Accreditation Review Committee
University Policy S16-5 [pdf] recognizes accreditation as a campus-wide responsibility and establishes a permanent Accreditation Review Committee (ARC) to coordinate 审查 processes. ARC is charged with fostering campus engagement in re-accreditation activities, encouraging continuous improvement focused on student learning, and leading the campus in preparing for accreditation 审查.
Committee Membership
的 faculty-led, twenty-member committee meets throughout the academic year and includes representatives from the Academic Senate, Associated Students, Council of Deans, 教师 Director of Assessment, Office of the Provost, Office of Institutional Research, WSCUC Accreditation Liaison Officer, the President’s Cabinet, Department Chair, Program Planning, Student Affairs, Academic Affairs, Member-at-Large from the off-campus community, and five 教师-at-Large 成员.
Committee Responsibilities
- Engaging diverse voices in the reflection and analysis of information collected and reported to the Western Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC).
- Generating institutional 报告 and materials needed to meet WSCUC requirements and responding to questions from WSCUC regarding written 报告.
- Communicating to all campus constituents’ information regarding accreditation activities and priorities.
- Overseeing campus preparations to meet the requirements of WSCUC 审查 committee site visits and the Institutional Review process as specified by WSCUC (including special visits).
- Developing a campus preparation and implementation plan that responds to the directions given to the campus in previous WSCUC Commission letters and WSCUC accreditation 审查 报告.
- Summarizing the feedback received from WSCUC and making it widely available.
