HLC Accreditation Work Site: Steering Committee
HLC Steering Committee Meeting
Thursday, February 28, 2008
11:00 a.m. -12:15 p.m.
Seerley 119
AGENDA
I. The Criteria for Accreditation – Chapter 3
The HLC Handbook of Accreditation downloads as a PDF but you can find Chapter 3 on page 33 of the document.
http://www.ncacihe.org/download/Handbook03.pdf
http://www.uni.edu/accreditation
Next meeting: Thursday, March 13, 2008
HLC Steering Committee
Meeting Notes
February 28, 2008 – 11:00 a.m.
Seerley 119
Present: Agee, Chatham-Carpenter, Cutter, DeFrancisco, Hanish, Kaparthi, Kopper, Licari, Martin, Morgan, Murtha, Neibauer, Patton, Pease, Uehle, Upah, Vinton, Wilson
Absent: Moussavi, O’Connor
1. The Criteria for Accreditation – Barbara Cutter
The committee reviewed and discussed the Criteria for Accreditation from Chapter 3 of the HLC Handbook of Accreditation.
Criterion One: Mission and Integrity
-Is the mission on our homepage?
-Do employees know the mission?
Criterion Two: Preparing for the Future
-Alumni data
-Placement of teaching majors, CPA students, etc.
-GRE scores
Criterion Three: Student Learning and Effective Teaching
-Assessment (doing it, documenting it, closing the loop)
-How do you measure effective teaching? Kopper indicated the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching may be funded again.
-UNI has been approved to participate in the Foundations of Excellence program. There will be an entire chapter dedicated to the FOE in the self-study.
-Physical environment; building renovations, etc.
-Agee indicated the committee struggled with student development during the last self-study.
Criterion Four: Acquisition, Discovery, and Application of Knowledge
-Do we support faculty research, provide travel funds, etc.
-International programs included here such as Camp Adventure
Criterion Five will be discussed at the next meeting.
Kopper asked any committee member who might be interested in attending the HLC Annual Meeting to notify her.
Next meeting: Thursday, March 13, 2008
Presidential Room-Maucker Union; 11:00-12:15