Welcome to the 2025 issue of Assessment Review, featuring articles on assessment & AI, challenges in the assessment cycle, and curiosity as a motivator in Student Affairs Assessment! Dear Colleagues, The members of the Editorial Team at The Assessment Review are very excited to bring you our 2025 issue! We present three original articles covering […]

Since November 2022, when generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) exploded onto the higher education landscape, higher education institutions have undergone significant transformations. GenAI remains in a state of flux, as do the concerns and decision-making processes of educators at these institutions. The past two years have been marked by a series of rapid changes, offering valuable […]

Introduction Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it also enticed Alice to enter Wonderland. Curiosity is the drive to seek knowledge to fill a gap in our understanding, without an extrinsic reward (Loewenstein, 1994). Curiosity is central to human evolution and learning since our minds desire to eradicate uncertainty. Therefore, when shown something unfamiliar, […]

The assessment cycle in higher education has been widely promoted for over a decade as a tool to improve teaching and learning by systematically defining student learning outcomes, measuring performance, analyzing data, and using results to inform instruction. Advocates argue that this process nurtures a culture of continuous improvement, transparency, and instructional refinement benefiting students, […]