New Traditions: NWCCU Standards and Process Ronald L. Baker Executive Vice President

1. New Traditions: NWCCU Standards and Process • Ronald L. Baker • Executive Vice President • Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

2. Messenger • These are but the shadows of the things that have been. That they are what they are, do not blame me. • Ghost of Christmas Past in A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)

3. Evolution • While we flatter ourselves that things remain the same, they are changing under our very eyes from year to year, from day to day. • Charlotte Perkins Gilman

4. Incongruence Most of us do not look as handsome to others as we do to ourselves. Assiniboine Tribal Proverb

5. Change Outcomes Implied  Explicit What does that mean? Achievements Assumed  Assessed How do you know? Evidence Anecdotal  Verifiable Show me the data!

6. Homo Academicus • Most people are in favor of progress; it’s the changes they don’t like. • Anonymous

7. Redirection • When you discover you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. • Dakota Tribal Proverb

8. Interrelationships • The challenge is for us to see beyond the innumerable fragments to the whole, stepping back far enough to appreciate how things move and change as a coherent entity. • Margaret Wheatley

9. Viewpoint • What you see depends on where you stand. • Albert Einstein

10. Trust • Who are you going to believe . . . • me or your own eyes? • Chico Marx

11. Isolated Functions

12. Interlocking Communities

13. Function-Centric Fit

14. Interest-Centric Fit

15. Relevance • How does this talk grow corn? • Hopi Tribal Saying

16. Assurances • An NWCCU accredited institution: • Has a clear and appropriate mission; • Has the potential to fulfill its mission; • Is substantially fulfilling its mission; and • Is projected to continue to do so.

17. Framework • The standards are principle-based statements of agreed-upon expectations for institutional practice that form a flexible qualitative, catalytic, non-prescriptive framework that enables institutions with divergent missions, philosophies, and characteristics to exhibit essential principles of quality and effectiveness.

18. Revised Standards • Standard One: • Mission, Core Themes, and Expectations Examines institutional purpose and intentions based on a clear statement of institutional mission, articulation of mission fulfillment, and identification of mission core themes complete with objectives and assessable indicators of achievement of those objectives.

19. Revised Standards • Standard One: • Mission, Core Themes, and Expectations • A core theme is a manifestation of a fundamental aspect of institutional mission with overarching objectives that guide planning for contributing programs and services, development of capacity, application of resources to accomplish those objectives, and assessment of achievements of those objectives. Collectively, the core themes represent the institution’s interpretation of its mission and translation of that interpretation into practice.

20. Mission . . . Core Theme 1 Core Theme N ... ... Objective N Objective 1 Objective N Objective 1 Indicator 1 Indicator 1 Indicator 1 Indicator 1 Indicator N Indicator N Indicator N Indicator N ... ... ... ...

21. Nuance • Input-driven Core Themes • Student Access • Effective Learning Environments • Outcome-driven Core Themes • Student Success • Integrative Student Learning • Values-driven Core Themes • Responsible Civic Engagement • Embodiment of Catholic Character

22. Systems vs. Components

26. Revised Standards • Standard One: • Mission, Core Themes, and Expectations • Standard Two: • Resources and Capacity

28. Revised Standards • Standard One: • Mission, Core Themes, and Expectations • Standard Two: • Resources and Capacity • Standard Three: • Planning and Implementation • Standard Four: • Effectiveness and Improvement

29. Standards Three and Four Institutional Planning (Standard 3.A) Core Theme N Core Theme 1 Planning to Achieve Core Theme N Objectives (3.B) Planning to Achieve Core Theme 1 Objectives (3.B) … Assessment of Achievement of Core Theme N Objectives (4.A) Assessment of Achievement of Core Theme 1 Objectives (4.A) Use of Assessment Results to Improve Core Theme N Success (4.B) Use of Assessment Results to Improve Core Theme 1 Success (4.B)

