Elevate

About Elevate

Elevate is an exciting new event designed specifically for institutional effectiveness (IE) professionals. Join us to explore innovative strategies, share best practices, and advance the future of assessment, accreditation, and continuous improvement in higher education. 

This game-changing virtual event goes beyond the user conference experience at Anthology Together 2025 (AT25) in Las Vegas. In place of a dedicated IE track at AT25, we’re focusing our energy on delivering an exciting new full-day experience—offering 20+ sessions dedicated to the trends, solutions, and strategies that matter most to IE leaders, such as:

• Innovative approaches to accreditation and assessment
• Data-informed decision-making
• Faculty and stakeholder engagement
• Technology and innovation in institutional effectiveness
• Collaboration and institutional excellence

Who is this event for?

This event brings together institutional effectiveness professionals, assessment leaders, and academic decision makers for a dynamic, solution-focused experience. Whether you're a director of assessment, institutional effectiveness, or institutional research; an accreditation liaison; an academic leader (such as a provost, dean, or department chair); or a faculty member involved in program review or learning outcomes assessment—this event is for you. Together, we’ll explore practical strategies and tools that empower institutions to enhance student learning and advance data-informed decision-making and continuous improvement.

Call for Proposals

Important dates

• April 21: Call for Proposals opens
• May 27: Call for Proposals closes
• Week of June 18: Accept/regret notifications sent
• July 1: Session schedule released
• Week of July 21: Presenter training

Proposal themes

Innovative Approaches to Accreditation & Assessment

• Institutional and programmatic accreditation strategies
• Sustainable assessment processes that engage faculty and staff
• Leveraging assessment data for decision-making and continuous improvement

Data-Informed Decision-Making

• Turning assessment data into actionable insights for student learning and institutional growth
• Creating a culture of data-informed decision-making across campus
• Implementing change management strategies for institutional effectiveness

Faculty & Stakeholder Engagement

• Best practices for engaging faculty and staff in assessment and planning
• Communicating assessment results effectively to drive institutional change
• Fostering collaboration across academic affairs, student affairs, and institutional research

Technology & Innovation in Institutional Effectiveness

• Technology-driven solutions for streamlining institutional effectiveness processes
• Using learning outcomes assessment to improve student success and equity
• Closing the loop: Translating student feedback into meaningful institutional action

Collaboration & Institutional Excellence

• Breaking down silos to enhance institutional effectiveness
• The role of institutional effectiveness in supporting teaching and learning excellence
• Strengthening partnerships between academic leadership, institutional research, and IT