Changes, Student Resources and Technology.	Kierland 4C
iStartSmart: College Student Success Project	Cushing
Linking assessment to the bigger picture: Strategies for assessment planning and documentation	Kierland 4B
Mapping Leadership Skills to Activities: Transforming Student Stories Into a Useful Tool	Tribal Room
What Can Institutional Research Do for You?	Pathfinders
2:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Assessing Co-Curricular Learning	Kierland 4A
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
A Model to Predict Risk of Attrition of Individual Students	Cushing
BEYOND COMPLIANCE: MAKE ASSESSMENT WORK AS A COLLABORATIVE STUDENT SUCCESS-CENTERED PROCESS	Powell
Developing Institute Wide Student Learning Outcomes	Tribal Room
From Infancy to Adolescence: Growing Assessment from the Grass Roots	Mapmakers
Helping Faculty Assess Concerning Student Behavior inside the Classroom	Kierland 4C
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Assessing Student Affairs: Consultation Sessions with Leaders of NASPA's Knowledge Community on Assessment	Kierland 4B
Creative Strategiies to Retain Students on Academic Probation	Mapmakers
Retaining African American Male Students: A Community of Practice Approach	Powell
Sunday, June 15	Room
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Cultivating common ground: Determining division-wide student affairs learning and development outcomes	Kierland 4C
Cycling Toward Greater Student Engagement and Learning Outcomes	Cushing
Enhancing Student Success: Using NSSE & BCSSE Data to Shape Student Engagement	Tribal Room
Strategies for Crafting Important Conversations	Powell
The ACHA-National College Health Assessment: Using Assessment to Build Healthy Campus Communities	Kierland 4B
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
The Meaning & End of Assessment	Kierland 4A
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Designing Outcomes-Based Assessment Plans in the Division of Student Affairs	Kierland 4B
Developing a Culture of Student Learning Outcomes Assessment	Kierland 4C
Improving Learning, Persistence, and Transparency by Writing for the NASPA Journal	Powell
Scoring Rubric Development: A Tool for Learning across Student and Academic Affairs	Tribal Room
Using an Academic Enhancement Program to Retain Academically At-Risk Students	Cushing