Alphabetical Document List

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M
N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |

A

Accountability Project Statement (September 2008)
Additional Locations: Substantive Change Application for the Desk Review Program (November 2010)
Additional Locations: Substantive Change Application for the Notification Program (November 2010)
Adult Degree Completion Programs to be Observed by NCA Institutions and Reviewed for Patterns of Evidence by Consultant-Evaluators: Principles of Good Practice (April 2010)
Adult Degree Completion Programs and the Award of Credit for Prior Learning at the Baccalaureate Level: Report to the Board of Trustees from the Task Force (June 2000)
Advancement Section Sample for Team Chairs: Pullman University (2005)
Advancement Section Sample for Team Chairs: St. Hospitaler College (2005)
Advancement Section Sample for Team Chairs: Swithun University (2004)
Advice for HLC Peer Reviewers: Visiting Institutions During the Current Economic Crisis (March 2010)
Appeals, Institutional (April 2011)
AQIP Action Project Directory User Guide (April 2010)
AQIP Action Project Guide (2011)
AQIP Agenda Samples: Quality Checkup Visits (October 2009)
AQIP Building Your Strategy Forum Team (2008)
AQIP Category Improvement Worksheet - Creating the Climate for Continuous Learning (April 2010)
AQIP Category Item Worksheet (2008)
AQIP Category Summary Worksheet (2008)
AQIP Completing Your Strategies for Action Workbook (November 2010)
AQIP Critical Characteristics Worksheet (2010)
AQIP Forums: Instructions and Tips (April 2010)
AQIP Independent Category Worksheet (2010)
AQIP Instructions for System Appraisal Worksheets (2010)
AQIP Introduction (2007)
AQIP Principles and Categories for Improving Academic Quality (2010)
AQIP Quality Checkup Guide (October 2010)
AQIP Quality Checkup Report Template (September 2010)
AQIP Quality Culture and Infrastructure Survey (September 2010)
AQIP Reaffirmation Process: Outline and Timetable 2010-2011 (May 2010)
AQIP Reflections for Action 2010: Lessons Learned by Colleges and Universities Participating in AQIP (July 2010)
AQIP Report Instructions for Review Panels - Distance Education (2007)
AQIP Reviewer Roles (2010)
AQIP Sample Application (July 2005)
AQIP Sample Quality Checkup Visit Report (January 2007)
AQIP Self-Evaluating Your Systems Portfolio (2009)
AQIP Self-Evaluation of Significant Strengths through Outstanding Opportunities (2009)
AQIP Strategic and Accreditation Issues Worksheet (2010)
AQIP Strategy for Action Workbook (January 2011)
AQIP Strategy for Action Workbook Sample (August 2008)
AQIP Strategy Forum Preparation: Creating the Climate for Continuous Learning (2010)
AQIP Summary of Evaluations from Institutions: Quality Checkup Site Visits (2006-2007)
AQIP Systems Appraisal Feedback Report (2011)
AQIP Systems Appraiser Guide (2010)
AQIP Systems Appraiser Timetable 11-12 (May 2011) 
AQIP Systems Portfolio Guide (April 2010)
AQIP Systems Portfolios and Systems Appraisals (February 2006)
AQIP Template: Index to the location of evidence relating to the Commission’s Criteria for Accreditation found in the Systems Portfolio (April 2010)
AQIP: Applying to Participate (April 2010) 
AQIP’s Nine Categories and How they Cover and Capture the Expectations of HLC’s Five Criteria for Accreditation (2007) 
Assessment of Student Learning Statement (February 2003) 
Assurance Section Sample for Team Chairs: Pullman University (2005)
Assurance Section Sample for Team Chairs: St. Hospitaler College (2005)
Assurance Section Sample for Team Chairs: Swithun University (2004)

B

Baccalaureate Education in the Community College Setting (February 2001)
Branch Campuses and Additional Locations Substantive Change Application (March 2011)
Bylaws of the Higher Learning Commission (June 2010)

C

Changes at the Institution Requiring Commission Notification or Approval: Overview of Commission Policies and Procedures (January 2011)
Clock to Credit Conversion or Substantial Increase or Decrease in Clock or Credit Hours Required for One or More Programs Substantive Change Application (March 2011)
Community College Setting, Baccalaureate Education in the (February 2001)
Compliance with Revised Federal Rules for Recognition of Accrediting Agencies (March 2010)
Comprehensive Visit: Guide for Writing the Team Report (January 2005)
Comprehensive Visit: Required Materials and Submission Procedures (May 2011)
Contractual Arrangements Substantive Change Application (March 2011)
Consortial Arrangements Substantive Change Application (September 2011)
Courses at a New Degree Level Substantive Change Application (March 2011)
Courses - Out of State and Out of Country: Substantive Change Application (March 2011)
Credit Hour Regulations: HLC Signed ACE Letter (February 2011)
Credit Hour Regulations from the Department of Education (HLC Letter to Membership) (April 2011)
Criteria for Accreditation, The Handbook of Accreditation, Chapter 3 (October 2003)
Criteria Revision Initiative: Welcomes Participation in Shaping the Outcome (July 2011)

