Program Overview

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 Session 1:
Presenter: Michael Jackson — Associate Director – ABHE Commission on Accreditation

• Standard 1: Mission, Goals, and Objectives
  The institution has a written mission statement that is clear and appropriate to biblical higher education supported by clearly defined institutional goals and student learning objectives.
• Standard 2: Assessment & Planning
  The institution demonstrates that it is accomplishing and can continue to accomplish its mission, fulfill goals and objectives, and improve institutional effectiveness through an ongoing system of assessment and planning.

  Session 2
Presenters: Ron Kroll — Commission Staff Representative — ABHE Commission on Accreditation

• Standard 3: Institutional Integrity
  The institution demonstrates integrity in all of its practices and relationships with strict adherence to ethical standards and its own stated policies.
• Standard 4: Authority and Governance
  The institution is legally constituted as a nonprofit organization or is a nonprofit subsidiary of a parent organization, authorized by its state or province to operate as an educational institution and grant all degrees and /or offer credentials. The institution has its own governing board with legal and fiduciary responsibility to exercise appropriate oversight over institutional integrity , policies, resource development, and ongoing operations.

 Session 3
Presenters: Shane Wood — Senior Associate Director & Lisa Beatty — Executive Director — ABHE Commission on Accreditation

• Standard 5: Administration – Shane Wood
  The institution has a team of administrators that brings together its various resources and allocates them to accomplish institutional goals.
• Standard 7: Enrollment Management – Lisa Beatty
  The institution has developed and implemented an enrollment management plan that is consistent with its mission and addresses issues of recruitment, admissions, student financial services, and retention.

 Session 4
Presenters: Shane Wood 

• Standard 6: Resources
  The institution has the human, financial, physical, and technological resources needed to achieve its mission and has implemented policies and procedures to manage these resources effectively.
  

  Session 5
Presenters: Lisa Beatty & Shane Wood

• Standard 8: Student Services – Lisa Beatty
  The institution provides services that contribute to the holistic development and care of students and that are appropriate to the level of educational and delivery system.
• Standard 9: Faculty – Shane Wood
  The institution maintains a faculty committed to its mission and qualified academically and spiritually to facilitate student learning within their disciplines and to contribute to the development of a biblical worldview. The institution fosters an academic climate that stimulates the exchange of ideas, encourages professional development, promotes the well-being of faculty, and supports the faculty’s role in decision-making.

 Session 6
Presenters: Shane Wood & Michael Jackson

• Standard 10: Library and Other Learning Resources – Shane Wood
  The institution ensures the availability of and access to learning resources and services of appropriate form, range, depth, and currency to support the curricular offerings and meet student and faculty needs, regardless of location or instructional delivery system.
• Standard 11: Academic Programs – Michael Jackson
  The institution’s academic programs are appropriate to the achievement of its mission and to the level of educational programs offered, with all programs supporting development of a biblical worldview and some programs oriented specifically to full-time vocational ministry.

 Session 7
Presenter: Michael Jackson

• Standard 11: Academic Programs (continued)

 Session 8
Presenter: Lisa Beatty

• Orientation to ABHE Accreditation Processes & Wrap-Up
  A walk through ABHE’s accreditation cycles from application to accredited status and everything in between.
  

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