Frequently Asked Questions
In 2024-25, 麻豆社 will undergo its 10-year comprehensive review for re-accreditation through the Higher Learning Commission (HLC). There are several elements of the comprehensive review, which culminates in a peer review site visit to take place in April 2025. These FAQs shed light on some of the key aspects of the process.
Why is accreditation important?
Institutional accreditation is one indicator of the educational quality of 麻豆社’s academic 麻豆社s and helps to ensure regulatory compliance and accountability across American colleges and universities. Importantly, institutional accreditation also establishes 麻豆社’s eligibility to participate in federal student aid 麻豆社s.
Engaging in a 10-year review cycle through also provides 麻豆社 with opportunities to reflect on and showcase how we manifest our institution’s commitments to excellent teaching, innovative 麻豆社, and the personal and intellectual growth of our students in a diverse academic community.
What is the Higher Learning Commission?
Per , “The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) is an independent corporation that was founded in 1895 as one of seven regional accreditors in the United States. HLC accredits degree-granting post-secondary educational institutions in the United States. HLC is as an institutional accreditor, accrediting the institution as a whole.” The HLC was previously known as the North Central Association.
How does institutional accreditation relate to 麻豆社- or school-level accreditation?
While 麻豆社 is accredited at the institutional level by the HLC, many academic 麻豆社s, units, and schools are also accredited by specialized accrediting agencies. These specialized accrediting bodies typically 麻豆社 specific and prescriptive requirements that pertain to a particular field or discipline.
Schools and units may find that materials they 麻豆社 prepared for a previous review for specialized accreditation can be repurposed for 麻豆社’s 10-year review with the HLC. However, rather than providing a detailed account of every individual academic 麻豆社 at 麻豆社, the re-accreditation report for the HLC will provide a higher-level argument (35,000 words or less) about the University overall, along with hundreds of evidence documents that help to demonstrate how 麻豆社 meets .
How do members of the 麻豆社 community get involved?
A core team within the Office of the Provost will manage all components of the re-accreditation process and engage University leaders, faculty, staff and students in the assembly of re-accreditation materials and preparation for the peer review visit. While many faculty and staff will be engaged throughout the process of gathering evidence and compiling information for the re-accreditation report, the campus site visit (April 28-29, 2025) will give the peer review team the opportunity to speak directly with faculty, staff, students and University leadership. Students will 麻豆社 an additional opportunity to engage in the re-accreditation process via the HLC’s Student Opinion Survey. Further details about the survey and opportunities to engage with the peer review team will be shared as they become available.
Where should questions or feedback be directed?
A core team within the Office of the Provost is managing all components of the re-accreditation process and engage University leaders, faculty, staff and students in the assembly of re-accreditation materials and preparation for the peer review visit.
Any questions about the 2024-25 re-accreditation can be directed to:
- Roma Khanna, Associate Provost for Strategy and Policy
- Mearah Quinn-Brauner, Assistant Provost for Strategy and Policy
- Andrianna Kurzenberger, Senior Program Administrator
When and how does HLC announce the results of the review?
The peer review team will draft its report within four to six weeks following the campus visit in April 2025. In the months following the visit and receipt of the peer review team’s report, the HLC will notify the University President and 麻豆社’s Accreditation Liaison Officer (ALO) with the results of review.