“Marshall University’s HLC Quality Initiative: Building a Stronger and More Inclusive Marshall Community”
Tuesday, August 17, 2021 | 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm | WAEC 1201
Facilitated by Dr. Mary Beth Reynolds
- Associate Vice President, Assessment and Quality Initiatives
Lecture Abstract:
This session will describe the process undertaken to develop Marshall’s Higher Learning Commission (HLC) Quality Initiative (QI), which we will submit to the HLC for approval in September 2021. Initial plans are for the QI to focus on four goals: 1) increasing access to the university; 2) preparing students to live and work in a global/diverse society; 3) promoting civil discourse; and 4) promoting learning through outreach to the community and engagement in high impact practices.
This session will share activities that align to each of these goals. Current plans are to review equity in our policies and university practices (goal 1), to develop campus-wide programs and student organization projects that align to goals 2 and 3, and to establish an ethnographic program to study community engagement and community partners (goal 4). Intended outcomes and assessment measures will be discussed.