May 13, 2009

WASC Re-Accreditation UpdateFaculty Senate Council

WASC site visit

WASC Visiting team at SCU Oct. 20 - 22, 2009

Visiting Team will– Interview key individuals– Hold meetings with key groups

Team is seeking to– Verify information in report and exhibits– Clarify areas that are confusing– Explore matters of institutional focus– Probe about areas of concern– Learn about climate and culture

Visiting Team and FSC

Visiting Team will meet with FSC representatives– Separate meetings with other faculty leaders, administrators, staff,

students, etc.

When?– Wednesday October 21, 2009– Probable time: 3:30– Locations TBD

Meetings with Visiting Team

Meetings may take several forms– Straight Q & A– Mini questionnaires– Fishbowls– Observation of regular meeting process

Typical format– two members of visiting team meet with groups of 8 - 12 faculty

Meetings last about 45 minutes

Visiting Team will also hold open meetings for all faculty – no administrators invited

WASC will establish confidential email account for comments

Who’s on the Visiting Team?

Stephen V. Sundborg, S.J., President, Seattle University

Ronald K. Barrett, Professor of Psychology, Loyola Marymount University

Diane F. Halpern, Professor of Psychology, Claremont McKenna College

William M. Plater, Chancellor’s Professor, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis

Rana Glasgal, Associate Vice Provost, Stanford University

Barbara Gross Davis, Assistant Vice Provost, University of California, Berkeley

TBD (finance, graduate/professional programs)

Team Expertise

Team member

Stephen V. Sundborg, S.J.

Ronald K. Barrett

Diane F. Halpern

William M. Plater

Rana Glasgal

Barbara Gross Davis

Tbd

Team Expertise

CCC, Jesuit Education

Inclusive Excellence

Teaching and Learning

Teaching Scholar

Information Systems, Planning, IR

Teaching and Learning

Finance, Graduate/Professional Programs

What will WASC team ask?

SCU’s three selected themes for self study Competence, Conscience, Compassion Teaching Scholar Model Inclusive Excellence

WASC’s four standards and 42 Criteria for Review Document review Student Success, Student Learning

Retention, graduation rates, learning outcomes

SCU’s response to WASC’s 2000 Commission Action Letter

See ANGEL site for draft Capacity Report

Major Recommendations of Self Study

CCC

Develop more effective indicators of CCC

Enhance opportunities for educating for CCC

Enhance integration of CCC

TSM

Reduce teaching load for research-active faculty

Increase tenure stream faculty

Undertake resource analysis

Inclusive Excellence

Enhance recruitment & retention of underrepresented students, faculty & staff

Support programs and policies for IE

Improve communication re: Inclusive Excellence

Does SCU meet WASC’s Four Standards?

1. Institutional Purpose, Educational Objectives; Integrity, Diversity

2. Teaching, Learning, Scholarship

3. Resources and Organizational Structures; faculty, staff, financial stability, library

4. Planning processes, quality improvement systems aligned with mission

See Introductory Essay and Appendices for Standards and Criteria for Review

How’s our “student success”?

Retention rate

Disaggregated retention rate

Four year & six year graduation rate

Disaggregated graduation rate

93% Among the highest in the US

No significant difference when disaggregated by race, gender, ethnicity

80.3% and 85%Among the highest in US

No significant difference

See Appendixes and Data Tables

Commission Action Letter 1999

Five areas needing attention in ‘99

Diversity

Assessment of student learning

Program review

Counseling Psychology & Education

Library

Progress since last visit

Gradual increase in representation of Hispanic, Latino, African American students

All departments submit annual report (since 2003)

All departments have completed one program review; new cycle begins 2010

New structure, more faculty

New Learning Commons

WASC returns in two years for EER

October 2009 WASC Capacity Report– Asks “what”?– Structures, processes, infrastructures

February 2011 Educational Effectiveness Report– Asks “how well”?– Student learning, institutional learning

SCU WASC committee participants

WASC Chairs Diane Jonte-Pace, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies

Carol Gittens, Director of Assessment

Michelle Burnham & Bob Numan/ Betty Young, TSM

Manny Velasquez/ Cynthia Mertens, CCC

Kitty Murphy / Alma Garcia, IE

www.scu.edu/wasc

WASC Subcommittees

Teaching Scholar Model

Bob Numan

Michelle Burnham

Bill Prior

Sherry Booth

Rick Scott

Michael Eames

Inclusive Excellence

Kitty Murphy/Alma Garcia

Phyllis Brown

Mary Ho

Yahia Mahamdi

Monica Parikh

Jennifer Taylor

Kevin Quinn

Competence, Conscience,Compassion

Manny Velasquez

Carol Gittens

Cynthia Mertens

Mark Aschheim

Tom Plante

Gail Gradowski

Sonny Manuel

WASC steering committee

Carol Gittens

Michelle Burnham

Bob Numan

Manny Velasquez

Kitty Murphy

Paul Soukup

Jeanne Rosenberger

Liz Salzer

Kevin Quinn

Terry Beers

Linda Kamas

Ellen Krietzberg

Steve Chiesa

Thank you!

Thanks to the WASC steering and subcommittee members.

Thanks to the Faculty Senate Council for support with this process.

Contact us with questions:

Diane Jonte-Pace, Vice Provost

www.scu.edu/wasc

508-551-7032

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