WASC Online Community - Improving the quality of higher education in the Western Region

Improving the quality of higher education in the Western Region

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This Online Community is a forum for you to:

Ask questions of your peers about accreditation and related issues
Access and share resources and best practices
Share suggestions and ideas with the WASC staff and Commission

This site is a project of Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities.

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If you have any questions on how to use the site, please contact Henry Hernandez 510-748-9001 (hhernandez at wascsenior.org).

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Follow the Forum links below to comment on the recent WASC Task Force documents, check out recent postings on assessment in the Groups or start discussion topics of your own.

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Videos

Survey on the Financial Impacts of the Recession

Added by Ralph Wolff
Do Schools Kill Creativity?

Added by WASC
ARC 2010- Call for Proposals!

Added by Barbara Wright

Forum

What Does It Mean to Be Internationally Competitive?

Started by Henry Hernandez Nov 19.

Good Practices in Academic Program Review

Started by WASC Oct 14.

The impact of the economic recession 1 Reply

Started by Ralph Wolff. Last reply by Nils Peterson Oct 10.

Payment of External Reviewers 2 Replies

Started by Richard 'Dick' Osborn. Last reply by William G. Neal Aug 10.

Task Force on Disclosing Data on Student Achievement to External Audiences

Started by W. David Conn May 8.

Recent WASC News

Nominations Sought for Election to the Commission

The Nominating Committee of the Senior Commission is currently accepting nominations for election to the Accrediting Commission. Five vacancies will be available for senior-level faculty or administrators from institutions in the WASC region. For more information, see Commission Elections. Please note that nominations may only be made by CEOs of WASC-accredited institutions, and will be accepted until December 18, 2009.

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‘Good Practices’ in Academic Program Review- Now Available

WASC Resource Guide for ‘Good Practices' in Academic Program Review

This good-practice guide (download) is designed to assist colleges and universities with meeting the new program review expectations within WASC's revised accreditation standards. While it is useful for meeting the revised standards, the guide is framed in terms of ‘good practices' for academic program review processes rather than accreditation compliance.

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