D

Distance Delivery Substantive Change Application (March 2011)
Distance Education, Guidelines for the Evaluation of (July 2009)
Diversity Statement (February 2003)
Dues and Fees Schedule for 2011-2012 (June 2011)

E

Eligibility Requirements: Preliminary Evidence (May 2011)

F

Faculty: Guidance on Determining Qualified Faculty (June 2005)
Federal Compliance Program (January 2011)
Federal Compliance Requirements Worksheet (January 2011)
Federal Rules for Recognition of Accrediting Agencies, Compliance with (March 2010)
Federal Reserve Building Guide: Information for Visitors (June 2010)
Focused Visit: Guide for Writing the Team Report (January 2005)
Focused Visit: Required Materials and Submission Procedures (May 2011)

G

General Education Statement (February 2003)
Good Practice Principles in Adult Degree Completion Programs to be Observed by NCA Institutions and Reviewed for Patterns of Evidence by Consultant-Evaluators (April 2010)
Guidance on Determining Qualified Faculty (June 2005)
Guide for Writing the Team Report: Focused Visit (January 2005)
Guide for Writing the Team Report: Comprehensive Visit (January 2005)
Guide to the Federal Reserve Building: Information for Visitors (June 2010)
Guidelines for Assessing Prior Learning for Credit (April 2010)
Guidelines for the Evaluation of Distance Education (July 2009)

H

Handbook of Accreditation, Third Edition (October 2003)
Higher Education Opportunity Act: A Summary of Commission Policies (March 2010)
Higher Learning Commission Jurisdictional Requirements (September 2010)
Higher Learning Commission Statement to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (March 2011)
HLC Signed ACE Letter Addressing Credit Hour Regulations (February 2011)
HLC Signed ACE Letter Addressing State Authorization (March 2011)

I

Institutional Accreditation: An Overview, 2010 (January 2010)
Institutional Appeals (April 2011)
Institutional Circumstances Requiring Commission Approved Teach-Out Arrangements (January 2011)
Institutional Snapshot (January 2011)
International Education Programs for Non-U.S. Nationals: Principles of Good Practice (September 1997)

J

Jurisdictional Requirements of the Higher Learning Commission (September 2010)

M

Marketing Practices at For-Profit Institutions Statement (August 2010)
Minimum Expectations within the Criteria for Accreditation: Documenting Fundamental Understandings (July 2010)
Minimum Expectations Statement: Instructions for PEAQ and AQIP Teams (July 2010)
Mission and Student Body Substantive Change Application (March 2011)
Multi-Location Visit Report, (March 2011)
Multi-Location Visit Sampling Protocol (March 2011)
Multi-Location Visits: Information for Institutions (March 2011)
Multi-Location Visits: Information for Peer Reviewers (March 2011)

N

New Programs Substantive Change Application (March 2011)

O

Out of State and Out of Country Courses Substantive Change Application (March 2011)
Overview of Commission Policies and Procedures for Institutional Changes Requiring Commission Notification or Approval (January 2011)
Overview of Institutional Accreditation (January 2010)

P

Pathways Construction Project: A Proposed New Model for Continued Accreditation (April 2011)
Peer Reviewers Serving as Independent Consultants or on Mock Teams to Comprehensive Reviews, Evaluation Reports (January 2011)
Policies and Procedures for Non-Commission Staff Traveling on Commission Business (July 2009)
Policies and Procedures for Institutional Changes Requiring Commission Notification or Approval: An Overview (January 2011)
Policies Related to the Higher Education Opportunity Act: A Summary (February 2009)
Policy and Good Practices on Transfer of Credit (November 2000)
Policy Book: Commission Policies (June 2011)
Policy Center on the First Year of College - Memorandum of Understanding Sample: Agreement Between College and the Higher Learning Commission on a Special Emphasis Self-Study Option for the Comprehensive Evaluation (April 2010)
Policy Center on the First Year of College: Applying for Special Emphasis (Customized) Self-Study Consideration in the Joint Project between the Commission and the Policy Center (April 2010)
Preliminary Evidence for Eligibility Requirements (May 2011)
Prior Learning: Guidelines for Assessing Credit for (April 2010)
Principles of Good Practice in Adult Degree Completion Programs to be Observed by NCA Institutions and Reviewed for Patterns of Evidence by Consultant-Evaluators (April 2010)
Principles of Good Practice in Overseas International Education Programs for Non-U.S. Nationals (September 1997)
Professional Doctorate: Report to the Board of Trustees from the Task Force (June 2006)
Programs – New: Substantive Change Application (March 2011)
Public Information Statement: Commission Requirements of Institutions for State Authorization (April 2010)
Publications Order form (April 2010)

