HLC Accreditation Work Site: Steering Committee
HLC Steering Committee Meeting
Thursday, March 27, 2008
11:00 a.m. -12:15 p.m.
College Eye Room, Maucker Union
AGENDA
I. March 13, 2008 meeting notes – Bev
II. History of Last Self-study & Words of Wisdom – Reinhold Bubser, Phil, Karen & Siobahn
III. LAC Assessment Update - Siobahn
Next meeting:
Thursday, April 10, 2008; 11:00-12:15
Presidential Room, Maucker Union
*Development of self-study design
April 24
*Report from HLC Meeting
*Organization of subcommittees
*Plans for summer & fall
HLC Steering Committee
Meeting Notes
March 27, 2008 – 11:00 a.m.
College Eye Room-Maucker Union
Present: Agee, Buse, Chatham-Carpenter, Cutter, DeFrancisco, Hanish, Kristin Moser (for Kaparthi), Kopper, Licari, Martin, Morgan, Moussavi, Neibauer, O’Connor, Patton, Pease, Uehle, Vinton
Absent: Murtha, Upah, Wilson
Guest: Dr. Reinhold Bubser
1. March 13, 2008 meeting notes – Kopper
Notes were distributed via e-mail and no corrections were requested.
2. History of last self-study and words of wisdom – Bubser, Agee, Patton & Morgan
Bev distributed copies of the report from the HLC evaluation team visit in 2001 as well as a draft of the timeline for the current self-study.
Bev introduced Dr. Reinhold Bubser, chair of the last self-study committee. She asked him to share words of wisdom along with Phil and Karen who were also on the committee. Some thoughts from Reinhold include:
-Timelines are critical; build in padding for late responses
-Reports to the Board of Regents are a tremendous resource
-Assessment is very important – can we document learning?
-Immediate retrieval of data is crucial; create resource room with catalogued information
-Respond to the 2001 Report from the HLC evaluation team and to the 2004 Progress Report on the Assessment and Management of the General Education Program
-A rapid response team needs to be in place before and during the time the evaluators are on campus; everyone must be on call during the visit
-The production of the written report was the most difficult part of the entire process
-His one criticism of the written report was that it lacked cross-referencing
Victoria suggested we create standard guidelines for writing the self-study report since sections will be written by various committees and a template will make the end process more efficient.
3. LAC Assessment Update - Morgan
Siobahn distributed handouts on the status of assessment in the Liberal Arts Core.
Next meeting: Thursday, April 10, 2008
Presidential Room - Maucker Union; 11:00-12:15