Northwest Accreditation

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Northwest Accreditation
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Sandra Elman Visit (8-19-03)General
Recommendations

• 250-350 pages maximum
• 3 major themes for all chapters (standards)
• Descriptive (light)
• Analytical (heavy)
• Projective (light)
• Important elements
• Trends
• Candor
• Strengths
• Problematic Areas
• Mantra
• Lets not make things larger than life

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Schedule

• June 2006 Commission meets to determine result
• April 2006 NASC Visit (Start here and work
  backward 2 years)
• Tues-Fri visit
• Likely 2nd or 3rd week
• Have 5-6 board members available
• Logistics
• Need a work room
• Meetings4 pm every day
• Contains the exhibits

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Schedule

• Mid February 2006
• 21 copies of self-study to NASC
• 15-Evaluation Committee
• 6-NASC Office
• January 2006
• Start final printing, publication
• Fall 2005
• Share 2nd Draft with skeptics
• Share
• Get Reactions

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Schedule

• Spring 2005
• First draft completed
• Fall 2004-Spring 2005
• Write self-study chapters (standards)
• February 2004 NASC includes session for
  Presidents
• January 24, 2004 NASC workshop
• Theme accountability
• Self-study class
• Could also come back a year later before 1st
  draft is out
• Fall 2003
• Letter of notice from Sandra Elman

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Overview / Process

• Working Overview
• Guided by BYU Mission and AIMS
• Committed to purposeful and effective improvement
• Serving with integrity in a changing world

• Process
• Comply
• Shine
• Improve

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2003-04 Acad. Year
2004-05 Acad. Year
2005-06 Acad. Year
Fall 2003
Winter 2004
Fall 2004
Winter 2005
Fall 2005
Winter 2006
NASC team visit Apr 2006
Sandra Elman Visit Jul 2003
NWCCU Rep. visit Mar 23 2004
1st Draft DoneTotal Report
2nd Draft DoneTotal Report
Presidents Leadership Retreat May 3, 2004

• NWCCU Standards
• Inst. Mission/Goals, Planning, Effectiveness
• Educational Program Its Effectiveness
• Students
• Faculty
• Library Information Resources
• Governance Administration
• Finance
• Physical Resources
• Institutional Integrity

University Conference August 2004
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Accreditation Outline

• 2003-04 Academic Year
• Winter Semester
• Prepare to write standards
• Prepare to write response to 1996 NWCCU visit
• Develop accreditation web site
• Identify key contributors
• Identify key unit reviews that can assist in
  self-study preparation, e.g. library
• Identify key data that are needed from OITdata
  warehouse
• Address campus data issues
• Prepare outline of self-study

• 2004-05 Academic Year
• Fall Semester
• Begin to write standards
• Begin to write self-study
• Complete response to 1996 NWCCU visit
• Winter Semester
• Complete first draft of standards
• Complete first draft of self-study
• Sp/Su Terms
• Review first draft of standards

• 2005-06 Academic Year
• Fall Semester
• Complete second draft of standards early this
  semester
• Complete proof of self-study
• Publish self-study
• Winter Semester
• Mail self-study to NASC
• April
• Visit (NASC team) BYU

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2006 Institutional Self-Study Report2 General
Editorial Issues

• The materials submitted by each of the 9
  Standards committees will be edited for
• Style (one voice)
• Volume (individual and collective)
• Focus (proportionality themes and emphases)
• The report will be an analytical document (not a
  traditional academic book)
• Presentation matters
• Use professional-looking graphics
• Save space (convey detailed information)
• Efficient and Effective
• General ratio of 1 graphic (figure, table) per 2
  pages

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2006 Institutional Self-Study ReportGeneral
Structure of the Body

• 190 pages total, or less
• Letter of Transmittal (1 page)
• Executive Summary (4 pgs.)
• S1- Mission, Goals, Planning Effectiveness (15
  pgs.)
• S2- Educational Program Its Effectiveness (40
  pgs.)
• S3- Students (30 pgs.)
• S4- Faculty (20 pgs.)
• S5- Library Inf. Resources (15 pgs.)
• S6- Governance Administration (15 pgs.)
• S7- Finance (15 pgs.)
• S8- Physical Resources (15 pgs.)
• S9- Institutional Integrity (15 pgs.)
• Summary Conclusions (5 pgs., if necessary)

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2006 Institutional Self-Study ReportContent
Focus Guidelines

• 20 of allocated space should be devoted to each
  of the following functions
• Clarifying the relationship of the Standard to
• BYUs Aims, Mission, and Objectives
• Purposeful Effective Improvement
• Serving With Integrity in a Changing World
• Presenting material that shows compliance with
  NWCCU documentation requirements
• Demonstrating how BYU shines in standard
• Analyzing where and why BYU intends to improve
• Projecting next steps
• Not five discrete sections, but rather an overall
  distribution within the chapter
• Comply Analyze - Project