Planning and Assessment
DSA Engage to Innovate Strategic Planning Process
In the fall of 2023, the Vice President for Student Affairs administered a survey to all division staff to kick off the Engage toInnovate strategic planning process. The survey identified the shared values, strengths, potential growth areas, and strategic priorities held by varying staff across Student Affairs.
After careful review of the survey data in Spring 2024, the Student Affairs Leadership Team comprised of unit directors, drafted the division’s first iteration of the six strategic priorities and focal areas.
In Summer 2024, the Strategic Planning Workgroup formed to gather input from students, faculty, staff, campus and community partners on each of the priorities. Through facilitated formal and informal focus groups and visioning sessions, members of the Strategic PlanningWorkgroup developed recommendations for specific tactics, metrics, and timelines to carry out each strategic priority and focal area over the next five years.
In Spring 2025, the Student Affairs Leadership Team reconvened to develop a new mission, vision, and values statement for the Division of Student Affairs informed by everything learned during the strategic planning process.
In Summer 2025, the five-year DSA Strategic Plan will be finalized and put into action thanks to the efforts of dedicated staff. The plan is under the stewardship of the Student Affairs Leadership Team and continues to be a living, evolving document guiding the future of the division.
Assessment in the Division of Student Affairs
At The University of New Mexico, the Division of Student Affairs is committed to advancing student development and success, which includes engagement in co-curricular assessment practices.
We focus on enhancing operational effectiveness and contributing to co-curricular student learning through annual assessment projects and participation in comprehensive program reviews utilizing the Council for the Advancement of Standards (CAS) functional area and general standards.
The Division of Student Affairs aims to foster a culture of data-informed continuous improvement among all student affairs units by:
- Coordinating divisional assessment activities and CAS program reviews
- Providing guidance and support on unit-level student affairs assessment projects, with an emphasis on meeting the unique needs of units
- Offering trainings, workshops, drop-in support, and online educational resources that promote effective strategies for planning, implementing, documenting, analyzing, and closing the loop on student affairs assessment
- Collaborating with key campus partners to support institutional assessment efforts
Get Assessment Support
Student Affairs Units can request one-on-one support for their assessment projects in one of three ways:
Submit an Assessment Support Request
For questions about upcoming workshops or trainings, please contact Tina Zuniga, Program Planning Officer for Assessment at zunigat@unm.edu
Spring 2025 Assessment Workshops
The Division of Student Affairs is hosting a series of bi-weekly, in-person assessment professional development workshops in Spring 2025. A virtual, on-demand version of the workshop and resources shared will be available within one week following the in-person date.
- Strengthening Capacity for Assessment - February 5, 2 pm to 3 pm
- CAS Standards 101 - February 21, 10 am to 11 am
- Using Existing Data in Assessment - March 5, 2 pm to 3 pm
- Student Affairs Surveys Part 1 - March 12, 10 am to 11 am
- Student Affairs Surveys Part 2 - April 2, 2 pm to 3 pm
- Intro to Equity-Minded Assessment - April 23, 10 am to 11 am
All workshops will be held in person in UAEC 250. Sign up to attend a workshop here: https://goto.unm.edu/assessment