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Standard III: Design and Delivery of the Student Learning Experience
An institution provides students with learning experiences that are characterized by rigor and coherence at all program, certificate, and degree levels, regardless of instructional modality. All learning experiences, regardless of modality, program pace/schedule, level, and setting are consistent with higher education expectations.CriteriaA candidate or accredited institution possesses and demonstrates the following attributes or activities:1. certificate, undergraduate, graduate, and/or professional programs leading to a degree or other recognized higher education credential:a. are designed to foster a coherent student learning experience and to promote synthesis of learning;b. are assigned a reasonably approximate number of credit hours (or other value) for the amount of work completed by a student;c. include sufficient course content and program length appropriate to the objectives of the degree or other credential;2. student learning experiences that are designed, delivered, and assessed by faculty (full-time or part-time) and/or other appropriate professionals who are:a. rigorous and effective in teaching, assessment of student learning, scholarly inquiry, and service, as appropriate to the institution’s mission, goals, and policies;b. qualified for the positions they hold and the work they do;c. sufficient in number with a core of faculty (full- or part-time) and/or other appropriate professionals with sufficient responsibility to the institution to assure the continuity and coherence of the institution’s educational programs;d. provided with and utilize sufficient opportunities, resources, and support for professional growth and innovation;e. reviewed regularly and equitably based on written, disseminated, clear, and fair criteria, expectations, policies, and procedures;3. academic programs of study that are clearly and accurately described in official publications of the institution in a way that students are able to understand and follow degree and program requirements and expected time to completion;4. sufficient learning experiences and resources to support both the institution’s programs of study and the academic progress of all student populations;5. at institutions that offer undergraduate education, a general education program, free standing or integrated into academic disciplines, that:a. offers a sufficient scope to draw students into new areas of intellectual experience, expanding their cultural and global awareness and cultural sensitivity, and preparing them to make well-reasoned judgments outside as well as within their academic field;b. offers a curriculum designed so that students acquire and demonstrate essential skills including at least oral and written communication, scientific and quantitative reasoning, critical analysis and reasoning, technological competency, and information literacy. Consistent with mission, the general education program also includes the study of values, ethics, and diverse perspectives;c. in non-US institutions that do not include general education, provides evidence that students can demonstrate general education skills;6. in institutions that offer graduate and professional education, opportunities for the development of research, scholarship, and independent thinking, provided by faculty and/or other professionals with credentials appropriate to graduate-level curricula;7. adequate and appropriate institutional review and approval on any student learning opportunities designed, delivered, or assessed by third-party providers; and8. periodic assessment of the effectiveness of student learning experiences for all student populations.Standard III: Design and Delivery of the Student Learning Experience
LINES OF INQUIRY
LINES OF INQUIRY
- How are the College’s degree-granting academic programs designed and appropriately resourced to foster a coherent student learning experience and promote synthesis of learning, and include sufficient course content appropriate to the objectives of the degree or other credential?
- How does the College ensure that the student learning experiences are designed, delivered, and assessed by appropriate and qualified professionals sufficient in number to assure the continuity and coherence of the institution’s educational programs?
- In what ways does the College’s general education program sufficiently offer students new areas of intellectual experience, expand their cultural and global awareness and cultural sensitivity, prepare students to make well-reasoned judgments, and develop and demonstrate essential skills outside and within their academic area?
- How effectively do the College’s graduate programs offer opportunities for the development of research, scholarship, and independent thinking provided by faculty and/or other professionals with credentials appropriate to graduate-level curricula?
- How does the College ensure that academic programs of study are clearly and accurately described in official publications of the institution so that students can understand and follow degree and program requirements and expected time to completion?
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