Survey Of Assessment Culture
The Survey of Assessment Culture:
- sparks dialogue into the state of assessment,
- provides an empirical foundation on factors influencing higher education cultures of assessment,
- serves as a framework for initiating a dialogue into what a culture of assessment looks like, why it exists, and how it evolves, and
- highlights similarities and uniqueness between higher education faculty, student affairs staff, and administrators' perspectives on assessment.
In its 20th year of administration, the Survey of Assessment Culture has been a trusted source of data on faculty, administrators, and student affairs leaders’ perspectives on institutional cultures of assessment. Institutions receive reports and data sets associated with participation in the Faculty, Administrators, or Student Affairs Surveys of Assessment Culture. There are Summer, Fall, and Spring administrations of each survey.
Spring dates:
Registration due: March 23, 2026
Launch date: April 7, 2026
Survey closes: May 8, 2026
Summer dates:
Registration due: May 18, 2026
Launch date: June 1, 2026
Survey closes: July 13, 2026
News: Email assessmentculture@shsu.edu to be added to a database for announcements or to learn about updates.
Registration Instructions
The next registration deadline is March 23rd, 2026 for the Spring 2026 administration period. . The Survey will launch to participating institutions’ contacts on April 7, 2026.
Thank you for participating in the Survey of Assessment Culture. We have developed a survey registration process that is minimally invasive of your faculty, administrators, and staff members' time and your time as well.
- Adherence to the stated criteria for inclusion is important to a sound research process. As such, please follow the criteria listed in the contact file template (provided below) closely to build your institution's contact file.
- Please provide institution (i.e. "@edu") or official email addresses in one column, with individual email addresses in each row.
- As this survey is CONFIDENTIALLY RECORDED, contact information such as names, phone numbers, etc. are not requested.
- Once you have filled out your institutions’ contact file, please attach it along with a signed Data Sharing Agreement to assessmentculture@shsu.edu.
- If you have any questions, please contact The Center for Assessment, Research and Educational Safety (assessmentculture@shsu.edu, (936) 294-1865) for assistance.
Contact Template File Data Sharing Agreement
Institutional contacts may scan and upload a signed copy of the Data Sharing Agreement (linked above) or can indicate they have read and agree to all the provisions in the Data Sharing Agreement by clicking the check box below. For those institutions uploading a scanned document, a fully executed agreement will be returned to you quickly. A response email will serve as the notice of execution for all other submissions.
Please email the following information to assessmentculture@shsu.edu
Contact Information
- Participant Institution
- First and Last Name
- Phone Number
- Email Address
- Title
- Department
In the spring 2026 semester, I would like to participate in:
- Administrator Survey of Assessment Culture
- Faculty Survey of Assessment Culture
- Student Affairs of Assessment Culture
Payment Information
- How will you be paying for the survey services, reports, and data? If paying by check, please mail your check in advance so it can be processed by March 30th, 2026.
- (Check or Credit Card)
- Is your institution tax exempt?
- (Yes/No)
Planning for Additional Questions?
If your institution is planning on administering additional questions at the end of the survey. We encourage institutions to review a copy of survey questions.
Have Questions?
Mailing address
P.O. Box 2530
Huntsville, TX 77341
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