UW-Platteville VisionUW-Platteville will be recognized as the leading student-focused university for its success in achieving excellence, creating opportunities, and empowering each individual.

UW-Platteville MissionThe University of Wisconsin-Platteville provides associate, baccalaureate, and master’s degree programs in a broad spectrum of disciplines including: science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; criminal justice; education; business; agriculture; and the liberal arts.

UW-Platteville MissionWe promote excellence by using a personal, hands-on approach to empower each student to become broader in perspective, intellectually more astute, ethically more responsible, and to contribute wisely as an accomplished professional and knowledgeable citizen in a diverse global community.

Why are we here today?Review the accreditation process

What is accreditation? What’s our timeline?

Provide an update on institutional progress Who are our campus leaders? What have we accomplished so far?

Inform you about important issues HLC expectations Assessment How you can help

What is accreditation?Multi-faceted evaluation of

institutional effectiveness Higher Learning Commission (HLC)

Criteria, Assumed Practices, Federal Compliance

Requirement For access to private, state and federal funding

Process Peer review

Opportunity Institutional self-reflection Identify areas for improvement

Timelines

We are here

Date of our site visit: October 24-25, 2016

Complete review again in 4 years

Criteria for Accreditation1. Mission

2. Ethical and Responsible Conduct

3. Teaching and Learning: Quality, Resources and Support

4. Teaching and Learning: Evaluation and Improvement

5. Resources, Planning and Institutional Effectiveness

Progress ReportCriterion Teams – developing our Quality

Assurance argument First outlines shared with Deans, Chief Financial

Officer, Diversity Officer, Provost Team leaders will be requesting additional

information to be used in our evidence files

Federal Compliance Team - compiling data to document that we follow government regulations

Areas for Institutional AttentionFederal Compliance

Credit hour review Federal definition of “credit hour” Accountability for equivalent student learning in

compressed timeline courses

Student complaints Policies and processes of logging, tracking and

responding to student complaints

Clear communication of campus information

Third party comment

Areas for Institutional AttentionHLC expectations

Faculty credentialing Change from “guideline”

Student opinion survey April, 2016

Evidence of a culture of continuous improvement

Areas for Institutional AttentionContinuous improvement

Curricular and co-curricular learning goals Are your area’s learning goals aligned with our

institutional mission and goals?

Areas for Institutional AttentionContinuous improvement

How do you know that students have achieved your goals? What is your assessment plan? How do you collect and analyze your data? How do you use the results of assessment to

improve student learning? What evidence do you have for success?

How can you help?Live our vision and mission Our mission is central to how we will be evaluated.

Recognize what needs improvement and address those issues

Respond to requests for information and data

Communicate Policies and processes must be clearly documented. Everyone on campus has a part in our reaffirmation of

accreditation.

ReviewThe accreditation processInstitutional progressImportant issues

Federal Compliance Assessment How you can help

What questions do you have?