##.# MCC Accreditation Recommendation Committee Report (AQIP)
Mott Community College has been accredited by the Higher Learning
Commission (HLC) of North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA)
for almost 80 years. While MCC is accredited until 2009-10, a new approach to
accreditation has become available, a continuous improvement model called
Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP).
President Shaink assembled an Accreditation Recommendation Committee
consisting of employees from all areas of the College; this committee researched
both accreditation options, PEAQ and AQIP, and many members attended the
HLC Annual Meeting to participate in sessions and learn more about AQIP.
AQIP is the new, ongoing process of self-evaluation and analysis that is focused
on institutional systems, Action Projects, and continual assessment of
institutional quality, and it is designed specifically to allow MCC to customize the
process to our own needs and those of our community and stakeholders.
The decision to become an AQIP school is not irrevocable; MCC retains the
ability to return to the 10-year accreditation program (PEAQ) in the future, but
in order to become an AQIP college, MCC must begin the self-assessment
immediately and apply in 2006.
The Accreditation Recommendation Committee unanimously recommends to the
President and Board that MCC begin the process to become an AQIP college.
Be it resolved that
The Charles Stewart Mott Community College Board of Trustees
Accepts the recommendation from the President and the Accreditation
Recommendation Committee to begin the self-assessment and application
processes for the Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP).
May 24th, 2005