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Reaccreditation by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Reaccreditation by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. How can the Education Department help? October 21, 2008. WASC’s Vision & Goals. Vision – Two Core Commitments Capacity to educate students Effectiveness in educating students Goals Supporting student learning

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Reaccreditation by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges

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  1. Reaccreditation by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges How can the Education Department help?October 21, 2008

  2. WASC’s Vision & Goals Vision – Two Core Commitments • Capacity to educate students • Effectiveness in educating students Goals • Supporting student learning • Supporting institutional best practices

  3. Two-stage Reaccreditation Process Capacity and Preparatory Review • Capacity and Preparatory Review (CPR) Report due July 2009. • Site visit October 2009 Educational Effectiveness Review • Educational Effectiveness Review (EER) Report due December 2010 • Site visit in February 2011

  4. CPR Countdown 12 months to site visit 9 months to CPR deadline 4 months to University-wide discussions of draft

  5. How Can Education Help? • Focus on student success • Learning objectives, assessment plans • Use WASC’s rubrics as appropriate • Retention & grad rates, disaggregated • Focus on graduate level academic culture • Consider response to previous action letter • Feedback on draft CPR winter 09 • Participate in site visit fall 09 & EER preparations

  6. CPR Overview • Three Themes • 4 Standards & 42 Criteria for Review • New CFRs • Required Data, Reports on Student Success • Disaggregated retention & graduation rate • Response to previous recommendations from WASC

  7. Three ThemesThree Areas to Strengthen Educating for Competence, Conscience, and Compassion Supporting the Teaching Scholar Model Promoting a Community of Inclusive Excellence

  8. & 4 Standards 42 Criteria for Review Purpose/Integrity 2. Teaching/Learning/Scholarship 3. Resources/Personnel/Policies 4. Organizational Planning

  9. & Important New CFRSGuidelines in Standard 2 New CFR 2.3 • “Student learning outcomes and expectations for student attainment are clearly stated at the course, program, and as appropriate, institutional level.” New Guideline 2.2b • “Institutions offering graduate-level programs demonstrate sufficient resources and structures to sustain these programs and create a graduate-level academic culture.”

  10. University’s response to previous WASC recommendations • Five recommendations • Library, Diversity, Program Review, Assessment, CPE • CPE • Location, FT faculty: alignment with mission, mentoring grad students, maintaining solid curriculum • Preliminary response in Institutional Proposal 2007 • CPE Program restructured • GPPM incorporated into school • Full time faculty increased • Report for CPR will discuss this further • Mission, mentoring of grad students, maintaining solid curriculum

  11. Site VisitsOctober 2009 & February 2011 Two days, 4 – 6 people Teams will meet with groups of faculty & administrators Visiting team will ask about student learning as well as three themes Teams may “audit” processes & procedures

  12. Questions? www.scu.edu/wasc Office of Undergraduate Studies 408 551 7032 Diane Jonte-Pace, Vice Provost WASC Accreditaton Liaison Officer

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