Preparation for the 2007 NCA Accreditation Visit

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This page contains links to many of the training documents used by NCA (or guest speakers) at the yearly accreditation meetings. The title of the presentation is accompanied by a brief description as well as the presenting organization. Some of these resources may be repeated elsewhere on this site if they are of particular interest for a specific section.

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Title/Link	Contents
The Alpha, Lambda, and Omega of the Self-Study Process	Pikes Peak Community College Presentation about initiating, sustaining and concluding the self-study process.
Achieving an Evaluative Self-Study Report Using a Technical Writing Framework	Cottey College Looks at committees, focus groups and preparing the document from a technical writing perspective.
Using a Virtual Data and Document Center to Support the Accreditation Self-Study Process, Visit and Beyond	Arizona State University Focuses on the online resource room.
Get TECH SMART!	New Mexico Tech Getting people involved in the accreditation process and having fun.
Where's the Beef? Getting a Gourmet Self-Study for the Price of a Value Meal - Part I	The University of Findlay Beginning the self-study process.
Where's the Beef? Getting a Gourmet Self-Study for the Price of a Value Meal - Part II	The University of Findlay Completing the self-study process. Having fun.
Coordinating the Self-Study: The Home Stretch Part I	Rockhurst University Examples of contents of the physical resource room.
Coordinating the Self-Study: The Home Stretch Part II	Rockhurst University A self-study table of contents - old criteria
Grass Roots Assessment	Dana College At the end there are examples of student and faculty assessment surveys.
Assessment for Learning Part I: The Institutional Experience	Higher Learning Commission How do we assess student learning?
Assessing Community Engagement: A Case Study	Otterbein College Community Engagement Survey
Generation NeXt Comes to College: Meeting the Postmodern Student	Arkansas State University - Beebe Meeting the needs of the new generation of students.
Commission Policy and Good Practices on Transfer of Credit	Higher Learning Commission NCA discussion on policy/documentation/practice for transfer of credit
Principles of Good Practice in Overseas International Education Programs for Non-U.S. Nationals	Higher Learning Commission NCA discussion on policy/documentation/practice
The Criteria for Accreditation and the Operational Indicators	Higher Learning Commission NCA discussion on the new criteria and the statistical data nesessary for the accreditation report
Delving into the Criteria	Higher Learning Commission NCA slide show presentation of the new criteria
Commission Policies	Higher Learning Commission 68 pages of policies related to NCA accreditation - no discussion, just the policies
Principles of Good Practice in Adult Completion Programs to be Observed by NCA Institutions and Reserved for Patterns of Evidence by Consultant-Evaluators	Higher Learning Commission Short NCA discussion of adult completion programs