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May 13, 2009

WASC Re-Accreditation Update Faculty Senate Council. May 13, 2009. WASC site visit . WASC Visiting team at SCU Oct. 20 - 22, 2009 Visiting Team will Interview key individuals Hold meetings with key groups Team is seeking to Verify information in report and exhibits

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May 13, 2009

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  1. WASC Re-Accreditation Update Faculty Senate Council May 13, 2009

  2. WASC site visit • WASC Visiting team at SCU Oct. 20 - 22, 2009 • Visiting Team will • Interview key individuals • Hold meetings with key groups • Team is seeking to • Verify information in report and exhibits • Clarify areas that are confusing • Explore matters of institutional focus • Probe about areas of concern • Learn about climate and culture

  3. Visiting Team and FSC • Visiting Team will meet with FSC representatives • Separate meetings with other faculty leaders, administrators, staff, students, etc. • When? • Wednesday October 21, 2009 • Probable time: 3:30 • Locations TBD

  4. Meetings with Visiting Team • Meetings may take several forms • Straight Q & A • Mini questionnaires • Fishbowls • Observation of regular meeting process • Typical format • twomembers of visiting team meet with groups of 8 - 12 faculty • Meetings last about 45 minutes • Visiting Team will also hold open meetings for all faculty • no administrators invited • WASC will establish confidential email account for comments

  5. Who’s on the Visiting Team? • Stephen V. Sundborg, S.J., President, Seattle University • Ronald K. Barrett, Professor of Psychology, Loyola Marymount University • Diane F. Halpern, Professor of Psychology, Claremont McKenna College • William M. Plater, Chancellor’s Professor, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis • Rana Glasgal, Associate Vice Provost, Stanford University • Barbara Gross Davis, Assistant Vice Provost, University of California, Berkeley • TBD (finance, graduate/professional programs)

  6. Team member Stephen V. Sundborg, S.J. Ronald K. Barrett Diane F. Halpern William M. Plater Rana Glasgal Barbara Gross Davis Tbd Team Expertise CCC, Jesuit Education Inclusive Excellence Teaching and Learning Teaching Scholar Information Systems, Planning, IR Teaching and Learning Finance, Graduate/Professional Programs Team Expertise

  7. What will WASC team ask? • SCU’s three selected themes for self study • Competence, Conscience, Compassion • Teaching Scholar Model • Inclusive Excellence • WASC’s four standards and 42 Criteria for Review • Document review • Student Success, Student Learning Retention, graduation rates, learning outcomes • SCU’s response to WASC’s 2000 Commission Action Letter • See ANGEL site for draft Capacity Report

  8. Major Recommendations of Self Study

  9. Institutional Purpose, Educational Objectives; Integrity, Diversity Teaching, Learning, Scholarship Resources and Organizational Structures; faculty, staff, financial stability, library Planning processes, quality improvement systems aligned with mission     See Introductory Essay and Appendices for Standards and Criteria for Review Does SCU meet WASC’s Four Standards?

  10. Retention rate Disaggregated retention rate Four year & six year graduation rate Disaggregated graduation rate 93% Among the highest in the US No significant difference when disaggregated by race, gender, ethnicity 80.3% and 85% Among the highest in US No significant difference See Appendixes and Data Tables How’s our “student success”?

  11. Five areas needing attention in ‘99 Diversity Assessment of student learning Program review Counseling Psychology & Education Library Progress since last visit Gradual increase in representation of Hispanic, Latino, African American students All departments submit annual report (since 2003) All departments have completed one program review; new cycle begins 2010 New structure, more faculty New Learning Commons Commission Action Letter 1999

  12. WASC returns in two years for EER • October 2009 WASC Capacity Report • Asks “what”? • Structures, processes, infrastructures • February 2011 Educational Effectiveness Report • Asks “how well”? • Student learning, institutional learning

  13. SCU WASC committee participants WASC Chairs • Diane Jonte-Pace, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies • Carol Gittens, Director of Assessment • Michelle Burnham & Bob Numan/ Betty Young, TSM • Manny Velasquez/ Cynthia Mertens, CCC • Kitty Murphy / Alma Garcia, IE • www.scu.edu/wasc

  14. WASC Subcommittees

  15. Carol Gittens Michelle Burnham Bob Numan Manny Velasquez Kitty Murphy Paul Soukup Jeanne Rosenberger Liz Salzer Kevin Quinn Terry Beers Linda Kamas Ellen Krietzberg Steve Chiesa WASC steering committee

  16. Thank you! • Thanks to the WASC steering and subcommittee members. • Thanks to the Faculty Senate Council for support with this process. • Contact us with questions: • Diane Jonte-Pace, Vice Provost • www.scu.edu/wasc • 508-551-7032 ,

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