accreditation-newsletter-april-2018-pdf

IN THE KNOW ACCREDITATION UPDATE April 2018 GOGEBIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE April 7th-10th, six of us had the opportunity to attend the HLC annual Conference in Chicago Sessions focused on all aspects of the AQIP process with particular attention on assessment and innovation in higher education The keynote speakers (José Bowen, Goucher College and Helen Fisher, Rutgers University) at this year’s HLC conference were definitely a highlight “Time for reflection and interaction is a casualty of the digital age, and one of the primary goals of higher education should be to reclaim this time.” José Bowen, HLC Conference Keynote Speaker WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE AQIPACCREDITATION PROCESS Looking ahead to AQIP over summer, our focus will be to complete the preparation of our systems portfolio that is due in July The Systems Portfolio will cover the six AQIP Categories describing processes, results, and improvement in each area and shows evidence that the institution continues to meet HLC's five Criteria for Accreditation Following the portfolio submission and review, additional interim “quality review” reporting to the HLC may be requested by the HLC before our next portfolio is set to be submitted in approx four years corresponding with our reaffirmation of accreditation in 2022-2023 Currently, we are anticipating a quality review focused visit of our assessment process in the spring of 2019 Monthly newsletters to keep everyone updated on this process will continue beginning in September for the next academic year Have a great summer, and if you have any questions related to the AQIP process, please contact me anytime ~Maria Dr Maria Sokol HLC EVENTS INFORMATION There are many events coming up over the next year related to AQIP HLC EVENTS July 2018 Systems Portfolio submission Sept 2018 CET change application submission The 2019 Annual Conference will be April 5th -9th in Chicago April 15th-16th - HLC Focused visit on Assessment Useful links: Gogebic Community College HLC Website Accreditation Liaison Officer April 2018 Edition 2; Volume: VII