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SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITYComprehensive Review for
Reaffirmation of Accreditation Presentation to Campus Forum
October 21, 2015Christopher Oberg, Vice President/COO
WASC Senior College and University Commission
Higher Education Today
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Three Key Statistics5.2 – 7.0 thousand institutions20.4 million students$600 billion revenues = 3.3% GDP ($150 billion in financial aid)
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Why is accreditation in the news so much
there days?
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Five major perceptions about and
conditions of U.S. higher education
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1.Perceived low graduation rates (Not enough product)
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1.Perceived low graduation rates (Not enough product)
2.High tuition and student debt (Product costs too much)
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1.Perceived low graduation rates (Not enough product)
2.High tuition and student debt (Product costs too much)
3.Employer dissatisfaction with quality of graduates (Product is of poor quality)
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1. Perceived low graduation rates (Not enough product)
2. High tuition and student debt (Product costs too much)
3. Employer dissatisfaction with quality of graduates (Product is of poor quality)
4. Accelerated expansion of online learning (Means of production vary)
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1. Perceived low graduation rates (Not enough product)
2. High tuition and student debt (Product costs too much)
3. Employer dissatisfaction with quality of graduates (Product is of poor quality)
4. Accelerated expansion of online learning (Means of production vary)
5. Growth of the for- profit sector (Models of production vary)
“WSCUC”
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“WASC Senior College and University Commission”
“WASC” is now a brand, not an acronym
Your WSCUC Staff Liaison
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• Counselor• Collaborator • Interpreter• Non-contributing Editor• Trainer AND lastly• Compliance Guide
Reaffirmation Overview
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My experience as a WSCUC liaison: If you are doing what you say you want to be doing, and you can provide evidence – you will be in compliance
Reaffirmation Overview
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• Process occurs once every 8 – 10 years and is the cornerstone of quality assurance in American higher education
• Only nation that uses voluntary, non-governmental peer review as its primary quality assurance vehicle
Reaffirmation Overview
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• Process:• One report• One visit
• Institutional Report• Nine Components
Reaffirmation Process
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• Offsite Review (OSR)• Team only in WSCUC Office• One day with video conference
• Accreditation Visit (6 months later)• 2.5 day visit on campus• Focused, not comprehensive
Institutional Report – The Core Commitments
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1. Student Learning and Success
2. Quality and Improvement 3. Integrity, Sustainability,
and Accountability
Institutional Report
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IT’S YOUR STORYAnd you should all
contribute
Institutional Report
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IT’S YOUR STORYWrite it in a way you would want to read it
Institutional Report
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IT’S YOUR STORYBe evidential
(but more is not better)
Institutional Report
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IT’S YOUR STORYThink documentary
- not “report”
Institutional Report
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• Estimable Qualities:• Candid and frank• Brief and succinct• Clear and precise• Simple and direct
Institutional Report – The WSCUC Way
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The Commission says “What” needs to be done – it doesn’t say “How”
Institutional Report – The WSCUC Way: DMAA
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• Define • Measure (Assess)• Analyze (Plan)• Act (And repeat…….)
Institutional Report – Component 1
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Introduction• Institutional context: history, values,
uniqueness, changes, public good contribution; process of preparing Institutional Report
• Response to previous Commission actions
Institutional Report – Component 2
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Compliance• Review under the WSCUC
Standards (4 compliance forms)• Inventory of Educational
Effectiveness Indicators (IEEI)• Both included in Exhibits
Institutional Report – Component 3
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Meaning, Quality, Integrity of Degree• What is the end or purpose or
significance of the degree experience?
• What is your distinguishing way of accomplishing student learning?
Institutional Report – Component 4
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Student Learning (Outcomes):• What do your students learn in GE?
The major? Elsewhere? • Where are student outcomes
specified? How are they documented? (Hint: CFR 2.4)
• How well have your students learned (assessment)?
Institutional Report – Component 4
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• Core Competencies: 1. Writing; 2. Oral communication; 3. Quantitative reasoning; 4. Critical thinking; 5. Information literacy
• How well do students perform at or near graduation? (Not necessarily to be measured in the major)
Institutional Report – Component 5
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Student Success• How does the institution define student success given its mission, values, programs and the students it serves?• How does the institution promote student success?• How well are students doing in meeting the institution’s definition of student success?
Institutional Report – Component 6
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Quality Assurance and Improvement• Program review is the cornerstone: Be
simple, direct, periodic, inclusive (“finished” but not “complete”)
• Assessment is the means – it’s an annual engagement
• Data and evidence are the assessment mill’s grist
Institutional Report – Component 7
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Finance and Future• Financial: viability and
alignment (no additional data required)
• Changing ecology of higher education: Process, not prognostication
Institutional Report – Component 8
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Optional essay• What, you really want to
write even more?!?[Alert WASC liaison if chosen, so an appropriate team can be selected]
Institutional Report – Component 9
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Conclusion and Reflection - A Meta Perspective• What did you learn in the
process?• What will you do with what
you learned?• How does your “story” end?
WSCUC Commission: Key Emphases
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• Preserving voluntary peer review as the mode of quality assurance
• Assuring that the accreditation process adds value
• Outcomes, outcomes, outcomes
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• Creating comprehensive understandings of the Meaning, Quality, Integrity of Degree
• Assuring promotion of student, faculty, and staff diversity
• Preserving diversity among institutional types
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• Maintaining institutional autonomy (no bright lines)
• Enhancing methods of retention• Creating alternative and
complementary measures of graduation rates (Graduation Rate Dashboard)
Contact Information
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Christopher [email protected]
909.730.7933 (cell)510.995.3175 (office direct)