Linda Suskie

Linda Suskie has served as a vice president at the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, an accreditor of colleges and universities in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States for seven years. She is now working as a freelance consultant, speaker, writer, and workshop facilitator for colleges and universities throughout the United States and abroad. Prior positions include serving as associate vice president for Assessment and Institutional Research at Towson University and as director of the American Association for Higher Education's Assessment Forum. Her over 40 years of experience in college and university administration include work in assessment, institutional research, strategic planning, and quality management. The second edition of her book Assessing Student Learning: A Common Sense Guide (Jossey-Bass) is one of the best-selling books on assessment in higher education.

Suskie holds a BA in quantitative studies from Johns Hopkins University and an MA in educational measurement and statistics from the University of Iowa.

Updated 01-17-2018