NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Institutional Self Study: Connecting Heart, Mind, and Soul Ronald L. Baker Executive Vice President Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Purpose Provoke thought and promote dialogue on effective self-study practice.

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Announcements Name Tags Teal – Associate* Blue – Baccalaureate* Green – Graduate* Red – Presenters Black - Staff Seminars I – Degree Levels II – Standards III – Institutional Size Layout *Highest Degree Offered

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Participation 36 Institutions 17 Graduate* 10 Public 7 Private 8 Baccalaureate* 6 Public 1 Tribal 1 Private 11 Associate* 10 Public 1 Tribal 166 Individuals 75 Graduate* 43 Public32 Private 32 Baccalaureate* 21 Public 7 Tribal 4 Private 59 Associate* 57 Public 2 Tribal *Highest Degree Offered

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Connections Heart Soul Veracity Integrity Authenticity Purpose Principles Paradigm Mind Plans Policies Practices ● ● ●

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 ReflectionCongruence Achievements ActionsAspirations ● ● ● Parables Allegories Metaphors

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Philosophy Bees cull their several sweets from this flower and that blossom, here and there where they find them, but themselves afterward make the honey, which is all and purely their own. Michel Eqyeum de Montaigne

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Destination To meet accreditation expectations... do the right thing!

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Appraisal If I was going there, I wouldn't start from here. Irish Proverb

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Accredited Institutions Native/ Degree* Public Tribal Private Total A B 11 ** 2 ** 7 20 ** M ** 41 ** D ** 29 ** 98 ** 9 ** 47 ** 154 *Highest Degree Offered **Includes Institutions Accredited at Lower Degree Level and Candidate at This Degree Level

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Candidate Institutions Native/ Degree* Public Tribal Private Total A B 1 ** ** M D ** ** *Highest Degree Offered **Includes International Institution

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Geographic Distribution* A ** B ** M ** D ** Total Alaska Idaho Montana Nevada Oregon Utah Washington International *Accredited and Candidate Institutions **Highest Degree Offered

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Definition Regional accreditation is a voluntary, non-governmental, catalytic process of analytic self reflection and peer review that assures educational quality and encourages purposeful improvement through evaluations based on institutional mission, accepted standards of quality, and expectations of the public.

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Scope NWCCU accreditation: Applies to the institution as a whole, not its units or educational programs; Is not partial; and Is not for a fixed period of time.

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Assurances Intentions: The institution has clearly defined and appropriate educational objectives consistent with its mission and characteristics. Capacity: The institution has conditions and resources to achieve its objectives. Achievement: The institution is substantially accomplishing its mission and purpose. Sustainability: The institution is organized, staffed, and supported to continue to do so.

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Nutshell What? With What? So What? Now What?

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Framework The Eligibility Requirements, Standards, and Related Policies form a flexible framework of qualitative, non-prescriptive statements that enables institutions with divergent missions, philosophies, and characteristics to manifest essential principles of quality and effectiveness.

Mission Centered Standards

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Comparability You never know a line is crooked unless you have a straight one to put next to it. Socrates

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Relevance How does this talk grow corn? Hopi Tribal Proverb

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Self Reflection Most of us do not look as handsome to others as we do to ourselves. Assiniboine Tribal Proverb

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Environment While we flatter ourselves that things remain the same, they are changing under our very eyes from year to year, from day to day. Charlotte Perkins Gilman

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Expectations Outcomes Implied  Explicit What does that mean? Achievements Assumed  Assessed How do you know? Evidence Anecdotal  Verifiable Show me the data!

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Accountability is problematic when there is not clarity of expectations or agreed-upon goals, and that lack of clarity has long been a characteristic of social welfare in the United States. Sheila Suess Kennedy Accountability is problematic when there is not clarity of expectations or agreed-upon goals, and that lack of clarity has long been a characteristic of [higher education] in the United States. Sheila Suess Kennedy Issue

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Barriers Lack of time Lack of relevance Lack of will TRADITION!

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Barometer of Change You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come in contact with a new idea. Pearl Buck

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Homo Academicus When the center of the universe is discovered, a lot of people will be disappointed to find they aren’t it. Bernard Bailey

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Repudiation I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it. Garrison Keeler

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Pretense The secret of success is sincerity; Once you can fake that you’ve got it made. Jean Giraudoux

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Anthem It doesn’t matter what I say, So long as I sing with inflection That makes you feel that I’ll convey Some inner truth of vast reflection. But I’ve said nothing so far And I can keep it up for as long as it takes; And it don’t matter who you are; If I’m doing my job it’s your resolve that breaks. Hook (Blues Traveler)

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Innocence These are but the shadows of the things that have been. That they are what they are, do not blame me. Ghost of Christmas Past in A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Redirection When you discover you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. Dakota Tribal Proverb

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Resolve Sometimes we come to realize that just going to be going, just talking to be talking, just spending to be spending, just rushing to be rushing, doesn’t always mean much. Periodically we need to appraise our past performance, to repent and improve, and to resolve to follow through the good things we undertake to do. Richard L. Evans

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Perspective The challenge is for us to see beyond the innumerable fragments to the whole, stepping back far enough to appreciate how things move and change as a coherent entity. Margaret J. Wheatley

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Plan We need elucidation of the obvious more than investigation of the obscure. Oliver Wendell Holmes

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Approach Analysis Synthesis Method consists of two processes, correlative and complementary to each other: Analysis of complex totalities into their parts; and Synthesis of parts into their totality. Joseph L. Esposito

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Processes Analysis knowledge Analysis - Reductionistic examination of parts to acquire knowledge of their properties and functions. Synthesis understanding Synthesis - Holistic study of relationships among parts to gain understanding of their roles and the purpose of the whole in which they exist.

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Characteristics Analysis Reductionistic Take Apart Isolate Answer Questions Synthesis Holistic Put Together Correlate Ask Questions

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Analysis Intentions Mission GoalsPractices Planning Actions Capacity Resources InfrastructureAchievements Institutional Student Learning

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Synthesis Quality Educational InstitutionalStability Outcomes Operations Effectiveness Achievements PracticesSustainability Adaptability Viability

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Thoughts It takes a thousand voices to tell a single story. Native American Proverb You see, but you do not observe. Sherlock Holmes in A Scandal in Bohemia (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) It’s never too late to become what you might have been. George Eliot It's kind of fun to do the impossible. Walt Disney