two balls, one bat: the sacscoc fifth-year review as a motivator for institutional improvement
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Two Balls, One Bat: The SACSCOC Fifth-Year Review as a Motivator For Institutional Improvement
Twitter: @jernstberger
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Macroscopic View• Poll
• Institutional Overview
• Mindset
• SACSCOC
• Recommendations
• Conclusions
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Poll: Online offerings?
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About LaGrange College• Approximately 1,100 students.
• 86 full-time faculty
• Founded in 1831
• Co-ed in 1954
• Pres. Dan McAlexander
• Ed.S. is our highest degree
• Strategic Plan: Vision 2020
• Lots of haunted buildings
• Wesleyan tradition; mostly Baptist• 16 varsity teams
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About LaGrange College, cont.
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Online Instruction at LaGrange College
History and Goals
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Online Instruction: Opportunities• RN to BSN online
• Adult education
• Academic Certificates (Aging Studies and Business Essentials I)
• Synchronous graduate distance education
• M.S. in Exercise Science
• M.A. in Philanthropy and Development (hybrid delivery)
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SACSCOC ReviewsChange Your Vantage Point
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Useful SACSCOC Documents• Distance and Correspondence Education (Policy Statement, 1997-2014)
• The Fifth-Year Interim Report (2015)
• Best Practices for Electronically Offered Degree and Certificate Programs (2000)
• Guidelines for Addressing Distance and Correspondence Education (2015)
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Distance and Correspondence Ed (Policy)• Definitions
• Key policy requirements
• Guidelines (mission, curriculum & instruction, faculty, institutional effectiveness, student services, finances/facilities)
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Definition of Distance Education (SACSCOC)“…A distance education course may use the internet; one-way and two-way transmissions through open broadcast, close circult, cable, microwave, broadband lines, fiber optics, satellite, or wireless communication devices; audio conferencing; or video cassettes, DVD’s, and CD-ROMs if used as part of the distance learning course or program.”
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Policy Statements, #2
“At the time of review by the Commission, the institution demonstrates that it has a written procedure for protecting the privacy of students enrolled in distance and correspondence education courses or programs.”
http://www.lagrange.edu/resources/pdf/Protection-of-Students.pdf
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GuidelinesLibrary and Learning Resources
“Students have access to and can effectively use appropriate library resources.”
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Guidelines, cont.Student Services
“Students in distance or correspondence programs have an adequate procedure for resolving their complaints, and the institution follows its policies and procedures."
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Useful SACSCOC Documents• Distance and Correspondence Education (Policy Statement, 1997-2014)
• The Fifth-Year Interim Report (2015)
• Best Practices for Electronically Offered Degree and Certificate Programs (2000)
• Guidelines for Addressing Distance and Correspondence Education (2015)
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Fifth-Year Interim Report• Nine uses of “distance education” or “correspondence education”
• Explicitly/implicitly addressed in 4/5 parts
• Gets you some basics• Identification verification (III, 15)• Privacy policies (not FERPA; III, 16)• Additional Charges (III, 17)
• Gets some not-so basics• Review of distance learning programs (Part II, 4)• Documentation of compliance with other accrediting bodies (3.13A)• Asks for addressable issues. (Part IV)
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Useful SACSCOC Documents• Distance and Correspondence Education (Policy Statement, 1997-2014)
• The Fifth-Year Interim Report (2015)
• Best Practices for Electronically Offered Degree and Certificate Programs (2000)
• Guidelines for Addressing Distance and Correspondence Education (2015)
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Best Practices1. Institutional Context and Commitment (10 components)
2. Curriculum and Instruction (5 components)
3. Faculty Support (4 components)
4. Student Support (4 components)
5. Evaluation and Assessment (6 components)
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Best Practices, cont.
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Best Practices (3)• Use the SACSCOC document as a
guide
• “Best Practices” - old but not obsolete
• Improvement by fulfillment
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Useful SACSCOC Documents• Distance and Correspondence Education (Policy Statement, 1997-2014)
• The Fifth-Year Interim Report (2015)
• Best Practices for Electronically Offered Degree and Certificate Programs (2000)
• Guidelines for Addressing Distance and Correspondence Education (2015)
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Guidelines for Addressing Distance or Correspondence Education1. Overview of Commission Expectations
2. Definitions, standards, and policies
3. Distance and Correspondence Program Review
4. Application of Findings
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Guidelines, cont.
"Teaching to the test isn't bad if it's a good test!"
-Don Livingston, Professor of Education,
LaGrange College
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Lessons LearnedFree lunches, power tools, & unity
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Reciprocity Agreements (3rd Ball)• Individual State agreements (Indiana, Florida, Arizona)
• SECRRA
• GA-SARA/NC-SARA
• International Students
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Choose the Right Tools• Document creation/maintenance
• Create deadlines
• File storage
• Simple
Recommendation: Google Drive/Calendar/Whiteboard
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Interactions• Include others
• Manufacture clear, straightforward interactions• Meeting titles• Deadlines• Expectations
• Delegate (if possible)
• Communicate
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Conclusions1. Change your mindset on the SACSCOC reporting process.
2. Build, respect, and enable your team.
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ReferencesSREB/SECRRA
NC-SARA
GNPEC
LaGrange College
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Q&A