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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Campus Forum on Institutional Accreditation
HLC Team
December 3, 2013
Slide2Agenda
New Process for Accreditation from HLC
Assurance Argument
Evidence File
Quality Initiative
Next Steps
What Campus Community Can Do
Slide3New 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
Slide4How 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
Slide5How 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
Slide6Continuous 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
Slide7Pathways 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
Slide8Obligations 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
Slide9Slide10Open Pathway Elements
Assurance Argument
Evidence File
Quality Initiative
Slide11Assurance Argument
Word limit – 35,000 (half the size of our 2007 report)
Strictly organized by Criteria and Core Components
Specific clear examples and analysis
Slide12Slide13Slide14Evidence 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
Slide15Slide16Campus 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
Slide17Questionnaires – Spring 2014
Unit Questionnaire
Academic Departments and Programs Questionnaire
Employee Questionnaire
To be released after the January 29 Campus Forum
Slide18HLC 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
Slide19Quality 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
Slide20Why 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
Slide21HLC 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
Slide22Next 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
Slide23How 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
Slide24How 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)