{"id":706,"date":"2022-02-04T21:47:55","date_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/hlc\/?p=706"},"modified":"2023-02-02T16:10:58","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T21:10:58","slug":"2022-23-hlc-affirmation-of-accreditation-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/hlc\/blog\/2022-23-hlc-affirmation-of-accreditation-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"2022-23 HLC Affirmation of Accreditation Underway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As an institution accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (HLC), Wooster&#8217;s accreditation status is reaffirmed every ten years.\u00a0 Our next reaffirmation visit is scheduled for April 2023 (April 17 &amp; 18 to be exact).  In preparation, we have begun a process of self-study which will last through winter 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our self-study has three objectives: to demonstrate to the HLC that Wooster fulfills the Commission\u2019s \u201cCriteria for Accreditation;\u201d to assess our progress on our strategic plan,<em> Connect, Create, Discover<\/em>; and to inform our strategic thinking.  We will consider every aspect of Wooster, engaging students, faculty, staff, alumni, trustees, parents, and the broader community in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will post updates on our progress, as well as information about the self-study process here. If you scroll back through our posts, you can re-live our 2012-13 adventure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To everyone who is, or will be, working on the project,&nbsp; our thanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Steering Committee<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul Bonvallet, Chemistry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ellen Falduto, Information &amp; Planning <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joe Kirk, Campus Safety <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anne Nurse, Sociology &amp; Anthropology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ashley Reid, Athletics &amp; Student Affairs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Becky Schmidt, Advancement<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom Tierney, Sociology &amp; Anthropology &amp; SPPAC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As an institution accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (HLC), Wooster&#8217;s accreditation status is reaffirmed every ten years.\u00a0 Our next reaffirmation visit is scheduled for April 2023 (April 17 &amp; 18 to be exact). In preparation, we have begun a process of self-study which will last [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/hlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/hlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/hlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/hlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/hlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=706"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/hlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":707,"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/hlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706\/revisions\/707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/hlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/hlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/hlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}