Reaccreditation by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges How can Counseling Psychology and Pastoral Ministries help? September 16, 2008

WASC’s Vision & Goals Vision – Two Core Commitments Capacity to educate students Effectiveness in educating students Goals Supporting student learning Supporting institutional best practices

Two-stage Reaccreditation Process Capacity and Preparatory Review Capacity and Preparatory Review (CPR) Report July Site visit October 2009 Educational Effectiveness Review Educational Effectiveness Review (EER) Report submitted to WASC December 2010 Site visit in February 2011

CPR Countdown 12 months to site visit 9 months to deadline for CPR 4 months to University-wide discussions of draft CPR

CPR Overview Three Themes 4 Standards & 42 Criteria for Review – New CFRs New Requirement: Student Success – Disaggregated retention & graduation rate Response to previous recommendations from WASC

Three Themes, Three Areas to Strengthen Educating for Competence, Conscience, and Compassion Supporting the Teaching Scholar Model Promoting a Community of Inclusive Excellence

4 Standards 42 Criteria for Review 1.Purpose/Integrity 2. Teaching/Learning/Scholarship 3. Resources/Personnel/Policies 4. Organizational Planning &

Important New CFRS Guidelines in Standard 2 New CFR 2.3 “The institution’s student learning outcomes and expectations for student attainment are clearly stated at the course, program, and as appropriate, institutional level.” New Guideline 2.2b “Institutions offering graduate-level programs demonstrate sufficient resources and structures to sustain these programs and create a graduate-level academic culture.” &

Discussion on Student Success New requirement from WASC Retention and graduation rates (time to completion) disaggregated by: student type (gender, race/ethnicity, etc.) program

University’s Response to Previous WASC recommendations Five recommendations – Library, Diversity, Program Review, Assessment, CPE CPE – “The lack of clarity of the role and placement of this division, along with the paucity of full time faculty in this division is of concern to the Commission. It recommends that the University review the Division’s alignment with the University’s mission and whether current staffing enables programs within the Division to fulfill the University’s mission, adequately mentor graduate students, and maintain a solid curriculum.” WASC Commission Action Letter 2000 Preliminary response in Institutional Proposal 2007 – Program moved out of A&S – GPPM incorporated into school – Full time faculty increased Report for CPR will discuss this further – Add mission, mentoring of grad students, maintaining solid curriculum

Site Visit October 2009 Two days, 4 – 6 people Teams will want to meet with groups of faculty Visiting team will ask about student learning as well as three themes Teams may “audit” processes & procedures

How Can You Help? Are student learning objectives set at program and course level; in syllabi, etc? Have faculty developed assessment plans for courses & departments? Have faculty set expectations for student achievement and tools to measure? Are WASC’s rubrics useful to you? How are we doing in relation to WASC’s New Guideline on graduate level programs?