Differences in student affairs assessment culture by institutional size and geographic region

To provide insight for key stakeholders in divisions of student affairs, an inquiry was made as to whether differences were present in student affairs assessment culture as a function of institutional size, geographic region, and institutional size and geographic region. Thus, a factorial multivariate analysis of variance was conducted utilizing existing nationwide data from the Student Affairs Survey of Assessment Culture. Results indicated no statistically significant differences were present based on institutional size, but statistically significant differences were present based on geographic region and both institutional size and geographic region. The findings indicated that decision-makers should not consider their institution’s size when managing assessment culture. However, researchers should explore the influence of the observed differences in future studies.