New Traditions: NWCCU Standards and Process Ronald L. Baker Executive Vice President and Director,

1. New Traditions: NWCCU Standards and Process • Ronald L. Baker • Executive Vice President and Director, • Standards Revision and Implementation Project

2. Messenger • These are but the shadows of the things that have been. That they are what they are, do not blame me. • Ghost of Christmas Past in A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)

3. Evolution • While we flatter ourselves that things remain the same, they are changing under our very eyes from year to year, from day to day. • Charlotte Perkins Gilman

4. Incongruence Most of us do not look as handsome to others as we do to ourselves. Assiniboine Tribal Proverb

5. Change Outcomes Implied  Explicit What does that mean? Achievements Assumed  Assessed How do you know? Evidence Anecdotal  Verifiable Show me the data!

6. Barometer • You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come in contact with a new idea. • Pearl Buck

7. Homo Academicus • Most people are in favor of progress; it’s the changes they don’t like. • Anonymous

8. Rhetoric Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both. John Andrew Holmes

9. Pretense The secret of success is sincerity; Once you can fake that you’ve got it made. Jean Giraudoux

10. Barriers Lack of time Lack of relevance Lack of will TRADITION!

11. Redirection • When you discover you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. • Dakota Tribal Proverb

12. Interrelationships • The challenge is for us to see beyond the innumerable fragments to the whole, stepping back far enough to appreciate how things move and change as a coherent entity. • Margaret Wheatley

13. Isolated Functions

14. Interlocking Communities

15. Function-Centric Fit

16. Interest-Centric Fit

17. Relevance • How does this talk grow corn? • Hopi Tribal Saying

18. Reference Line • You never know a line is crooked unless you have a straight one to put next to it. • Socrates

19. Standard • Accreditation standards are principle-based statements of agreed-upon expectations for institutional practice that are concurrently: • Indicators of quality and effectiveness by which institutions are evaluated; and • A framework for continuous improvement.

20. Framework • The standards form a flexible framework of qualitative, catalytic, non-prescriptive statements that enables institutions with divergent missions, philosophies, and characteristics to exhibit essential principles of quality and effectiveness.

21. Revised Standards • Standard One: • Mission, Core Themes, and Expectations Examines institutional purpose and intentions based on a clear statement of institutional mission, articulation of mission fulfillment, and identification of mission core themes complete with objectives and assessable indicators of achievement of those objectives.

22. Revised Standards • Standard One: • Mission, Core Themes, and Expectations • A core theme is a manifestation of a fundamental aspect of institutional mission with overarching objectives that guide planning for contributing programs and services, development of capacity, application of resources to accomplish those objectives, and assessment of achievements of those objectives. Collectively, the core themes represent the institution’s interpretation of its mission and translation of that interpretation into practice.

23. Reminder • Core themes have objectives of the essential elements of the mission you want to achieve. They are NOT the things you do to achieve them (that’s Standards Three and Four)

24. Interpretation • Workforce Education • or • Foster Economic Vitality

25. Systems vs. Components

27. Baseball Team Mission • Successful Season

28. Mission Fulfillment • Undefeated National Championship

29. Acceptable Level • Conference Championship • Above .500 • Competitive • Entertaining • Beat Rival • Win One Game

30. Themes and Fulfillment

31. Revised Standards • Standard One: • Mission, Core Themes, and Expectations • Standard Two: • Resources and Capacity

33. Revised Standards • Standard One: • Mission, Core Themes, and Expectations • Standard Two: • Resources and Capacity • Standard Three: • Planning and Implementation • Standard Four: • Effectiveness and Improvement • Standard Five: • Mission Fulfillment, Adaptation, and Sustainability

34. Expression of Mission Fulfillment (1.A.2) Mission Statement (1.A.1) Acceptable Extent of Mission Fulfillment (1.A.2) Evaluation of Mission Fulfillment (5.A) Achievement of Core Theme 1 Objectives (4.A.1) Achievement of Core Theme N Objectives (4.A.1) . . .

35. Standard One Standard Two Standards Three and Four Standard 3.A C o r e T h e m e 2 C o r e T h e m e N Standards 3.B;4.A; 4.B C o r e T h e m e 1 C o r e T h e m e 3 ... Standard 5.A Standard 5.B Standard Five

37. Direction and Distillation • Mission • Core Themes • Programs/Services • Contributing Components Mission Fulfillment Objectives Goals/Intended Outcomes Accomplishments

38. Mission Core Theme 1 Core Theme 2 . . . Core Theme N Program or Service 1 Program or Service N Program or Service 1 Program or Service N Program or Service 1 Program or Service N ... ... ... Component1 Component 2 Component N Component 1 Component 2 Component N Component 1 Component 2 Component N Component 1 Component 2 Component N Component 1 Component 2 Component N Component 1 Component 2 Component N ... ... ... ... ... ...

39. Family Resemblance

40. Communities

41. Institutional Communities • Communities of Function • and • Communities of Interest

42. Community of Function • A community of function is an assemblage of expertise and services that contribute to the essential infrastructure needed to operate and sustain the institution and fulfill its mission.

43. Community of Interest (Core Theme) • A community of interest is a purposeful cross-functional application of capacity and allocation of resources to achieve clearly-defined objectives of an essential aspect of institutional mission.

44. Standards One and Two Purpose and Potential (Communities of Function) Standards Three and Four ... Core Theme N Core Theme 1 Core Theme 2 Core Theme 4 Core Theme N Core Theme 3 Mission Fulfillment Standard Five

45. Governance Governance Human Resources Human Resources Education Resources Education Resources Core Theme 1 Core Theme 2 Core Theme 3 Core Theme 4 Core Theme N ... Student Support Resources Student Support Resources Library and Information Resources Library and Information Resources Financial Resources Financial Resources Physical and Technological Infrastructure Physical and Technological Infrastructure

46. Weave Governance Human Resources Core Theme 1 Education Resources Core Theme 2 Student Support Resources Core Theme 3 Core Theme 4 Library and Information Resources Financial Resources . . . Core Theme N Physical and Technical Infrastructure

47. Image

48. Tapestry

50. Seven-Year Accreditation Cycle Year Primary Focus Event