2025 Conference Theme:

Strengthening Community, Networks, and Practices to Prepare for Tomorrow's Opportunities

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San Antonio, Texas | October 6th-8th

 

​We invite you and your colleagues to join us for the 2025 Texas Association for Higher Education Assessment (TxAHEA) Conference.  TxAHEA will host its annual conference in San Antonio, Texas, at the Drury Plaza Hotel San Antonio River Walk on October 6th-8th.  This conference brings together higher education professionals across Texas and the surrounding states to network and share innovative ideas about accreditation and assessment.

 

The Association is accepting proposals through April 30th.  

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The planning committee welcomes proposals regarding:

• Assessing student learning and success

• Assessing administrative units

• General education assessment

• Interdisciplinary or cross-departmental assessment

• Engaging faculty and staff with assessment and accreditation

• Collaborations among colleagues: faculty, librarians, student success professionals, student support staff, technology staff, and graduate students

• Distance education

• Student Affairs assessment

• SACSCOC and other accreditations

 

TxAHEA is a conference for all! We encourage proposals from:

• All higher education institutions (two-year, four-year, public, private, graduate institutions)

• First-time presenters

• Student and faculty partner presentations

• Experienced professionals

 

Sessions are 50-minutes and can be a 

• Presentation: 40-minute presentation from 1-4 presenters, concluding with a 10-minute Q&A.

• Discussion: 1-2 discussion leaders provide a short topic introduction and then use guided questions to promote group discussion.

• Panel: A moderator and several panelists who provide a variety of perspectives on a topic. Panels provide an opportunity to examine a specific assessment or accreditation problem or topic from a variety of perspectives. Panelists can be in a variety of roles (faculty, staff, administrator) and a variety of institutions (two-year, four-year, small, large, public, and private). Organizers of these panels propose the topic, identify participants, and detail the agenda to be used.

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For more information, feel free to contact Michelle Byrne, TxAHEA Proposals Committee Co-Chair.

Email: txahea@gmail.com

Phone: (210) 999-7156

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Conference registration opens soon.  We look forward to seeing you there!

 

Sincerely,

TxAHEA Planning Committee