The self-study is divided into several key areas of assessment and reporting.

HLC Criteria

Criterion 1: Mission and Integrity

The institution operates with integrity to ensure the fulfillment of its mission through structures and processes that involve board, administration, faculty, staff, and students.

Chair: Ken Young

Criterion 2: Preparing for the Future

The organization's allocation of resources and its processes for evaluation and planning demonstrate its capacity to fulfill its mission, improve the quality of its education, and respond to future challenges and opportunities.

Chair: Kirk Jackson

Criterion 3: Student Learning & Effective Teaching

The organization provides evidence of student learning and teaching effectiveness that demonstrates it is fulfilling its educational mission.

Chair: Patty Woodring

Criterion 4: Discovery & Use of Knowledge

The organization promotes a life of learning for its faculty, administration, staff, and students by fostering and supporting inquiry, creativity, practice, and social responsibility in ways consistent with its mission.

Chair: John Chasteen, Marilyn A. Hudson

Criterion 5: Engagement & Service

As called for by its mission, the organization identifies its constituencies and serves them in ways both value.