Assessment
Welcome to the University of San Diego Student Affairs Assessment Website
Mission: The mission of Student Affairs Assessment & Research is to promote a culture of evidence based decision-making throughout the division to continually advance co-curricular programming and services for our students. This is achieved through ongoing training, consultation, and support of all activities in the assessment cycle (Yousey-Elsener, 2013), from identifying outcomes to implementing change based on findings.
Vision: Every Student Affairs professional will leverage assessment to inform their work.
Values:- Purposeful: Assessment needs to have goals that align with the organization and can be measured. The findings then need to inform decisions moving forward.
- Trusting: Assessment can be a vulnerable process, but it is all about learning and growth; it is not punitive.
- Collaborative: Assessment should leverage the strengths of the entire division. Each individual brings their own knowledge, experience, and ideas to the process.
- Respectful: The assessment process should be respectful of staff and students.





