Mission Statement
The mission of the Office of Accreditation and Assessment (OAA) is to ensure that the College provides sufficient evidence that it meets national, state, and institutional standards and that such evidence is beneficial to students and programs.
Specifically, the OAA goals are:
- Meeting all reporting requirements for two accrediting agencies, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) and the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation (AAQEP).
- Monitoring the assessment process by academic and administrative units.
- Managing self-studies in preparation for MSCHE and AAQEP reaccreditation visits.
- Keeping abreast of all new regulations and requirements through official communications and professional publications and forums.
- Working with academic programs in self-studies and external program reviews.
- Collecting and analyzing college-wide data to be used for planning, decision-making, and institutional improvement.
- Developing and maintaining electronic databases and collections of records on student learning outcomes and institutional effectiveness.