1. Student Learning Assessment and the Open Pathway Accreditation Process Presentation to IIT Faculty Spring 2013

2. Role of the NCAHLC NCAHLC is voluntary association of institutions of higher education whose mission is to serve the common good by assuring and advancing the quality of higher learning.

3. Era of Increased Government Scrutiny Examples: – The Spelling Report – Federal re-definition of a credit hour, – Gainful employment requirements Message: – If you don’t assure high quality outcomes, the Federal Government will step in and tell you what to teach.

4. Pathways to Accreditation Standard

5. Pathways to Accreditation Standard AQUIP

6. Pathways to Accreditation Standard AQUIP Open

7. Goals of Open Pathway Process Quality Assurance Quality Improvement

8. Open Pathway Requirementsay Quality Improvement Initiative Interim review in Year 4 All electronic – Evidence file – Assurance Argument Tight relationship between Assurance Argument and evidentiary items

9. IIT’s Open Pathway Schedule Year2012-132013-142014-152015-162016-17 Pathway CycleYear 6Year 7Year 8Year 9Year 10 Assurance Process Establish an internal structure & processes for gathering evidence Institution may contribute documents to HLC Online Evidence File Assurance Argument Filed Assurance Review (with Site Visit) Improvement Process Quality Improvement Initiative Proposal Filed Quality Improvement Initiative Proposal Reviewed Quality Improvement Initiative Report Filed Quality Improvement Initiative Report Reviewed Commission Action Action to re-affirm Accreditation New Criteria Final version approved by HLC Board Effective for all members 1/1/13 Other Monitoring The Commission will continue to review data submitted by affiliated institutions through the Annual Institutional Update (AIDU), will apply change processes as appropriate to planned institutional developments, and will monitor institutions through reports, visits, and other means as it deems appropriate.

10. We Have Three Inter-related Tasks Evidence File & Assurance Argument Quality Improvement Initiative Culture of Continuous Assessment & Improvement

11. Culture of Continuous Assessment and Improvement

12. Building a Culture of Continuous Assessment & Improvement Build on specialized accreditation activities Establish sustainable assessment processes Use assessment data to improve academic programs Share best practices across the university

13. Process to Support Assessment Learning 1. Identify Program Learning Goals 2. Develop a Curriculum Map 3. Identify benchmarks for “success” 4. Design objective measures 5. Collect data 6. Analyze the data 7. Use results to improve program

14. Curriculum Map

15. How Can Faculty Help? Familiarize yourself with the HLC Accreditation Criteria Willingly participate in student learning assessment Use Blackboard for all your courses Use assessment data to continuously improve your courses and programs of study

16. Questions?