{"id":5997,"date":"2022-02-23T10:21:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T15:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/?page_id=5997"},"modified":"2024-01-19T09:26:02","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T14:26:02","slug":"hlc-faqs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/hlc-reaccreditation\/hlc-faqs\/","title":{"rendered":"HLC Reaccreditation FAQs"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content-block content-block--has-menu wp-block-butler-content-block\">\n\t<div class=\"content-block-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-block-layout\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-menu-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"content-block-menu-nav\" aria-label=\"Site menu\" id=\"page-nav\"><div class=\"content-block-menu-wrapper\"><header class=\"content-block-menu-header\"><span class=\"content-block-menu-header-label\">HLC Reaccreditation Menu<\/span><button type=\"button\" class=\"content-block-menu-mobile-toggle\" title=\"Toggle menu\" aria-label=\"Toggle menu\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/button><\/header><ul class=\"content-block-menu-list\"><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/hlc-reaccreditation\/hlc-reaccreditation-work-groups\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Lead Team and Work Groups<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/hlc-reaccreditation\/hlc-faqs\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Reaccreditation FAQs<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/hlc-reaccreditation\/hlc-reaccreditation-engagement-events\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Engagement Events<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-content-container is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">HLC Reaccreditation FAQs<\/h1><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hlcommission.org\/\"> https:\/\/www.hlcommission.org\/<\/a><\/em><\/p><div class=\"butler-accordion-container wp-block-butler-accordion-container\" data-allow-multiple=\"false\" style=\"--butler-accordion-title-bg-hover: ;\">\n\n<div class=\"butler-accordion-item wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-header\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"butler-accordion-title wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"butler-accordion-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\tWhat is the HLC?\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Open<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-item-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Butler\u2019s institutional accreditor is the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), an independent corporation founded in 1895 as one of six regional institutional accreditors in the United States. HLC accredits degree-granting post-secondary education institutions in the United States.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Institutional accreditation validates the quality of an institution&#8217;s academic programs at all degree levels, whether delivered on-site, online, or otherwise. Institutional accreditation also examines the quality of the institution beyond its academic offerings and evaluates the institution, including the soundness of its governance and administration, adherence to mission, the sustainability of its finances, and the sufficiency of its resources.<\/p>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"butler-accordion-item wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-header\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"butler-accordion-title wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"butler-accordion-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\tWhat is an Assurance Argument?\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Open<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-item-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Assurance Argument is a narrative where the institution explains how it meets HLC&#8217;s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hlcommission.org\/Policies\/criteria-and-core-components.html\"> Criteria for Accreditation<\/a>. Butler has formed work groups with representatives from across our campus community for each HLC criteria area (five in total).<\/p>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"butler-accordion-item wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-header\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"butler-accordion-title wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"butler-accordion-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\tDoes the Assurance Argument process affect the entire University?\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Open<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-item-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes. Butler\u2019s HLC work groups are responsible for drafting their respective Assurance Arguments, and incorporating feedback and data provided by faculty, staff, and students throughout the engagement phase.<\/p>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"butler-accordion-item wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-header\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"butler-accordion-title wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"butler-accordion-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\tWhy is Accreditation important?\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Open<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-item-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accreditation provides current and potential students assurance that they are receiving a quality education which will be recognized as such by potential employers or licensing boards as well as by other colleges or universities in case of student transfers or pursuit of a higher degree. Also, employer-paid tuition reimbursement programs often require that employee participants enroll in accredited institutions.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, the U.S. Department of Education recognizes accreditation as a marker to allow the institution to disperse federal (Title IV) student financial aid.<\/p>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"butler-accordion-item wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-header\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"butler-accordion-title wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"butler-accordion-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\tWhen does Butler submit its final Assurance Argument report?\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Open<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-item-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Butler submits its final Assurance Argument report in early December of 2022.<\/p>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"butler-accordion-item wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-header\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"butler-accordion-title wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"butler-accordion-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\tWhat are the ways the Butler campus community of faculty, staff, and students can participate in the Assurance Argument draft and data collection?\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Open<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-item-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Butler faculty, staff, and students are invited to share examples of how Butler engages and exemplifies each of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hlcommission.org\/Policies\/criteria-and-core-components.html\"> five HLC criteria<\/a> between March 1, 2022 into the fall 2022 semester. The HLC Engagement Committee hosts several ways to engage in the process. The HLC Engagement Campaign, Mission Possible, presents several modes of submitting feedback in the spring 2022 semester, with more opportunities to following.<\/p>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":5843,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5997","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"revision_note":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>HLC Reaccreditation FAQs | Butler University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/hlc-reaccreditation\/hlc-faqs\/\" 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