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Higher Learning Commission Accreditation Process Update

Higher Learning Commission Accreditation Process Update. Overview. What is accreditation? Significant changes in the re-accreditation process since 2007 Campus resources. What is accreditation?.

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Higher Learning Commission Accreditation Process Update

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  1. Higher Learning Commission Accreditation Process Update

  2. Overview • What is accreditation? • Significant changes in the re-accreditation process since 2007 • Campus resources

  3. What is accreditation? • Voluntary process of external review to ensure that institutions provide high-quality education and continuously seek to improve. • Assures the public that UW – Platteville meets clearly communicated criteria and regulations. • Ensures that faculty and students are eligible for federal funding.

  4. Who is our accrediting body? • The Higher Learning Commission (HLC), a commission of the North Central Association (NCA) • Federally recognized private, non-profit agency regulated by Congress through the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008

  5. What was required previously for re-accreditation? • Annual institutional updates and monitoring of financial and non-financial indicators • On-site Comprehensive Evaluation every 10 years • Self-study prior to Comprehensive Evaluation • 200+ page report produced for evaluation team

  6. How has the process changed? • New process called “Open Pathway” replaces PEAQ (Program to Evaluate and Advance Quality) • New timeline for comprehensive evaluations • Separation of Quality Assurance from institutional Quality Initiative for improvement

  7. Open Pathway • Verifies that we are: • Meeting threshold standards • Quality Assurance (Criteria for Accreditation) • Engaged in continuous improvement • Quality Initiative

  8. Two Separate Timelines

  9. Quality Assurance Timeline • Annual institutional updates and monitoring of financial and non-financial indicators • Two Comprehensive Quality Assurance Reviews in a 10 year cycle • On-site peer review in Year 10 (2016-17) • Off-site panel review in Year 4 of next cycle (2020-21)

  10. Quality Assurance Timeline • Note: we’re entering the timeline mid-stream

  11. Quality Assurance Timeline • Annual institutional updates and monitoring of financial and non-financial indicators • Two comprehensive Quality Assurance Reviews • No formalized self-study • Electronic files continuously submitted to HLC Assurance System • Assurance Argument submitted in Years 4 and 10

  12. Quality Assurance Timeline

  13. Quality Assurance Timeline • Annual institutional updates and monitoring of financial and non-financial indicators • Two comprehensive Quality Assurance Reviews • No formalized self-study • Revised Criteria for Accreditation • Sub-committees assembled for each criterion • Primary task is to identify and gather evidence to support the Assurance Argument

  14. Revised Criteria for Accreditation • Mission(formerlyMission & Integrity) Chair: Christina Curras • Integrity: Ethical and Responsible Conduct(Preparing for the Future) Chair: James Mueller • Teaching and Learning: Quality, Resources, and Support (Student Learning and Effective Teaching) Chair: Shane Drefcinski • Teaching and Learning: Evaluation and Improvement(Acquisition, Discovery, and Application of Knowledge) Co-Chairs: Colleen McCabe and Laura Bayless • Resources, Planning and Institutional Effectiveness (Engagement and Service) Chair: Matt Roberts

  15. Quality Initiative • Required to undertake a major QI designed to suit our present concerns or aspirations. • Can continue an initiative already in progress or achieve a key milestone in the work of a longer initiative • Must have scope and significance • QI proposal focuses on implementation and assessment of success of the new program review process for APC

  16. Quality Initiative Timeline

  17. Summary • Different process for accreditation • New timelines • Quality Assurance Argument • New Criteria • New process of submitting evidence files • Quality Initiative Project • Implementation and improvement of APC’s Program Review process

  18. Campus Resources • HLC Steering Committee • Regular meetings which anyone is welcome to attend • Website • Information on the process • Timelines • Contact information

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