While writing an accreditation report is challenging, many will confess the on-site visit intimidates them even more. It doesn’t have to! Dr. Josephine Welsh has participated at many levels of accreditation, and shared her insights in her webinar. The Visiting Team The most critical aspect of this part of the accreditation process is actually empathy […]
Telling Your Story to Your Accreditor: 7 Practical Tips
Most assessment, accreditation, and IE directors didn’t set out to be in their roles. Typically the jobs were filled by organized faculty and staff with a true desire to understand and improve their institution. Happily this important field is growing, and is filled with people like YOU. While yes, assessment and accreditation do “check some […]
CAS for Regional Accreditation: 3 Tips To Leverage
Why the long face? …In search of positive Higher Education. As I scanned higher ed news this week in search of an interesting topic to write about, I came across several that would have worked well…
Effects of COVID-19 on Accreditation: Accreditor Interview
Why the long face? …In search of positive Higher Education. As I scanned higher ed news this week in search of an interesting topic to write about, I came across several that would have worked well…
Program Review 101
Why the long face? …In search of positive Higher Education. As I scanned higher ed news this week in search of an interesting topic to write about, I came across several that would have worked well…
Accreditation and Assessment Resources When the Unexpected Happens
Why the long face? …In search of positive Higher Education. As I scanned higher ed news this week in search of an interesting topic to write about, I came across several that would have worked well…
A Review: Accreditation Struggle to Success
Why the long face? …In search of positive Higher Education. As I scanned higher ed news this week in search of an interesting topic to write about, I came across several that would have worked well…
The Accreditation Process: Your 4-Year Countdown
Why the long face? …In search of positive Higher Education. As I scanned higher ed news this week in search of an interesting topic to write about, I came across several that would have worked well…
Identifying and Articulating Student Learning Outcomes
When I first joined Virginia Tech, we were two years away from our ten-year reaccreditation report and I was tasked with making sure roughly 240 degree programs were in compliance with accreditation standards. Although we had a strong faculty and curriculum, many people weren’t used to setting learning outcomes and preparing for accreditation. I, of […]
When Schools Dump Their Accreditor
I recently attended several of the accreditation conferences on the Fall conference circuit and spent time learning about current trends and thinking from the perspective of both accreditors and accredited institutions and programs. It was clear that this statement is as true as it was a couple of years ago: “No one really likes accreditation […]