WASC Accreditation - Standards

Standard One: Institutional Purpose and Educational Objectives

• 1.1 Mission Statement
  www.pitzer.edu/about/
• 1.2 Educational Objectives
  www.pitzer.edu/academics/curriculum/objectives.asp
• 1.4 Policies: Academic Freedom
  www.pitzer.edu/offices/dean_of_faculty/handbook/
• 1.5 Diversity Goals
  www.pitzer.edu/offices/dean_of_faculty/handbook/
• 1.7 & 1.8 Student/Faculty/Staff Grievances and Procedures
  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)
• 1.8 Audited Finances
  sakai.claremont.edu:8443/portal/site/f6847567-5fa2-4787-00c4-e10d23b47a1a/page/884e867e-da9f-4065-80bc-6803dc6e7c21

Standard Two: Achieving Educational Objectives Through Core Functions

• 2.1 Peer/external review of academic programs
  www.pitzer.edu/offices/dean_of_faculty/handbook/
• 2.2 Specification of majors and program requirements (syllabi)
• 2.3 Explicit outcomes/expectations for student performance/attainment
• 2.10 Data on student satisfaction, retention, disaggregated by race, gender
  www.pitzer.edu/offices/institutional_research/data/student-race_ethnicity.html
  www.pitzer.edu/offices/institutional_research/data/fy_survey-2007.html
  www.pitzer.edu/offices/institutional_research/data/heds_senior-survey.html
  www.pitzer.edu/offices/institutional_research/data/sophomore_survey.html
  www.pitzer.edu/offices/institutional_research/data/freshman_survey.html
  www.pitzer.edu/offices/institutional_research/data/senior_diversity_survey.html
• 2.12 Advising policies and training
  Retention analyses & student surveys
• 2.13 Support services for student learning (computers, transfer students help, co-curricular, tutoring programs, etc.)
  www.pitzer.edu/offices/information_technology/
  www.pitzer.edu/offices/writing_center/
  www.pitzer.edu/student_life/student_affairs/programs_services/academic_support.asp

Standard Three: Ensuring Sustainability

• 3.2 & 3.3 Full-time faculty, degrees, adding new faculty positions (APC)
  www.pitzer.edu/offices/dean_of_faculty/handbook/
  www.pitzer.edu/academics/faculty/
• 3.3 Faculty workload policies, tenure/promotion procedures, orientation programs, part-time faculty: integrated into college & orientation
  www.pitzer.edu/offices/dean_of_faculty/handbook/
• 3.4 Train faculty in technology
  www.NITLE.org/
• 3.5 Financial stability (info on endowment, fiscal info, etc)
  https://sakai.claremont.edu:8443/portal/site/f6847567-5fa2-4787-00c4-e10d23b47a1a/page/884e867e-da9f-4065-80bc-6803dc6e7c21
• 3.8 Organization chart [click on organization chart]
• 3.9 Board of Trustee information, development, assessments
  www.pitzer.edu/offices/institutional_research/wasc/standards-trustee-3-9.asp
• 3.10 Faculty governance (committees) and responsibilities
  www.pitzer.edu/offices/dean_of_faculty/handbook/

Standard Four: Commitment to Learning and Improvement

• 4.1 Assessment of educational objectives: A culture of evidence
  www.pitzer.edu/offices/institutional_research/wasc/06_WASC_Proposal_final.pdf
  www.pitzer.edu/offices/institutional_research/data/assessment-social_responsibility.html
  www.pitzer.edu/offices/institutional_research/data/assesment-int_understanding.html
• 4.4 Program reviews, comparative data on effectiveness
  www.pitzer.edu/offices/dean_of_faculty/handbook/
• 4.5 Strategic planning (various reports: First-Year Committee, Advising committee, etc.)
  www.pitzer.edu/offices/institutional_research/wasc/Appendices/Appendix_06-First_Year_Committee_report_06.pdf