R

Report to the Board of Trustees from the Task Force on Adult Degree Completion Programs and the Award of Credit for Prior Learning at the Baccalaureate Level (June 2000)
Report to the Board of Trustees from the Task Force on the Professional Doctorate (June 2006)
Required Materials and Submission Procedures: Focused Visit (May 2011)
Required Materials and Submission Procedures: PEAQ an AQIP Change Visit (May 2011)
Required Materials and Submission Procedures: PEAQ Comprehensive Visit (May 2011)
Revised Criteria for Accreditation: Preliminary Implementation Schedule (March 2011)

S

Sample Advancement Section for Team Chairs: Pullman University (2005)
Sample Advancement Section for Team Chairs: St. Hospitaler College (2005)
Sample Advancement Section for Team Chairs: Swithun University (2004)
Sample Assurance Section for Team Chairs: Pullman University (2005)
Sample Assurance Section for Team Chairs: St. Hospitaler College (2005)
Sample Assurance Section for Team Chairs: Swithun University (2004)

State Authorization: HLC Signed ACE Letter (March 2011)
State Authorization: Commission Requirements of Institutions (April 2010)
Statement on Accountability (September 2008)
Statement on Assessment of Student Learning (February 2003)
Statement on Commission Peer Reviewers Serving as Independent Consultants or on Mock Teams to Comprehensive Reviews, Evaluation Reports (January 2011)
Statement on Diversity (February 2003)
Statement on General Education (February 2003)
Statement on Marketing Practices at For-Profit Institutions (August 2010)
Statement on Student Learning, Assessment and Accreditation (2007)
Statement to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (March 2011)
Student Learning, Assessment and Accreditation Statement (2007)

Substantive Change Application: Branch Campuses and Additional Locations (March 2011)
Substantive Change Application: Certificates Screenshots (March 2011)
Substantive Change Application: Clock to Credit Conversion or Substantial Increase or Decrease in Clock or Credit Hours Required for One or More Programs (March 2011)
Substantive Change Application: Courses at a New Degree Level (March 2011)
Substantive Change Application: Desk Review Program for Additional Locations (November 2010)
Substantive Change Application: Distance Delivery (March 2011)
Substantive Change Application: Mission and Student Body (March 2011)
Substantive Change Application: New Programs (March 2011)
Substantive Change Application: Notification Program for Additional Locations (November 2010)
Substantive Change Application: Out of State and Out of Country Courses (March 2011)
Substantive Change Application: Programs Offered through Consortial Arrangements (March 2011)
Substantive Change Application for Contractual Arrangements (September 2011)

T

Teach-Out Arrangements: Institutional Circumstances Requiring Commission Approval (January 2011)
Team Chair To Do List (April 2010)
Team Chairs - Assurance Section: Pullman University (2005)
Team Chairs - Assurance Section Sample: St. Hospitaler College (2005)
Team Chairs - Assurance Section Sample: Swithun University (2004)
Team Chairs - Advancement Section Sample: Pullman University (2005)
Team Chairs - Advancement Section Sample: St. Hospitaler College (2005)
Team Chairs - Advancement Section Sample: Swithun University (2004)
Team Report - Comprehensive Visit: Guide for Writing the Report (January 2005)
Team Report - Focused Visit: Guide for Writing the Report (January 2005)

Team Report Template for the Comprehensive Visit for Candidacy (October 2010)
Team Report Template for the Comprehensive Visit for Initial Accreditation (December 2010)
Team Report Template for the Comprehensive Visit: Advancement Section (April 2010)
Team Report Template for the Comprehensive Visit: Assurance Section, (April 2010)
Team Report Template for the Mandated Focused Visit: Advancement Section (April 2010)
Team Report Template for the Mandated Focused Visit: Assurance Section (April 2010)

Testimony by Sylvia Manning to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education Labor and Pensions (March 2011)
Testimony of Sylvia Manning to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor (June 2010)
Third Party Comment: Policy and Procedures (March 2006)
Transfer of Credit: Policy and Good Practices (November 2000)
Travel Expense Reimbursement Form (March 2011)
Traveling on Commission Business: Policies and Procedures for Non-Commission Staff (July 2009)

V

Visiting Institutions During the Current Economic Crisis: Advice for HLC Peer Reviewers (March 2010)
Visitors: Guide to the Federal Reserve Building (June 2010)

W

Writing the Evidentiary Statement (Information for Peer Reviewers) (2006)