Required Documentation

 1.  Mission, Vision, Core Values

 2.  Goals and Objectives

 3.  2007 Assessment of Progress on Goals and Objectives

 4.  Surveys

Survey of Surveys:  What Do We Know About Current and Former USU Students?

 5.  Assessment of Educational Programs

USU Overall

Policy on Quality Instruction

Policy on Assessment

Assessment Plan

Outcomes Data

General Education

Mission

Objectives

Outcomes Data

Academic Departments

Assessment Websites

Required Exhibits

 1.  Goals and Objectives

 2.  Regent's Master Plan

Other Documents and Information

 1.  Facts and Figures About USU

 2.  USU Capital Campaign

A.  General Requirements and Undergraduate Program

Required Documentation

 1.  Procedures for Measuring Educational Program Effectiveness

USU Goals and Objectives

USU Educational Program Assessment Plan

USU Progress Report on Assessment to NWCCU

 2.  Assessment of Educational Program Outcomes

Annual Assessment of USU Goals and Objectives

Academic Department Assessment Websites

Survey of Surveys:  What Do We Know About Current and Former USU Students?

Freshman Orientation Class Survey

Freshman/Sophomore Survey

Graduating Student Survey

NSSE Survey

Employment/Education of Recent Graduates Survey

Noel Levitz Employer Satisfaction Survey

Alumni Survey

Impact of Supplemental Instruction

Value Added by General Education Required Writing Courses

Subject Mastery in General Education Required Math/Stat Courses

General Education Focus Groups

Results of Professional Certification Licensure Examinations

Results of Graduate/Professional School Admissions Examinations

 3.  Degree Programs

Added 

Deleted

 4.  Number of Degrees Granted by Program

2006-07

2005-06

2004-05

 5.  General Education Program Mission

 6.  General Education Program Goals

 7.  Course Syllabi

 8.  Faculty Vita

Required Exhibits

 1.  Learning Objectives for Degree Programs

 2.  Educational Policies Committee (Responsible for Curriculum)

Procedure

Minutes

 3.  Academic Department Self-Studies

 4.  Teacher/Course Evaluations

Evaluation Form

Summary Results

 5.  NWCCU Accreditation Self-Studies and Commission Responses

1997 USU Self Study Report

1997 NWCCU Response

1997 NWCCU Affirmation of Accreditation Letter

2002 USU Interim Self-Study Report

2002 NWCCU Response

2004 USU Progress Report to NWCCU

 6.  Admission and Retention Requirements

 7.  Policy for Maintenance of Student Records

 8.  Policy for Awarding of Credit

 9.  Policy for Transfer of Credit

10.  Policy for Remedial Work

11.  Advising Materials

Advising Process

Major Requirement Sheets

12.  Policies Governing Public Service

Extra Service Compensation

International Assignments

Suggested Materials

 1.  Entering Freshman/Transfer Student Ability Measures

 2.  Research Funding

2005-06

2004-05

2003-04

B.  Graduate Program

Required Documentation

 1.  Graduate Catalog / Graduate Bulletin

 2.  Information Specified Below:

Graduate Degrees Offered

Graduate Admission Requirements for Master's/Doctoral Degrees (See pg. 101-102)

Graduate Requirements for Advanced Degrees (See pg. 106-109)

Graduate Faculty by Schools or Programs:  USU does not designate a graduate faculty

 3.  Assessment Outcomes for Graduate Programs

School of Graduate Studies Student Survey

Required Exhibits

 1.  Policy on the Acceptance of Graduate Credit, Including Transfer Credit (See pg. 104)

 2.  Policy on the Granting of credit for Internships, Field Experience or Clinical Practice:  Determined at the department level.

C.  Continuing Education and Special Learning Activities

Required Documentation

 1.  Organizational Chart

Regional Campuses & Distance Education Organizational Chart

 2.  Summary Listing of Off-Campus Programs, Directors, Sites, and Enrollments

Regional Campuses & Distance Education Degree Programs

Regional Campuses & Distance Education Combined Directory

Annual Online Course Enrollment

Interactive Broadcast Course Enrollment

 3.  Policy and Procedures for Institutional Approval of Off-Campus & Special Programs & Courses

Required Formal Approval of Academic Programs

Memoranda of Understanding with USU Departments

Required Exhibits

 1.  Catalogs, Brochures, Announcements, & Class Schedules for Special Programs

General Catalog, Regional Campuses & Distance Education  (See pg. 90-92)

Schedule Bulletin & Distance Education

Schedule Bulletin Uintah Basin

 2.  Policies Regarding the Awarding of Credit Based on Prior Experiential Learning

Credit for Military Service (See pg. 19)

 3.  Policies that Address All Items of Standard Indictor 2.A.10 regarding Award of Credit

Credit for Military Service (See pg. 19)

 4.  List of All Courses and Programs taught by Nontraditional Instructional Formats for the Past Three Years

Annual Online Course Enrollment

Interactive Broadcast Course Enrollment

 5.  Budgetary Information & Financial Arrangements Relating to Continuing Education/Special Learning Activities

 6.  Studies Demonstrating Comparability of Outcomes for courses or Programs Offered Under Concentrated of Accelerated Time Frames, or Other Nontraditional Instructional Formats

Dissertation Abstract--The Other Side of Distance Education:  Learner Interaction at Remote Sites

Dissertation--The Other Side of Distance Education:  Learner Interaction at Remote Sites

Uintah Exec Summary 2000 Survey

 7.  Policies Regarding Admission, Transfer or Prior Earned Credit, Credit by Exam, etc

Admission Requirements

Undergraduate Admission Distance Education (See pg. 91)

Admission for Non-matriculated Undergraduates (See pg. 16)

Admission to Graduate Programs

Nontraditional Admission

Transfer Student Admission and Transfer Credit

Transfer Articulation Policies

Articulation Agreements for Transfer Credits

Advanced Placement (AP)

Credit by Examination

College-Level Examination Program (CLEP)

Foreign Language Examinations, Placement in Language Courses, and Proficiency Tests

 8.  Sample Transcript

 9.  Contractual Agreements with Other Institutions

MOU Palmyra Education Center

MOU Utah Valley State College

MOU Partnership Plan for Tooele County

MOU Round River conservation Studies

MOU Shipley Group, Inc.

MOU Teton Science School

10.  Criteria and Procedures for Admission of Students and Awarding of Credit; Procedures for Maintenance of Student Records

Admission for Undergraduates

Admission to Graduate Programs

Awarding of Credits

Maintenance of Student Records

11.  Catalogs, Brochures, and Announcements for Continuing Education Courses/Programs & Special Learning Activities

General Catalog, Continui