WASC Accreditation - Stipulations
Educational Programs
- • Precise, accurate, and current information in printed material regarding;
a) educational purposes
b) degrees, curricular programs, educational resources, and course offerings;
c) student charges and other financial obligations, student financial aid, and fee refund policies;
d) requirements for admission and for achievement of degrees; and
e) the names of the administration faculty, and governing board
www.pitzer.edu/academics/curriculum/pdf/Course_Catalog.pdf
- • Publications that make clear the status (e.g., full-time, part-time, adjunct) of each faculty member
www.pitzer.edu/offices/dean_of_faculty/handbook/
- • Clearly articulated policies for the transfer of credit to ensure that students who transfer in with general education course credits meet the institution’s own standards for the completion of the general education requirement
www.pitzer.edu/academics/curriculum/pdf/Course_Catalog.pdf
- • Policies and procedures for additions and deletions of programs
www.pitzer.edu/offices/dean_of_faculty/handbook/
- • Requirements for continuation in, or termination from, academic programs, and a policy for readmission of students who are disqualified for academic reason
www.pitzer.edu/offices/dean_of_faculty/handbook/
- • Clearly stated graduation requirements that are consistently applied in the degree certification process
www.pitzer.edu/academics/curriculum/pdf/Course_Catalog.pdf
Faculty
Finances
- • Policies, guidelines, and processes for developing the budget
- • Clearly defined and implemented policies with regard to cash management and investments, approved by the governing board
- • Policies and a code of ethics for employees involved in buying, bidding, or providing purchase orders
- • Policies on risk management, addressing loss by fire, burglary and defalcation; liability of the governing board and administration; and liability for personal injury and property damage
- • Policies regarding fundraising activities that comply with sound ethical accounting and financial principles
Institutional Integrity
- • A widely disseminated, written policy statement of commitment to academic freedom in teaching, learning, research, publication, and oral presentation
www.pitzer.edu/offices/dean_of_faculty/handbook/
- • Due process procedures that demonstrate faculty and students are protected in their quest for Truth
- • Written policies on due process and grievance procedures for faculty, staff and students
Faculty:
www.pitzer.edu/offices/dean_of_faculty/handbook/
Staff:
Students: www.pitzer.edu/student_life/pdf/Student_Handbook.pdf
[click on “Code of Student Conduct”]
- • A clear statement of institutional policies, requirements, and expectations to current and prospective employees
Faculty: www.pitzer.edu/offices/dean_of_faculty/handbook/
Staff:
- • Institutionally developed and published non-discrimination, equal opportunity, and affirmative action policies
Faculty: www.pitzer.edu/offices/dean_of_faculty/handbook/
Staff:
- • Clearly written policies on conflict of interest for board, administration, faculty, and staff, including appropriate limitations on the relations of business, industry, government, and private donors to research in the institution
www.pitzer.edu/offices/institutional_research/wasc/stipulations/conflictofinterestpolicy.pdf
- • A clear statement that the institution agrees to abide by WASC Policy on Substantive Change and the Policy on Distance and Technology-Mediated Instruction
Does not apply as Pitzer has no distance education programs.
Library
Research
- • Policies covering human subjects and animals in research, classified research, patent provisions, cooperative research relations with industry, and other similar issues related to the integrity and independence of the research enterprise (Institutional Review Board forms)
- • Institutions that support applied research having the potential for producing significant revenue have clear policies on how faculty responsible for such research share revenue from patents, licenses, and sales. Institutions supporting entrepreneurial activity of faculty of institutionally sponsored research parks have clear policies covering the involvement of faculty in such ventures, the protection of basic research, and the publication of research results
Students