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Commission Updates
Barbara J. Johnson
July 18, 2014
•Interpret Commission criteria
•Analyze and route institutional change requests (new programs, locations, certificates, etc.)
•Help understand monitoring expectations
•Prepare for comprehensive evaluation and reaffirmation
•Assist with identifying team members
•Review visit reports and approve documents for decision-making
Role of Liaison
Institution Touch Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Pathways Substantive Change
Multi-Location Multi-Campus
Institutional Update (Indicator reviews)
• Shifting to Fall to align with IPEDS reporting period
• Open September 2 - October 10, 2014
• Data is analyzed and institutions are identified for further review (if necessary):
• Financial Indicators• Non-Financial Indicators
Institutional Update
Student Satisfaction Survey•Mandatory Fall 2014•Link sent to institution 3 months in advance of visit•Aggregated data collected•Report sent to institution and team one month before visit
Federal Compliance Initiative •Online, advance review•Potential issues identified for team to follow-up during visit
Prior to Visit
Transparency Project
•Applications revised in past year– New programs, direct assessment, distance
delivery, locations and branches, contractual and consortial relationships, etc. Multiple review processes – desk review, change panels, change visits
•Submit to document submission website: http://www.hlcommission.org/document_upload/
Substantive Change Requests
hlcommission.org
Former HLC Thresholds
HLC Stipulations (NEW!)a. Not approved for distance
education.b. Approval for distance education is
limited to courses.c. Approval for distance education is
limited to courses and one program.
d. Approved for distance education courses and programs. PRG
•Dual Credit Guidelines – Effective September 2014
– https://www.ncahlc.org/Pathways/dual-credit-programs-and-courses.html
•Third-Party Request Form– Regulatory agency requests information
– http://www.hlcommission.org/Monitoring/institutional-change.html
HLC Guidance
•Guidelines for Determining Qualified Faculty– ‘Credentialed’ changed to ‘Qualified’
– Demonstrate consistent procedures and careful consideration of qualifications for all instructional faculty
– https://www.ncahlc.org/Criteria-Eligibility-and-Candidacy/criteria-and-core-components.html
HLC Guidance
Federal Requirements
•New President, Barbara Gellman-Danley– http://www.hlcommission.org/About-the-
Commission/president.html
•North Central Dissolution – HLC was independently incorporated in 2001
– No effect on institutional accreditation
– No effect on HLC recognition as a Title IV gatekeeper
Other HLC News!
•SAS Stipulation Change– Prior Commission approval is required for
substantive change as stated in Commission Policy
Hot off the Press!
•Enhance value and flexibility for institutions
•Reduce reporting burden
•Enhance rigor
•Integrate other HLC processes & data collection
•Make process as cost efficient as possible
•Increase credibility, value, relevance, and transparency of accreditation
Pathway Goals
•Ten-year cycle
•Year 4: Assurance Review (at a distance)
•Year 10: Comprehensive (and reaffirmation)
•Years 5-9: Quality Improvement Project– Improvement separated from assurance
•Reduced Monitoring (reports, no focused visits)
•Uses Online Assurance System
Open Pathway
•Uses online Assurance System
•No Visit Unless Team Determines it is Necessary
•May Result in an Interim Report
•Conclusion signals start of Quality Initiative
•Does not result in reaffirmation or reaccreditation
Year 4 Assurance Review
•Uses Online Assurance System
•Includes a Visit
•May Result in an Interim Report or Movement to Standard Pathway
•Occurs After the Quality Initiative
•Leads to HLC Decision Process and reaffirmation of reaccreditation
Year 10 Assurance Review
•Team arrives Sunday afternoon & meets Sunday evening
•Visit focused on areas for further inquiry identified during online review
•Visit emphasizes additional data collection, verification, and triangulation
The Visit: Activities & Process
•Addressed separately through Quality Initiative
•Must meet expectation of genuine effort
•Joined with the outcome from the Comprehensive Review for Reaffirmation of Accreditation in Year 10
Improvement in the Open Pathway
•Customary Meetings & Reviews– Institutional leadership, board, key individuals
& groups, federal compliance, etc.
•Areas of Focus Meetings & Interviews– Determined by team as needing validation,
exploration
•Open Forum Discussions w/ Stakeholders– Five Criteria
•Other Activities as Needed
Open Pathway Campus Visit
•Team leaves campus at noon– Works at hotel
•Review of completed draft by liaison
•Institution reviews draft for errors of fact
•Final report sent to HLC
•Institution provides response
•IAC takes action
Post-Visit: Activities & Process
•Web-based system maintained over entire life of HLC affiliation
•Structured by Criteria & Core Components
•35,000 words maximum
•Provides access to designated institutional representatives, peer reviewers & HLC staff
– Locks 4 weeks prior to visit
– Peer reviewers lose access after final report
Assurance System Basics
•Criteria – Broad statements
– Must be explicitly addressed
•Core Components – Specific areas of focus, define criterion
– Must be explicitly addressed
•Sub-Components – Not comprehensive
– Must be explicitly addressed, as applicable
Relationship and Evaluation
•Criteria evaluated through Core Components
•Every Criterion and Core Component evaluated as follows:
– Met
– Met with Concerns
– Not Met
•Sub-components integrated into the review of Core Components
– Not noted as Met or Not Met
Relationship and Evaluation
•If Core Component (and thus criterion) is not met, some Assumed Practices may also not be met
Assumed Practices
•Verifies institution meets standards established by peer; is evaluated by peers
•Promotes institutional self-knowledge and advancement
•Provides assurance to public about quality
•Builds and maintains confidence in higher education
Accreditation Process
•Effective January 2013
•Criteria– Core Components
– Sub-components
•Assumed Practices
•Guiding Values
•Obligations of Affiliation
Revised HLC Criteria for Accreditation
•Interpret Commission criteria
•Analyze and route institutional change requests (new programs, locations, certificates, etc.)
•Help understand monitoring expectations
•Prepare for comprehensive evaluation and reaffirmation
•Assist with identifying team members
•Review visit reports and approve documents for decision-making
Role of Liaison
•Peer-Based model; checks and balances
•Board delegates certain decision-making authority
•Composed of 100+ institutional and public members
•Meet via webinars (council) or in-person (hearings)
Role of Institutional Actions Council (IAC)
