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
NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self Study February 7 - 8, 2008
PurposePurpose
Provoke thought and promote dialogue on effective self-study practice.
NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self Study February 7 - 8, 2008
AnnouncementsAnnouncements
Name TagsTeal – Associate*Blue – Baccalaureate*Green – Graduate*Red – PresentersBlack - Staff
SeminarsI – Degree LevelsII – StandardsIII – Institutional Size
Layout*Highest Degree Offered
NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self Study February 7 - 8, 2008
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
NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self Study February 7 - 8, 2008
ConnectionsConnections
Heart
SoulVeracityIntegrity
Authenticity
Purpose Principles Paradigm
Mind Plans Policies Practices
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ReflectionReflectionCongruenceCongruence
AchievementsAchievements
ActionsActionsAspirationsAspirations●
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ParablesAllegoriesMetaphors
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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
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DestinationDestination
To meet accreditation expectations . . .
do the right thing!
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AppraisalAppraisal
If I was going there, I wouldn't start from here.Irish Proverb
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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
NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self Study February 7 - 8, 2008
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
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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
NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self Study February 7 - 8, 2008
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.
NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self Study February 7 - 8, 2008
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.
NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self Study February 7 - 8, 2008
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.
NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self Study February 7 - 8, 2008
NutshellNutshell
What?
With What?
So What?
Now What?
NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self Study February 7 - 8, 2008
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
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ComparabilityComparability
You never know a line is crooked unless you have a straight one to put next to it.
Socrates
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RelevanceRelevance
How does this talk grow corn?Hopi Tribal Proverb
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Self ReflectionSelf Reflection
Most of us do not look as handsome to others as we do to ourselves.
Assiniboine Tribal Proverb
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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
NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self Study February 7 - 8, 2008
ExpectationsExpectations
OutcomesImplied Explicit
What does that mean?
AchievementsAssumed Assessed
How do you know?
EvidenceAnecdotal Verifiable
Show me the data!
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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
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BarriersBarriers
Lack of time
Lack of relevance
Lack of will
TRADITION!
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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
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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
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RepudiationRepudiation
I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it.
Garrison Keeler
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PretensePretense
The secret of success is sincerity;Once you can fake that you’ve got it made.
Jean Giraudoux
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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)
NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self Study February 7 - 8, 2008
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)
NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self Study February 7 - 8, 2008
RedirectionRedirection
When you discover you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount.
Dakota Tribal Proverb
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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
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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
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PlanPlan
We need elucidation of the obvious more than investigation of the obscure.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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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
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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.
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CharacteristicsCharacteristics
AnalysisAnalysis
Reductionistic
Take Apart
Isolate
Answer Questions
SynthesisSynthesis
Holistic
Put Together
Correlate
Ask Questions
NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self Study February 7 - 8, 2008
AnalysisAnalysis
IntentionsIntentionsMissionGoals
PracticesPracticesPlanningActions
CapacityCapacityResources
Infrastructure
AchievementsAchievementsInstitutional
Student Learning
NWCCU Workshop on Institutional Self Study February 7 - 8, 2008
SynthesisSynthesis
QualityQualityEducationalInstitutional
StabilityStabilityOutcomesOperations
EffectivenessEffectivenessAchievements
Practices
SustainabilitySustainabilityAdaptability
Viability
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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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