Reaffirmation of Accreditation WCU

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Reaffirmation of Accreditation _at_ WCU

• SACS Orientation for
• Department Heads and Associate Deans
• Tuesday, March 29, 2005

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SACS Overview
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Review Process - Compliance

• Core requirements institutional mission and
  effectiveness educational programs faculty.
• Comprehensive Standards governance degree
  programs faculty credentials library and
  learning resources student affairs physical and
  financial resources.
• Federal Requirements HE Amendments,
  recruitment academic policies publications.

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SACS Review - Organization
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Committee Co-Chairs - Compliance

• Noelle Kehrberg, Dean
• Applied Sciences
• Eloise Hitchcock Assistant Director for Personnel
  and Planning Hunter Library

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Committee Co-Chairs - QEP

• Brian Railsback Dean
• Honors College
• Scott Philyaw Associate Professor History

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Quality Enhancement Plan
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Quality Enhancement Plan contd

• Complement strategic planning and institutional
  mission
• Enhance student learning
• Focused and futuristic
• Reflect current best practices
• Capitalize on university strengths and weaknesses
• Engage university community
• 75 (25) Pages

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Updates/Issues

• SACS Committees
• Memberships and Training
• Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP)
• Strategic Planning and Assessment
• Mission and Enhancing Student Learning
• Faculty Credentials
• Data Management System
• Verification of Credentials

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Faculty Credentials

• Institution must authenticate degrees
• Institution must have international credentials
  evaluated for comparability
• Institution must justify and document
  qualifications of ALL faculty
• Institution must connect qualifications and
  course outcomes/descriptions
• Higher the degree expectation, more difficult it
  is to justify informal qualifications.

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Faculty Credentials
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Abbreviated Timeline

• June 13, 2005SACS Orientation in Atlanta
• August 15, 2006Compliance Certification due
• December 1, 2006QEP due
• March April, 2007On-Site Team Visit

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http//www.wcu.edu/sacs

• Carol Burton, Director, SACS Review
• 560 H. F. Robinson Administration Bldg.
• 227-7497/3019
• burton_at_email.wcu.edu