30. Revised Standards • Standard One: • Mission, Core Themes, and Expectations • Standard Two: • Resources and Capacity • Standard Three: • Planning and Implementation • Standard Four: • Effectiveness and Improvement • Standard Five: • Mission Fulfillment, Adaptation, and Sustainability

31. Standard One Standard Two Standard 3.A Standards 3.B;4.A; 4.B C o r e T h e m e 2 C o r e T h e m e N C o r e T h e m e 1 C o r e T h e m e 3 Standards Three and Four ... Standard 5.A Standard 5.B Standard Five

32. Direction and Distillation • Mission • Core Themes • Programs/Services • Contributing Components Mission Fulfillment Objectives Goals/Intended Outcomes Accomplishments

33. Communities

34. Institutional Communities • Communities of Function • and • Communities of Interest

35. Community of Function • A community of function is an assemblage of expertise and services that contribute to the essential infrastructure needed to operate and sustain the institution and fulfill its mission.

36. Community of Interest (Core Theme) • A community of interest is a purposeful cross-functional application of capacity and allocation of resources to achieve clearly-defined objectives of an essential aspect of institutional mission.

37. Standards One, Two, and 3.A Purpose, Potential, and Direction Standards 3.B, 4.A, and 4.B ... Core Theme N Core Theme 1 Core Theme 2 Core Theme 4 Core Theme N Core Theme 3 Mission Fulfillment Standard Five

38. Governance Governance Human Resources Human Resources Education Resources Education Resources Core Theme 1 Core Theme 2 Core Theme 3 Core Theme 4 Core Theme N ... Student Support Resources Student Support Resources Library and Information Resources Library and Information Resources Financial Resources Financial Resources Physical and Technological Infrastructure Physical and Technological Infrastructure

39. Weave Governance Human Resources Core Theme 1 Education Resources Core Theme 2 Student Support Resources Core Theme 3 Core Theme 4 Library and Information Resources Financial Resources . . . Core Theme N Physical and Technical Infrastructure

40. Image

41. Tapestry

43. Monitoring • People change and forget to tell each other. • Lillian Hellman

44. Seven-Year Accreditation Cycle Year Primary Focus Event

45. Year One and Year Five Panel Structure Three-Evaluator Panel Panel agrees—as a whole—on all Peer-Evaluation Reports, Commendations, Recommendations, and Confidential Counsels Evaluator 2 Evaluator 1 (Chair) Evaluator 3 aInstitution 3 Review and Evaluation Report aInstitution 4 Review and Evaluation Report aInstitution 1 Review and Evaluation Report aInstitution 2 Review and Evaluation Report aInstitution 5 Review and Evaluation Report aInstitution 6 Review and Evaluation Report aPrimary Responsibility

46. Year Three Committee Structure Chair Standards 1.A; 1.B; 2.A; ERs 2-21 Evaluator 1 Standards 2.B; 2.D (Students) Evaluator 2 Standard 2.C (Academics) Evaluator 3 Standard 2.E (Library) Evaluator 4 Standards 2.F; 2.G (Finance)

47. Year Seven Committee Structure Chair Standards 3.A; 5.A; 5.B; ERs 22-24 . . . Evaluator 1 Core Theme 1 Standards 3.B; 4.A; 4.B Evaluator 2 Core Theme 2 Standards 3.B; 4.A; 4.B Evaluator 3 Core Theme 3 Standards 3.B; 4.A; 4.B Evaluator N CoreThemeN Standards 3.B; 4.A; 4.B

48. BYU-I Transition Calendar • Spring 2011 Year One Report • Spring 2012 Year Three Report and Visit • Spring 2013 Year Five Report • Spring 2014 Year Seven Report and Visit • Spring 2015 Year One Report

49. Summary • Consistency in communication, purposeful collaboration, and clarity of expectations are necessary elements for the pursuit of a common agenda. • Anny Morrobel-Sosa

50. Comments and Questions