Application Process Overview

Please read the following information before beginning your institution’s application.

Application Submission

The application deadline for the fall 2023 Assessment Academy cohort is June 30, 2023. Applications will only be accepted through the online form below; please do not send applications via email or on paper.

Please note: Information entered in the form cannot be saved until the form is completed and submitted; HLC recommends that you enter your responses and submit the form in one continuous session. Required questions are marked with an asterisk (*). You may wish to prepare your responses in advance and copy and paste them into the form.

The application must include contact information for a member of the institution’s faculty, staff or administration who will serve as the primary contact for HLC regarding the institution’s Academy participation. (If accepted, the institution may change its primary contact by providing notice to HLC at any time during its participation in the Academy.) The name and email address of the institution’s CEO are also required so that a confirmation of the application may be sent to the CEO.

Criteria for Selection to the Academy

Institutions applying to the Academy are evaluated and selected according to their demonstrated fulfillment of the following criteria:

1. Need prompted by current opportunities, challenges or barriers to assessment of student learning.
2. Evidence that Academy participation would be significant and challenging to the institution and could result in broad, meaningful impact on assessment of student learning.
3. Alignment of Academy participation goals with the strategic priorities of the institution.
4. Expectations, commitment level and desired results appropriate to the purposes and intent of the Academy.