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Student Satisfaction Data: Taking Action for Institutional Success

Helix Education

When used optimally, the data can offer a strong return on investment by informing retention/student success efforts, providing the student perspective for strategic planning, documenting the priorities for your institutional accreditation activities, and identifying your strengths to promote in recruitment materials.

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Utica proposing to cut a dozen programs, faculty ask why

Inside Higher Ed

The private New York college’s public comment period on the changes ends Thursday. A member of the provost-appointed Academic Program Review Taskforce, which created the report, said the members expected the report was going to become public. Image: Utica University’s president on Jan. Utica president Laura M.

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Navigating Institutional Accreditation: How to Get it and Keep it: Helping colleges and universities navigate the accreditation process successfully

The Change Leader, Inc.

Institutional accreditation is a quality assurance process that provides colleges and universities access to critical resources once attained: federal financial aid, the ability to transfer and accept student transcripts and credits, and the increased likelihood of degree acceptance from employers and other higher ed institutions. Self-Study.

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A Guide to the Accreditation Process with the National Commission for Academic Accreditation and Assessment (NCAAA)

Creatrix Campus

Program Specifications: The program coordinator must submit this document using the NCAAA template. This document should outline the program's mission and vision, as well as the learning objectives, instructional strategies, and evaluation criteria. There should also be an employer survey.

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Oberlin's board seeks to limit faculty power

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Much about Oberlin College is unique, including long-standing policies guaranteeing the faculty a say in matters that extend well beyond academics. So these faculty members are perplexed—and angry—that the college is trying to change its bylaws to restrict faculty control to academics only.

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Regular and Substantive Interaction Update: Where Do We Go from Here?

WCET Frontiers

If you have any questions relating to whether team instructors, Teaching Assistants, or Graduate Assistants would meet accreditor qualifications, it would be wise to run any questions or concerns by their accreditors and document any responses. These are just a few examples of the work being done.

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Institutional Accreditation is in Dire Need of Change: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 144 With Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton And Guest Ralph Wolff

The Change Leader, Inc.

And with an increasingly high number of professional accrediting bodies now touching and impacting many colleges and universities, now is the time for higher ed leaders to strive to support and understand how accreditation can improve overall to strengthen post-secondary education even more. But the demographics have changed dramatically.