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Transparency & Accountability
How can we make WASC's process more transparent? By making public the "action letters" the agency issues at the end of each college's accreditation process and establishing a "report card" that would include information about how an institution…Continue
Started by WASC Apr 14, 2011.
Graduation and Retention Rates
Perhaps the biggest change that WASC is contemplating, is the idea of forcing institutions to identify levels of learning and student success that would be externally validated through comparisons with peer institutions.The goal, said Linda…Continue
Started by WASC Apr 14, 2011.
Degree Qualifications Framework
WASC is experimenting with the Lumina Foundation for Education's recently released Degree Qualifications…Continue
Tags: Rates, Retention, Graduation
Started by WASC Apr 14, 2011.
Task Force Report on Transparency & Accountability 1 Reply
Within the past few years, institutions of higher education have come under increasing criticism for an alleged lack of transparency and accountability. This criticism was reflected in the 2006 report of the Commission on the Future of Higher…Continue
Tags: WASC, Accountability, Transparency
Started by Therese A Cannon. Last reply by Godwin Igein. Ph.D Jan 20, 2010.
Recent WASC News
Commission Actions - February 2012
At its meeting February 22-24, 2012, the Accrediting Commission took action on 21 institutions.
We congratulate the following institutions on the reaffirmation of their accreditation:
- California State University, Bakersfield
- California State University, Northridge
- Samuel Merritt University
- The Wright Institute
We also congratulate and welcome the following institutions, which were granted Initial Accreditation at this meeting:
2012 WASC Annual Report- Update
This year the WASC Annual Report submission portal will be open from April 16-April 30. All institutions will be expected to submit their annual report data during this two week window of time. You will receive complete login instructions in early April. This reporting period is later in the calendar year and shorter than in previous years. We hope that moving the reporting window later in the year will allow more institutions to have complete documentation available for the WASC Annual Report.
Commissioned Study on External Validation Released
WASC commissioned the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME) to further study the Redesign Steering Committee's recommendation that institutions will externally benchmark key graduation proficiencies as part of the redesigned Institutional Review Process.
Click here to read the full study.
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