Helping Students Make Informed Choices About College
Category: Pathways to and Through Postsecondary
Instrument Overview
Expert Notes AvailableView expert commentary on strengths and cautions for this instrument
Strengths
Holistic, strengths-based measure of developmental assets tailored to college students.
Cautions
Limited view on resilience; omits health, genetics, finances, and inclusiveness factors. Weak demographic reporting in validation evidence; unclear generalizability across diverse student populations and institutional contexts.
The College Assets Measurement Profile for Undergraduate Students (CAMPUS) is a self-report survey designed to assess positive development in college students. It draws on a developmental assets framework, focusing on the strengths, supports, and experiences that help students succeed in higher education. The tool measures a range of internal and external assets, such as personal responsibility, academic engagement, positive identity, relationships with peers and faculty, and campus climate. These areas are typically organized into subscales that reflect both individual skills and environmental supports.
CAMPUS is used primarily for program evaluation, campus climate assessment, and research on student development. Colleges and universities can use the results to understand student strengths, identify gaps in support, and guide student success initiatives. It is designed for undergraduate populations and is administered as a survey with Likert-type items.
Organization
Collection Category(ies)
Content
Grades
Post secondary
Languages
English
Administration Information
Length
120 items
Access and Use
Developer
Pashak, Handal, & Scales (2020)
Contact
tjpashak@svsu.edu
Open Access
No
Use in Research
Pashak, T. J., Tunstull, M. D., Booms, A. V., Vanderstelt, B. H., & Handal, P. J. (2023). Trauma resilience on campus: The moderating effect of developmental assets in the link between trauma exposure and posttraumatic symptomatology in college emerging adults. Traumatology, 29(3), 352–360. https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000444
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Psychometric References
Pashak, T.J., Handal, P.J., & Scales, P.C. (2020). Positive Development on Campus: Investigating the Psychometric Properties of the College Assets Measurement Profile for Undergraduate Students. Journal of College Student Development 61(4), 474-491. https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/csd.2020.0052.
Populations of Validation
Traditional-age undergraduate students enrolled at U.S. universities.
