Strategic Planning in Higher Education: 10 Things to Know
Strategic planning can shape the future of a higher education institution, from effectively managing budgeted funds to driving continuous improvement ...
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What is Institutional Accreditation?
Institutional accreditation is an assurance that an institution of higher education meets a series of quality standards. Accreditation standards ...
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What is Program Accreditation?
Program accreditation (also called specialized accreditation) is a type of accreditation that is focused on professional preparation programs within ...
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Assessment of Administrative Units and Support Services
Each institution generally has the flexibility to define its administrative and support departments as it sees fit. A good starting point is to ...
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HLC Accreditation: Preparing for Your Onsite Visit
So, your institution has an upcoming reaffirmation of accreditation with the Higher Learning Commission (HLC)? You’re in good company: the Higher ...
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Assessing Student Learning Outcomes: Which Methods Are Most Successful?
There are many ways in which we can assess how well our programs are reaching their goals or outcomes. If we are trying to assess non-learning ...
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Assessment and Continuous Improvement in Higher Education
It was more than a decade ago that the field of higher education started to focus on assessment. Educators were asking questions about what, and how ...
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Top Six Elements of a Strategic Plan
Developing or updating a strategic plan for an institution of higher education is a substantial endeavor. Engaging colleagues in committee and ...
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Comparing Institutional Effectiveness Standards, Part II
In our last post, we talked about what the seven accreditation regions in the U.S. have in common in terms of their standards regarding institutional ...
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Comparing Institutional Effectiveness Standards, Part I
I had the opportunity to present a webinar to the members of OCAIR (Overseas Chinese Association for Institutional Research, https://ocair.org/). The ...
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The Role of SPOL in a Wavering Higher Education Budget Climate
As a professional in a field that serves higher education institutions daily, few things are more evident than the wavering budget climate in higher ...
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Institutional Excellence - 5 Simple Keys To Success
The pursuit of institutional excellence is a school-wide commitment involving many dedicated stakeholders aligned by a common vision of continuous ...
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