Accreditation Tips

1. Know Your College's Mission

• Read the mission statement and reflect on its meaning. 
  • "To educate and inspire, providing our students with the opportunity to achieve their goals."
• Consider how the mission informs your work and the student experience.
• Understand the values embedded in the mission, such as access and opportunity. 

2. Understand Accreditation

Know the College's learning goals and learning outcomes.

Understand accredditation expectations and how they apply to you:

1. The four crieteria.
2. Assumed practices.
3. Federal Compliance.

3. Understand Your College's Coals

• Review your institution's vision, mission, values, and commitments. 
• Know your college's current strategic plan and priorities.
• Review Institutional Learning Goals and Outcomes, and reflect upon how you use them in planning.

4. Engage In Assessment

• Become familiar with institutional learning outcomes.
• Utilize direct and indirect measures to assess effectiveness.
• Document results and draw inferences on evidence collected.
• Implement and document changes to enhance quality.
• Be Proactive, if you are planning any changes in your program or curricular offerings-locations, or success initiatives, contact Teddi (tlewisho@cscc.edu) or Darla (dvanhorn@cscc.edu) in the Office of Accreditation.