North Central Association
Higher Learning Commission
Chair/Director Retreat
August 14, 2012
What’s Different?
• NCA-Higher Learning Commission
• Every 10 years regional accreditation
• Institutional Self-study
– 2 years to produce
– Hundreds of pages
– Resource Room
• New methodology – Open Pathway
• BGSU is one of 14 Pioneers in Cohort 1
Open Pathway
• Two components
– Quality Initiative
– Assurance Document
Quality Initiative
• New proposal/project to improve institutional quality
• Original proposal identified two areas
– Enrollment Management and General Education
• HLC Consultants visited Mar. 2010
• Expand the student populations for BGSU enrollment
and implement programs to recruit them and retain
them to successful degree completion.
University Learning Commons
Quality Initiative
• Report Team in place
– Albert Colom, Joe Frizado, Marc Nelson,
Michelle Simmons
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First Draft is complete
Report is due Aug. 31, 2012
Maximum 6,000 words
Review occurs during fall
Assurance Document
• Replaces the self study
• Moved to an online process
• Requires answering a series of prompts to
address each criteria
New Criteria
• Mission
• Integrity: Ethical & Responsible Conduct
• Teaching & Learning: Quality, Resources, and
Support
• Teaching & Learning: Evaluation and Improvement
• Resources, Planning, and Institutional Effectiveness
Example
3.C The institution has the faculty and staff needed for
effective, high-quality programs and student services.
1. The institution has sufficient numbers and continuity of
faculty members supported by effective structures to
carry out both the classroom and the non-classroom
roles of faculty, including oversight of the curriculum and
expectations for student performance; establishment of
academic credentials for instructional staff; involvement
in assessment of student learning.
Assurance Document
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35,000 words total
Only 15 user accounts (3 system)
Only PDF may be uploaded
Only PDF directly referenced will be kept
Only 6 URL
Course Catalog
Faculty Handbook
Student Handbook
Staff Handbook
Class Schedules
Faculty roster
BGSU Team
• Mission – Joe Frizado
• Integrity – Pat Pauken
• Teaching & Learning: Quality, Resources, and
Support – Simon Morgan-Russell
• Teaching & Learning: Evaluation and
Improvement - Sue Houston
• Resources, Planning, and Institutional
Effectiveness – Rodney Rogers
Assurance Document Process
• Assemble the writing/data collection team
• Create a first draft *
• Collect and upload data*
Collect Data
• Faculty Credentials
– All faculty should have an official transcript
showing award of the highest degree
– Faculty should hold an appropriate degree for
every class taught.
– Errors/discrepancies must be addressed
Collect Data
• Faculty Activities
– Need to demonstrate currency and contributions
to “scholarship, creative work and discovery of
knowledge”
– Move Annual Faculty Update Form to digital
– Transfer data from past year(s) to new system
Assurance Document Process
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Assemble the writing/data collection team
Create a first draft *
Collect and upload data*
Technical Editing
Assemble a review team*
Edit the draft into final form
Summary- Due Dates
• Quality Initiative – Aug. 31, 2012
• Assurance File – Mar. 15, 2013
– Draft complete late Fall
– Review over break/early spring
• Federal Compliance Document – Mar. 15, 2013
• HLC Campus Visit – April 15, 2013*