HLC Accreditation Resource Library

• Criterion One: Mission and Integrity
  • Core Component 1a
    The organization's mission documents are clear and articulate publicly the organization's commitments.
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  • Core Component 1b
    The organization’s resource base supports its educational programs and its plans for maintaining and strengthening their quality in the future.
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  • Core Component 1c
    Understanding of and support for the mission pervade the organization.
  • Core Component 1d
    The organization’s governance and administrative structures promote effective leadership and support collaborative processes that enable the organization to fulfill its mission.
  • Core Component 1e
    The organization upholds and protects its integrity.
• Criterion Two: Preparing for the Future
  • Core Component 2a
    The organization realistically prepares for a future shaped by multiple societal and economic trends.
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  • Core Component 2b
    The organization’s resource base supports its educational programs and its plans for maintaining and strengthening their quality in the future.
  • Core Component 2c
    The organization’s ongoing evaluation and assessment processes provide reliable evidence of institutional effectiveness that clearly informs strategies for continuous improvement.
  • Core Component 2d
    All levels of planning align with the organization’s mission, thereby enhancing its capacity to fulfill that mission.
• Criterion Three: Student Learning and Effective Teaching
  • Core Component 3a
    The organization’s goals for student learning outcomes are clearly stated for each educational program and make effective assessment possible.
  • Core Component 3b
    The organization values and supports effective teaching.
  • Core Component 3c
    The organization creates effective learning environments.
  • Core Component 3d
    The organization’s learning resources support student learning and effective teaching.
• Criterion Four: Acquisition, Discivery, and Application of Knowledge
  • Core Component 4a
    The organization demonstrates, through the actions of its board, administrators, students, faculty, and staff, that it values a life of learning.
  • Core Component 4b
    The organization demonstrates that acquisition of a breadth of knowledge and skills and the exercise of intellectual inquiry are integral to its educational programs.
  • Core Component 4c
    The organization assesses the usefulness of its curricula to students who will live and work in a global, diverse, and technological society.
  • Core Component 4d
    The organization provides support to ensure that faculty, students, and staff acquire, discover, and apply knowledge responsibly.
• Criterion Five: Engagement and Service
  • Core Component 5a
    The organization learns from the constituencies it serves and analyzes its capacity to serve their needs and expectations.
  • Core Component 5b
    The organization has the capacity and the commitment to engage with its identified constituencies and communities.
  • Core Component 5c
    The organization demonstrates its responsiveness to those constituencies that depend on it for service.
  • Core Component 5d
    Internal and external constituencies value the services the organization provides.