Accreditation

Accreditation

Four Cross-Cutting Themes as Context for Evaluation

The Future-Oriented Organization

• Engages in planning
• Is driven by the mission
• Understands social and economic change
• Focuses on the futures of constituents
• Integrates new technology

The Learning-Focused Organization

• Assesses student learning
• Supports learning
• Supports scholarship
• Creates the capacity for lifelong learning
• Strengthens organizational learning

The Connected Organization

• Serves the common good
• Serves constituents
• Creates a culture of service
• Collaborates
• Engages in healthy internal communication

 he Distinctive Organization

• Has an unambiguous mission
• Appreciates diversity
• Is accountable
• Is self-reflective
• Is committed to improvement