Group Project

 

 

 

Criterion 4: Acquisition, Discovery/Knowledge

 

 

Working together using this wiki Group members Sources To view the full 2006 WETCC self-study report for this criterion, click here:  Criterion Four.doc Answer the questions for each of the core components by clicking on the core component and typing in or pasting your answers on that page. Answer these questions in the core components listed above:

 

Working together using this wiki

 

Group members

 

Nyleta Belgarde, Chair

Andrew Favorite

Steve Dahlberg

Jeff Jentz

Melissa Olson

Claudia Seymour

Tammy Bellanger

Holly Ristau

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Sources

Here's where you will find the resources for your answer:

1. Criterion and it's Core Components on line: http://www.ncahigherlearningcommission.org/ or in Handbook of Accreditation

2. To view the full 2006 WETCC self-study report for this criterion, click here:  Criterion Four.doc

3. Outline version of Criterion 4

 

 

 

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Answer the questions for each of the core components by clicking on the core component and typing in or pasting your answers on that page.

 

4.1. The board has approved and disseminated statements supporting freedom of inquiry for the organization's students, faculty, and staff, and honors those statements in its practices.

 

4.2. The organization's planning and pattern of financial allocations demonstrate that it values and promotes a life of learning for its students, faculty, and staff.

 

4.3. The organization supports professional development opportunities and makes them available to all of its administrators, faculty, and staff.

 

4.4 The organization publicly acknowledges the achievements of students and faculty in acquiring, discovering, and applying knowledge?

 

4.5 The faculty and students, in keeping with the organization's mission, produce scholarship and create knowledge through basic and applied research.

 

4.6 The organization integrates general education into all of its undergraduate degree programs through curricular and experiential offerings intentionally created to develop the attitudes and skills requisite for a life of learning in a diverse society.

 

4.7 The organization demonstrates the linkages between curricular and co-curricular activities that support inquiry, practice, creativity, and social responsibility.

 

4.8 Learning outcomes demonstrate that graduates have achieved breadth of knowledge and skills and the capacity to exercise intellectual inquiry. Learning outcomes demonstrate effective preparation of continued learning.

 

4.10 Regular academic program reviews include attention to currency and relevance of courses and program.

 

4.11 In keeping with its mission, learning goals and outcomes include skills and professional competence essential to a diverse workforce.

 

4.12 Learning outcomes document that graduates have gained the skills and knowledge they need to function in diverse local, national, and global societies.

 

4.13 Curricular evalutation involves alumni, employers, and other external constituents who understand the relationships among the courses of study, the currency of the curriculum, and the utility of the knowledge and skills gained.

 

4.14 The organization provides curricular and co-curricular opportunities that promote social responsibility.

 

4.15 The organization's academic and student support programs contribute to the development of student skills and attitudes fundamental to responsible use of knowledge.

 

4.16 The organization follows explicit policies and procedures to ensure ethical conduct in its research and instructional activities.

 

 

Answer these questions in the core components listed above:

 

1. What has stayed the same for us?

2. What has changed?

3. What did we miss in addressing the criterion?

 

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