NWCCU New Accreditation

ProcessDave James, Gail Griffin

Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs

Phenomenal job on 2010 report submitted this year

NWCCU changes in effect 2011:New Process & Time LineNew Standards

Momentum already in place!

March 1, 2011 - Standard 1 report due

Spring 2013 – Standard 1 report is expanded to include Standard 2 and there is a visit

Spring 2015 – Standards 1 & 2 reports are expanded to include Standards 3 & 4

Spring 2017 – Report is expanded to include Standard 5 and there is a visit

Spring 2018 – process begins again with Standard 1 report

Standard 1: Mission, Core Themes, & Expectations

Standard 2: Resources & Capacity

Standard 3: Planning & Implementation

Standard 4: Effectiveness & Improvement

Standard 5: Mission Fulfillment, Adaptation & Sustainability

The institution articulates its purpose in the form of a mission statement and identifies core themes that manifest essential elements of that mission. It defines mission fulfillment in the context of its purpose, characteristics, and expectations. Guided by that definition, it identifies an acceptable threshold or extent of mission fulfillment.

Focus: 50-100 Strategic PlanEducation, Research & Infrastructure Implementation Plans

NSHE Master PlanUndergrad Integrated Learning VisionUNLV Academic Master PlanChancellor’s Plan Diversity in Faculty reportNevada in 30 Years by Nevada Vision Stakeholder Group report (commissioned by NV Legislature)

Brookings Mountain Megas ReportBrookings Mountain Monitor reportsA New Paradigm for Economic Development by the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government at University at Albany (State University of New York)

1.Student Success2.Advance and Support Research,

Scholarship, and Creative Activity

3.Engagement (community, state, regional) and Inclusion

Dave James 55804 dave.james@unlv.edu

Gail Griffin 50482 gail.griffin@unlv.edu