Year Seven Mission Fulfillment and Sustainability Report and Comprehensive Visit Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU)

“The Five Standards for Accreditation build upon each other in a recursive cycle of continuous improvement”… and “collectively provide a framework for continuous improvement.” (NWCCU Standards Introduction)

The Year Seven Comprehensive Report and visit constitutes the culmination of this cycle, the final presentation of this framework for improvement as well as a demonstration of its effectiveness.

1. Title page 2. Table of Contents 3. Institutional Overview 4. Basic Institutional Data Form

5. Preface, including update on institutional changes and response to issues previously requested by the Commission 6. Updated Chapter One: Mission, Core Themes and Expectations; Executive summaries of ERs 2 and 3 7. Updated Chapter Two: Resources and Capacity; Executive summaries of ERs 4- 21

8. Chapter Three: Institutional Planning (Standard 3.A) 9. Chapter Four: Core Theme Planning, Assessment and Improvement a. Executive Summaries of ERs 22 and 23 b. Core Theme One 1)Standard 3.B Core Theme Planning 2)Standard 4.A Assessment 3)Standard 4.B Improvement c. Core Theme Two – etc.

10. Chapter Five: Mission Fulfillment, Adaptation and Sustainability a. Executive Summary of ER 24 b. Standard 5.A Mission Fulfillment c. Standard 5.B Adaptation and Sustainability 11. Conclusion

1. Chair: 1.A Mission; 1.B Core Themes; 2.A Governance; 3.A Institutional Planning; 5.A Mission Fulfillment; 5.B Sustainability; Eligibility Requirements Evaluator: 2.C Education Resources (shared); First Core Theme (3.B Core Theme Planning; 4.A Assessment; 4.B Improvement) 3. Evaluator: 2.C Education Resources (shared); Second Core Theme (3.B Core Theme Planning; 4.A Assessment; 4.B Improvement)

4. Evaluator: 2.C Education Resources (shared); Third Core Theme (3.B Core Theme Planning; 4.A Assessment; 4.B Improvement) 5. Evaluator: 2.B Human Resources; 2.D Student Services; Third Core Theme (3.B Core Theme Planning; 4.A Assessment; 4.B Improvement) 6. Evaluator: 2.E Library and Information Services 7. Evaluator: 2.F Financial Resources; 2.G Physical and Technological Infrastructure

 Opening Breakfast  Chair meets with President/CEO  Chair meets with Governing Board representatives  Staff, Student and Faculty For a  Exit Interview

 Commission makes hotel reservations. The Institution will be asked to recommend a hotel but all arrangements are made by NWCCU staff  Evaluators make their own travel arrangements  Institution provides transportation to and from airport

 Institution provides transportation between hotel and campus  Institution provides transportation to nearby remote sites as necessary  Campus interviews, etc. are best arranged through communication between Chair and ALO

 Report is submitted (by Committee Chair) to Institution CEO for correction of errors of fact (Institution has five business days to respond)  Finalized report is submitted (by NWCCU) to institution which has the opportunity to provide a written response

 CEO, Committee Chair and (optional) selected institutional representatives meet with Board of Commissioners (January or July) for sixty minutes  Commission President informs institution of Commission action