SACS Onsite Visit at VUU
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Dr. Frank Bonner, Chair
Dr. Stan Baldwin
Dr. Carlton Brown
Mr. Randy Eldridge
Dr. Margaret Hampson
Dr. Eugene Hess
Ms. Kate Hickey
Dr. Renee Moore
Dr. Doris Tegart
Dr. Cheryl Cardell
President at Gardner-Webb University
Dean of MST at Mississippi College
President at Clark Atlanta University
V.P. of Finance at Hodges University
V.P. at Caldwell Community College - QEP
Director of IR at Lincoln Memorial University
Dean & University Librarian at Elon University
Dean of Campus Life at University of Incarnate Word
Sr. V.P. for Academic Affairs at Bellarmine University
V.P. at Commission on Colleges - SACS
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Compliance Certification Report – Sept. 2009
Off-site Review – November 2009
Focus Report – February 2010
Onsite Review – April 2010
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Two-fold:
Focus Report Clarification
QEP
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Core Requirements (board-based requirements
that must be met for reaffirmation) {2.0}
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Comprehensive Standards (represents good
practices in the operation of the institution) {3.0}
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Federal Regulations (mandates to ensure
proper accordance with U.S. Department of
Education regulations) {4.0}
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2.8 Faculty
(number of full-time adequate)
2.9 Learning Resources and Services
(adequate library collections)
3.3.1 Institutional Effectiveness (outcomes
identified, evidence that
assessments conducted,
improvements made based on
results)
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3.3.1.4 Research within Educational Mission
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3.3.1.5 Community/Public Service with in
Mission
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3.4.11 Academic Program Coordination
(responsibility for degree
coordination, curriculum
development and review)
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3.4.12 Technology Use
(learning enhanced by access and
training)
3.5.1 College-level Competencies
(evidence that graduates obtained
General Education core)
3.7.1 Faculty Competence
(verification of credentials)
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3.7.3 Faculty Development
(evidence of ongoing professional
development)
3.8.1 Learning/Information Resources
(facilities and resources appropriate
to support learning)
3.8.2 Instruction of Library Use
(having access to regular and timely
instruction in use of library)
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4.1 Student Achievement
(success in course completion,
licensure, job placement rates)
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Write
Here!
Write
now!
Quality Enhancement Plan
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Writing Across the Curriculum:
Critical for Student Success
 Plan includes broad-base process for
identifying key emerging issues
 Plan focuses on student learning outcomes
 Plan demonstrates institutional capability
 Plan identifies goals and appropriate means
of assessment
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Writing Intensive
Courses
Electronic Tutoring
STRATEGIES
VUU WritingGrammar Workbook
Faculty Development
Plan
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Onsite Visit Schedule
April 6-8
Meetings with the President and
Cabinet
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Meeting with Board of Trustees
Meetings with the deans, chairs,
faculty, staff, and students
Meeting with the QEP Steering
Committee
EXIT INTERVIEW
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•Division of Academic Affairs
1.School of Business & Economics
Division of
Business &
Finance
School of
Mathematics,
Science, &
Technology
Division of
Enrollment
Management &
Student Affairs
School of
Education,
Psy. & IDS
Division of
Research and
Special
Programs
School of
Theology
Division
of
Academic
Affairs
Office of
the
President
VUU SACS
COMPLIANT
2010
School o f
Humanities
and SS
Sydney
Lewis
School of
Business
Division of
Institutional
Advancement
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A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the
farmer and his wife opening a package. “What food might
this contain?” He was devastated to discover it was a
mousetrap.
Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the
warning: “There is a mousetrap in the house!. There is a
mousetrap in the house!” The chicken clucked and
scratched, raised her head, and said “Mr. Mouse. I can tell
this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to
me. I cannot be bothered by it.”
The mouse turned to the pig and told him, “There is a
mousetrap in the house.” The pig sympathized but said, “I
am so very sorry Mr. Mouse, but there is nothing I can do
about it but pray. Be assured that you are in my prayers.”
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The mouse turned to the cow. She said, “Wow, Mr. Mouse. I am
sorry for you, but it’s no skin off my nose.” So the mouse returned
to the house, head down and dejected, to face the farmer’s
mousetrap alone.
That very night, a sound was heard throughout the house like the
sound of a mousetrap catching its prey. The farmer’s wife rushed to
see what was caught.
In the darkness she did not see that it was a venomous snake whose
tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer’s wife. The
farmer rushed her to the hospital, but she returned home with a
fever.
Now everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup; so
the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup’s main
ingredient.
But the wife’s sickness continued; so friends and neighbors came to
sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer butchered
the pig. The farmer’s wife still did not get well.
She died; and a large number of people came for the funeral. Of
course the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide enough
meat for all of them.
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Over the next few days when you hear
any reference to SACS or the QEP and
you are asked about your knowledge
and involvement, remember that
SACS is an institutional matter that
requires the attention and
commitment of EVERYONE at VUU.
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