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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:silver;mso-highlight:silver">I am forwarding this email in case others have not seen it. There are two articles of interest: (1) Information Literacy as an institutional
outcome and (2) Newly Drafted Standards (near the bottom) which describes the process of revision of the NWCCU Academic Standards and Eligibility Requirements. Both are interesting to read.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 1, 2019 1:14 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mindy Coslor <Mindy.Coslor@skagit.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> NWCCU: The Beacon Vol 1 Issue 3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">“You can resist an invading army; you cannot resist an idea whose time has come.” Victor Hugo</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Formal (higher) education, as we know it today, i.e., a teacher or guru imparting knowledge via lecture and experiential learning, has its origins in
religious teachings going back millennia to Mesopotamian, Indian, Greek, Chinese, and other cultures; for example, “gurukulas” in India, or synagogues, mosques, temples, and churches, which also controlled significant wealth, were the keepers and purveyors
of knowledge. This connection between “church” and education continued over the centuries, including here in the United States with the establishment of colleges and universities affiliated with various religious orders and the education of clergy. The beneficiaries
of such education practiced as clergy, and included the occasional individual, such as Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Gregor Mendel, and others, in the 17</span><sup><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt">th</span></sup><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">,
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centuries, also studying and teaching about “nature”. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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why has it taken us until 2018 to get a model like this that really serves students of every background and need? Why has it taken so long?” President Wyatt responded, “Well, we’re in two different worlds, and it is too easy to say ‘we might lose tuition money,
or we might lose students.’ So, if you were to look at each of our institutions, it is probably not in our best interest, but it is in the best interest of students - - so it’s hard!” [laughter]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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whom we will refer to as Michelle Round, Ph.D., R.N. (pseudonym). Readily available digital photographs of jaundice and other visible conditions that health care professionals need to recognize often do not reflect the diversity of our patient populations.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">canyon swath northwest through the city to empty its roughly sixty-mile length into the Snake River. Rock Creek is both beautiful and marginalized, transformed
from being, quite literally, a town sewer and dump. Rock Creek now has a four-mile walking trail and an incorporated county park hosting an RV campground and playground. But looking closer, Rock Creek has a stubborn narrative of being undesirable, a throwaway
working creek.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">In October 2018, NWCCU launched a series of webinars designed to share successful practices from member institutions. The first two webinar presentations
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The third presentation spotlighted Seattle University’s efforts to support faculty-led assessment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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member institution, Western Governors University, was one of two nationwide institutions to receive the award. The CIQG Quality Award was established in 2018 to recognize outstanding performance of higher education providers in meeting the CHEA/CIQG
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001Z8qDtd7-SVbHjDK5lJPr_fxrKTR0QsA_bTP7fech-dLYfhA0_BdY-T-Sk9zG_y4zyZWIk04ILbNmiRFLhvsPVyVMBLaKZCqamoZUB9CRS7siYVlkgaWiUoS1VYlWvHebvA29-D6BtKAOvdvdh_GEI0xeMEe1kCGjDt73b9r0VQhTsgasqNVL2T6f91WOqeiMyIQMhGkb5-76Hi1XUOTwuq5-r7l7ZvJisxm_lJKV5YhkYjcOPIwycNk7C13ye5Bs&c=pnMs-XzYBV5BycH_m8F_HMZpVGz7ToRskzD947lsAbi2iqD6oylawQ==&ch=A34SufI9QrNYU4QJSz9lMno0s-DpvTXLZmm8IO4K7bccsDrbzAm3rA==" target="_blank"><span style="color:#222222;text-decoration:none">International
Quality Principles</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">. "The award is a celebration of good practice and a demonstration of the major stake that higher education providers have in improving quality around the world,"
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The process of revising the NWCCU Standards of Accreditation and Eligibility Requirements has highlighted and expanded a renewed focus on student learning
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">AND SUCCESS</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The Beacon Award is an annual award to recognize institutional or programmatic accomplishments in student achievement and success at the family of institutions
accredited by Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">January 14</span><sup><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt">th</span></sup><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
and 15</span><sup><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt">th</span></sup><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">,</span><sup><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt">
</span></sup><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">2019, taught by Jillian Kinzie, Associate Director of the Center for Postsecondary Research at Indiana University. The sold-out event advanced the region’s conversations about what constitutes
model practice in assessment at the course, program, and institutional level. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The NWCCU Mission Fulfillment Fellowship held its orientation on January 18, 2019, and Fellows will attend a three-day residential portion at University
of Puget Sound in June 2019. The Fellowship features world-class faculty highlighted by Peter Ewell, Linda Suskie, Jillian Kinzie, Trudy Banta, Paul Gaston, and George Kuh. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">of NWCCU Notification Letters</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">In responding to the public demand for accountability of both institutions and accrediting commissions, NWCCU has posted all notification letters associated
with actions taken in the January 2019 Commission meeting on its website under the link for Directory of Institutions under institution names. NWCCU will continue publishing notification letters of action in this manner after every Commission meeting hereafter.
See the link below:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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cycle of review for its Eligibility Requirements, Policies, and Standards of Accreditation on September 1st.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">President Ramaswamy and NWCCU Staff have traveled to Alaska, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington to gather feedback in Town Hall conversations,
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