AoL and Assessment Conference

Begin the final day with networking over refreshments. Reflect on the insights gained and prepare for the final sessions.

Connect with peers, meet exhibitors, and explore fresh ideas in the Exhibitor Showcase, a space designed to help you build relationships, discover new solutions, and make the most of your time at the conference.

Many schools collect substantial amounts of indirect assessment data but underutilize it within their Assurance of Learning systems. This session focuses on how institutions can leverage indirect measures already collected, such as course evaluations, student surveys, alumni feedback, and employer surveys. The session presents a framework for identifying existing indirect data sources and using the results to support meaningful program improvements. It also explores how to evaluate gaps in current evidence and selectively create and add new indirect measures that are purposeful, low-burden, and aligned with institutional priorities. Participants will gain practical strategies for making indirect measures more actionable.

Enjoy coffee and refreshments while connecting with colleagues and peers. Take this opportunity to visit the Exhibitor Showcase and discover new ideas and partnerships. Be sure to stop by the Discover AACSB area to explore our full range of offerings – from the Academy to technology, data, and other valuable resources designed to support your institution’s success.

This session explores how business schools can align existing quality assurance practices with Assurance of Learning (AoL) in ways that are compliant, meaningful, and sustainable. Using the University of Bath School of Management as a case example, presenters share key stages of their AoL approach, reflect on common challenges and pitfalls, and discuss strategies for embedding AoL within established quality enhancement processes—supporting faculty engagement while meeting AACSB expectations.

Repeating one of the most popular sessions from the 2025 AoL and Assessment Conference! AI offers tempting efficiency in assessment, automating tasks like feedback, data analysis, and report generation. While its potential for program assessment is vast, we must consider the impact on faculty engagement. Simply asking "how" to use AI overlooks "should" and "when." Offloading critical assessment tasks risks diminishing faculty involvement and the culture of learning assurance. This session proposes a model to align AI deployment with a school's assessment culture. Participants will assess their own culture to determine appropriate AI integration.

This session explores how Assurance of Learning (AoL) can inform meaningful, mission‑driven curriculum decisions—even within complex program portfolios with shared curricular components. Grounded in AACSB’s emphasis on distinction and continuous improvement, presenters demonstrate how learning goals, assessment evidence, and curriculum mapping can be intentionally aligned to guide faculty‑owned discussions about where and how curriculum change is needed. Participants will gain practical approaches for organizing efficient AoL processes, maintaining faculty engagement, and embedding assessment evidence into program governance to support purposeful curriculum improvement.

Turning Assurance of Learning (AoL) data into clear insight and documented improvement remains a challenge for many business schools. This session demonstrates how business schools can strengthen AoL by building clear, faculty‑driven data systems that move beyond collection to insight and action. Participants will gain practical ideas for organizing AoL data, enhancing analytics capability, and creating a reviewer‑ready record of continuous improvement aligned with AACSB expectations.

Critical thinking is a core learning goal valued by employers, yet many institutions struggle to teach and assess it consistently across disciplines. This session introduces the PACADI method (Problem, Alternatives, Criteria, Analysis, Decision, Implementation) as a structured approach to case analysis that makes students’ reasoning visible and measurable. By embedding PACADI into coursework, business schools can generate consistent Assurance of Learning evidence, support curriculum improvement, and strengthen managerial decision‑making skills.

Following the successful completion of a recent AACSB reaccreditation visit, this session examines how one college used its Assurance of Learning (AoL) framework to redesign how strategy and impact are developed and sustained across the college. As accreditation cycles extend and resources tighten, the college realized and activated faculty-driven processes to reimagine strategic planning, curriculum management, innovation, and societal impact initiatives. Emphasizing governance, alignment, and efficiency, this session presents a practical, transferable approach for using AoL as strategic infrastructure. Participants will gain actionable insights for leveraging AoL processes to support long-term strategies, accountability, and impact in complex academic environments.

Connect with peers, meet exhibitors, and explore fresh ideas in the Exhibitor Showcase, a space designed to help you build relationships, discover new solutions, and make the most of your time at the conference.

Panelists will share what they look for during peer review visits, key documentation schools should provide, and priorities for PRT preparation. Attendees will gain practical insights and have the opportunity to engage directly with panelists through Q&A.

Repeating one of the most popular sessions from the 2025 AoL and Assessment Conference! This interactive session will lead participants to advance and expand their thinking about the curriculum mapping process and uses of curriculum maps beyond mere placement of course-embedded measures. We will consider the utility of accurate curriculum maps as opposed to ideal curriculum maps. Further, we will explore how curriculum maps can be applied beyond basic course alignment, including in assessment, curriculum management, and strategic areas like technology integration and societal impact. This session will provide examples of: 1) advanced course alignment matrices for gathering curriculum mapping data, and 2) curriculum maps that reveal information beyond learning objective coverage and course-embedded assessments.