International Center for Student Success & Institutional Accountability

The International Center for Student Success and Institutional Accountability (ICSSIA) offers programs and services that aim to promote success and strengthen outcomes for all students in higher education. ICSSIA responds to the robust commitment of professionals throughout higher education to do their best work; its purpose is to keep the promise of higher education for every student.

Designed primarily to focus on practice rather than policy issues, ICSSIA’s portfolio includes:

Needs assessments
Capacity-building through professional development and training experiences
Independent applied research on learning, assessment, and retention,
Communities of practice in key topic areas
Dissemination of best practices
An annual international conference focused on assessment, retention, and institutional effectiveness, and
An interactive, Web-based, user-oriented library of tools and resources.

2008 International Assessment & Retention Conference
June 11 - 15, 2008
Scottsdale, AZ
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Assessment Reconsidered: Institutional Effectiveness for Student Success
Richard P. Keeling, Andrew F. Wall, Ric Underhile, Gwendolyn J. Dungy

Assessment Reconsidered: Institutional Effectiveness for Student Success promotes the shared ownership of assessment planning among faculty, student affairs educators, administrators, and students. As a project of the International Center for Student Success & Institutional Accountability (ICSSIA), Assessment Reconsidered focuses on the collaborative use of all campus resources in promoting student success. This illuminating work helps both student affairs professionals and faculty members address internal and public questions about the functioning of postsecondary institutions by reconsidering assessment policies, patterns, and practices in colleges and universities. [purchase from NASPA bookstore]