Using Portfolios to Engage Faculty & Students at la Universidad de las Américas The challenge Having established a strong assessment culture and processes to support WSCUC accreditation, the university saw an opportunity to advance its strategic vision of creating a model of academic quality for Ecuador and the region. UDLA wanted to expand its learning outcomes assessment efforts to drive continuous improvements and bolster faculty and student engagement in the process. The Office of Institutional Effectiveness (OIE) developed an initiative to leverage existing assessment processes that were working well–but which required intensive administrative effort and time that faculty did not always have. At the same time, the OIE wanted to expand faculty professional developmen

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