Portfolio for HLC Accreditation > 1995 Site Visit Report > Evaluation for Continued Affiliation

Section II - Evaluation for Continued Affiliation

The General Institutional Requirements

Pages 14 to 20 of the Self Study Report contain a complete description of how Missouri State University meets the GIR’s. Appropriate documents were made available to the team during the visit to confirm the statements on pages 14-20 of the Self Study. Team members also reviewed catalogs and the BID’s prior to the visit. The team finds that Missouri State University meets the General Institutional Requirements.

The Criteria for Accreditation

Missouri State University’s Self Study Report documents patterns of evidence to show that the University meets each of the five Criteria for Accreditation. The Report makes the case persuasively. After evaluation of the Report and conducting the visit, the members of the team were unanimous in their view that the University does meet the criteria.

What follows are observations, many evaluative and some critical, which are intended to reinforce the view that Southwest Missouri does meet the Criteria. They are intended to reinforce good practice, affirm good performance, and stimulate further analysis:

Criterion One - The institution has clear and publicly stated purposes consistent with its mission and appropriate to an institution of higher education.

Criterion Two - The institution has effectively organized the human, financial, and physical resources necessary to accomplish its purposes.

Criterion Three - The institution is accomplishing its educational and other purposes.

Criterion Four - The institution can continue to accomplish its purposes and strengthen its educational effectiveness.

Criterion Five - The institution demonstrates integrity in its practices and relationships.