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HLC Team December 3 2013 Agenda New Process for Accreditation from HLC Assurance Argument Evidence File Quality Initiative Next Steps What Campus Community Can Do New Process New Criteria ID: 778589

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Slide1

Campus Forum on Institutional Accreditation

HLC Team

December 3, 2013

Slide2

Agenda

New Process for Accreditation from HLC

Assurance Argument

Evidence File

Quality Initiative

Next Steps

What Campus Community Can Do

Slide3

New Process, New Criteria

Criterion 1: Mission

Criterion 2: Integrity

: Ethical and

Responsible

Conduct

Criterion 3: Teaching

and Learning: Quality,

Resources,

and

Support

Criterion 4:

Teaching

and Learning:

Evaluation

and

Improvement

Criterion 5: Resources

, Planning, and

Institutional

Effectiveness

Slide4

How the New Criteria Work

Criterion 2: Integrity

2

.E. The institution ensures that

faculty

, students, and staff acquire, discover, and apply knowledge responsibly.

1. The institution provides

effective oversight and support services to ensure the integrity of research and scholarly practice conducted by its faculty, staff, and students.2. Students are offered guidance in the ethical use of information resources.3. The institution has and enforces policies on academic honesty and integrity.

Criterion

Core

Component

Sub-Components

Slide5

How to Find Out More

HLC Web Site:

www.ncahlc.org

HLC Criteria:

http://

www.ncahlc.org/Information-for-Institutions/criteria-and-core-components.html

UIS Accreditation Web Site:

www.uis.edu/accreditation

Slide6

Continuous Improvement

No longer a “self-study”

No longer a gearing up process 2 years before the site visit

Now

– continual updating of evidence and analysis through a web-based system

Slide7

Pathways to Accreditation

Open Pathway vs. Standard Pathway

Open Pathway

For stable institutions

For institutions that have not undergone major changes

For institutions in good standing with the HLC

For institutions seeking improvement

Slide8

Obligations of Open Pathway

10-year Cycle

Mini-review in year 4 (electronic submission; no site visit)

Major review with site visit in year 10

Project (Quality Initiative) in years 5-9 of each 10-year cycle

Slide9

Slide10

Open Pathway Elements

Assurance Argument

Evidence File

Quality Initiative

Slide11

Assurance Argument

Word limit – 35,000 (half the size of our 2007 report)

Strictly organized by Criteria and Core Components

Specific clear examples and analysis

Slide12

Slide13

Slide14

Evidence File

No longer a physical resource room

Very limited links to our campus web sites (e.g., catalog, schedule, personnel policies)

PDF documents – even web sites!

Good, relevant pieces of information

Slide15

Slide16

Campus Participation

HLC Team needs

S

pecific, relevant examples of good

practices

related to the HLC Criteria for the Assurance Argument

Documentation of

good practices for the Evidence FileFormal documentsInformal descriptions or examples

Slide17

Questionnaires – Spring 2014

Unit Questionnaire

Academic Departments and Programs Questionnaire

Employee Questionnaire

To be released after the January 29 Campus Forum

Slide18

HLC Team Subcommittees

Governance and Diversity - Villegas

Academic Programs and Student Support – M. Thibodeaux-Thompson

Planning, Operations, and Management of Resources -

Shures

Outreach and Scholarship -

Wrighton

Integrity and Assessment - McCaughan

Slide19

Quality Initiative

Takes place between Years 5 and 9 of the 10-year cycle

Timeline for UIS: Fall 2013 to Spring 2017 (shortened timeline with transition)

A for Effort – we have to

try

Focus for QI – Assessment of GE, especially ECCE

HLC Assessment Academy

Slide20

Why This Quality Initiative?

2007 Site Team Report: multiple references to our new GE curriculum, to our “plans

and efforts to improve assessment of general

education,” and to our institutional mission of civic engagement

Interest from campus governance (

GECo

, CASL, & UGC)

Cuts across many departments, including graduate departmentsCuts across Student Affairs and Academic Affairs

Slide21

HLC Assessment Academy

Provides targeted support for our project: Workshops, training, and consultants

Roundtable in October: very positive feedback on proposal

Focus on faculty participation in scholarship of teaching and learning

QI Organizers:

Pardie

, Moranski, Cornell, Burton,

Bapat, Villegas, Wrighton, Wassenberg

Slide22

Next Steps

Questionnaires – Spring 2014

Subcommittee work on Evidence File and Assurance Argument

Discussions about QI with governance committees and faculty

Development of Web Site

Youtube

videos

Slide23

How You Can Help?

Immediate Future:

Make note best practices, on-going processes, special projects

Respond to spring

q

uestionnaires and Subcommittee requests for information

Visit the web site:

www.uis.edu/accreditationLearn about the CriteriaKeep informed and email us with ideas or thoughts to accreditation@uis.edu

Slide24

How Can You Help?

Plan ahead

Focus on projects about student learning

Make program review, unit assessment reports, and CASL reports meaningful

Document your processes and special projects

Talk with students and encourage their participation in institutional surveys (NSSE, SSI, alumni surveys)