NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self StudyFebruary 7 - 8, 2008 Institutional Self Study: Connecting...

NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self Study February 7 - 8, 2008

Institutional Self Study:Institutional Self Study:Connecting Heart, Mind, and SoulConnecting Heart, Mind, and Soul

Ronald L. BakerRonald L. BakerExecutive Vice PresidentExecutive Vice President

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities


PurposePurpose

Provoke thought and promote dialogue on effective self-study practice.


AnnouncementsAnnouncements

Name TagsTeal – Associate*Blue – Baccalaureate*Green – Graduate*Red – PresentersBlack - Staff

SeminarsI – Degree LevelsII – StandardsIII – Institutional Size

Layout*Highest Degree Offered


ParticipationParticipation

36 Institutions17 Graduate*

10 Public 7 Private 8 Baccalaureate*

6 Public 1 Tribal 1 Private11 Associate*

10 Public 1 Tribal166 Individuals

75 Graduate*43 Public 32 Private

32 Baccalaureate*21 Public 7 Tribal 4 Private

59 Associate*57 Public 2 Tribal

*Highest Degree Offered


ConnectionsConnections

Heart

SoulVeracityIntegrity

Authenticity

Purpose Principles Paradigm

Mind Plans Policies Practices

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ReflectionReflectionCongruenceCongruence

AchievementsAchievements

ActionsActionsAspirationsAspirations●

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ParablesAllegoriesMetaphors


PhilosophyPhilosophy

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


DestinationDestination

To meet accreditation expectations . . .

do the right thing!


AppraisalAppraisal

If I was going there, I wouldn't start from here.Irish Proverb


Accredited InstitutionsAccredited Institutions

Native/Degree* Public Tribal Private Total A 56 7 1 64 B 11** 2** 7 20**

M 14 0 27** 41**

D 17 0 12** 29**

98** 9** 47** 154

*Highest Degree Offered**Includes Institutions Accredited at Lower Degree Level and Candidate at This Degree Level


Candidate InstitutionsCandidate Institutions

Native/Degree* Public Tribal Private Total A 0 0 0 0 B 1** 0 2 3**

M 1 0 0 1 D 0 0 2 2

2** 0 4 6**

*Highest Degree Offered**Includes International Institution


Geographic Distribution*Geographic Distribution*

A** B** M** D** TotalAlaska 2 0 3 1 6Idaho 3 2 2 3 10Montana 11 3 5 2 21Nevada 1 3 2 3 9Oregon 14 3 16 10 43Utah 4 2 4 4 14Washington 29 9 10 8 56International 0 1 0 0 1

64 23 42 31 160*Accredited and Candidate Institutions**Highest Degree Offered


DefinitionDefinition

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.


ScopeScope

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.


AssurancesAssurances

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.


NutshellNutshell

What?

With What?

So What?

Now What?


FrameworkFramework

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 StandardsMission Centered Standards


ComparabilityComparability

You never know a line is crooked unless you have a straight one to put next to it.

Socrates


RelevanceRelevance

How does this talk grow corn?Hopi Tribal Proverb


Self ReflectionSelf Reflection

Most of us do not look as handsome to others as we do to ourselves.

Assiniboine Tribal Proverb


EnvironmentEnvironment

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


ExpectationsExpectations

OutcomesImplied Explicit

What does that mean?

AchievementsAssumed Assessed

How do you know?

EvidenceAnecdotal Verifiable

Show me the data!


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

IssueIssue


BarriersBarriers

Lack of time

Lack of relevance

Lack of will

TRADITION!


Barometer of ChangeBarometer 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


Homo AcademicusHomo Academicus

When the center of the universe is discovered, a lot of people will be disappointed to find they aren’t it.

Bernard Bailey


RepudiationRepudiation

I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it.

Garrison Keeler


PretensePretense

The secret of success is sincerity;Once you can fake that you’ve got it made.

Jean Giraudoux


AnthemAnthem

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)


InnocenceInnocence

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)


RedirectionRedirection

When you discover you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount.

Dakota Tribal Proverb


ResolveResolve

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


PerspectivePerspective

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


PlanPlan

We need elucidation of the obvious more than investigation of the obscure.

Oliver Wendell Holmes


ApproachApproach

Method consists of two processes, correlative and complementary to each

other: AnalysisAnalysis of complex totalities into their parts; and SynthesisSynthesis of parts into

their totality.Joseph L. Esposito


ProcessesProcesses

AnalysisAnalysis - Reductionistic examination of parts to acquire knowledgeknowledge of their properties and functions.

SynthesisSynthesis - Holistic study of relationships among parts to gain understandingunderstanding of their roles and the purpose of the whole in which they exist.


CharacteristicsCharacteristics

AnalysisAnalysis

Reductionistic

Take Apart

Isolate

Answer Questions

SynthesisSynthesis

Holistic

Put Together

Correlate

Ask Questions


AnalysisAnalysis

IntentionsIntentionsMissionGoals

PracticesPracticesPlanningActions

CapacityCapacityResources

Infrastructure

AchievementsAchievementsInstitutional

Student Learning


SynthesisSynthesis

QualityQualityEducationalInstitutional

StabilityStabilityOutcomesOperations

EffectivenessEffectivenessAchievements

Practices

SustainabilitySustainabilityAdaptability

Viability


ThoughtsThoughts

It takes a thousand voicesto 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 becomewhat you might have been.

George Eliot

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.Walt Disney

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