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2005 HLC Self-Study Steering Committee
Review of December 9, 2004 Meeting
Members Present: Jim Baker, Barbara Bushman, John Catau, Bill Cheek, Tom Dicke, Sue George, Tammy Jahnke, Martha Kirker, Pete Richardson, Roger Sell, Don Simpson, and GA Linda Rogers.
The steering committee met at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, December 9th at the ADC office.
Old Business
Bill reported that to date responses from 12 departments and 20 committees have been received. He expects to see the majority of responses submitted by the end of the Christmas break.
Tammy Jahnke gave a report on her recent training session for consultant-evaluators for the HLC Self-Study program. The weekend event, held in Chicago, took trainees through a mock evaluation of a mythical university – one which would fall in the "average" range of a study. From this experience, Tammy was able to report to the committee that the Missouri State University self-study is is "on-track with everything". She then shared with the committee the evaluation sheets used during the weekend training and elaborated on some of the major areas of focus. Some of the more significant concerns of the study that Tammy observed were:
 | The HLC does not want to merely hear talk about assessment process;
they want to see student outcomes |
| They are looking for examples of true commitment to student
learning, as opposed to institutions that are going through the motions
"because we have to". |
| Assessment is a big area of concern. They want to see that not only
is data being collected during the self-studies, but that the
institutions are then utilizing this data in their planning and
programs. This is a big plus for Missouri State University – we have documentation showing
that we have been paying attention to assessment and reacting
accordingly. Our Five-year Plans and the performance measures that go
with them will exceed the standard submissions from most institutions. |
| HLC is concerned about general ed. program goals, and whether students understand them. |
Based on both her recent training and her previous experience with the studies, when asked what advice she might have for the committee, Tammy said:
| We’re definitely headed in the right direction. If we adopt the
bulleted style report to easily point out patterns of evidence, we can
make it easy for the self-study team. A well-written report will make
the team’s job much easier. |
| We need to make sure that whatever statements are backed up by readily available documentation. If the site team can easily access that supporting evidence, whether in the resource room or on the website, it will help the team. |
The committee then discussed the need for creating an executive summary of the self-study report. It was decided that providing the summary to faculty, administrators, students, and others prior to the site visit would help everyone prepare for the visit as well as continuing to keep them involved in the process. An executive summary was prepared prior to the 1995 site visit.
The HLC Conference will be held April 8-12 in Chicago. Bill needs to hear from everyone who is planning on attending.
This was the final meeting of the committee until after the winter break. Meetings next semester will be at 9:30 Thursday mornings, in the ADC. The first meeting is scheduled for January 13th.
Respectfully submitted,
Linda Rogers
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