Documents for 2013-2014 Institutional Review for Reaffirmation of Accreditation

September 2013 Institutional Report to WASC

• Introduction
• Essay One: Defining the Meaning of the Degree and Ensuring Integrity, Quality and Rigor
• Essay Two: Achieving “Core Competencies”
• Essay Three: Defining and Promoting “Student Success”
  • Faculty and Student Narratives of Success
• Essay Four: Ensuring Institutional Capacity and Effectiveness in the Future (updated 10/29/2013)
• Essay Five: Our Sense of Place (Integrative Essay)
• Essay Five (UPDATED July 10, 2014)

Compliance Audit Checklist for Reaccreditation

• Sample Student Transcript (Undergraduate)
• Sample Student Transcript (Graduate)
• Transcript Key

Self-Review under the Standards

• Results of the Survey (WASC Self Study)
• Campus Survey with Open Ended Questions
• College of Agriculture, Forestry & Natural Resource Management PDF
• College of Arts and Sciences PDF
• College of Business and Economics PDF
• College of Hawaiian Language PDF
• College of Pharmacy
  • Pharmacy Practice PDF
  • Pharmacy Science PDF
• Division of Student Affairs PDF
• Mookini Library PDF

Required Data Exhibits to Support the Off-Site Review

• Admissions and Student Preparation
  • 1.1 Admissions by Gender PDF
  • 1.2a and 1.2b Admissions by Race/Ethnicity PDF 1.2a-b
• Student Enrollments
  • 2.1 Headcount Enrollments for Degree Objective PDF 2.1 Degree
  • 2.2 Headcount Enrollments by Gender  PDF 2.2 Gender
  • 2.3a and 2.3b Headcount Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity PDF 2.3a-b Race
  • 2.4 Students Receiving Financial Aid
• Degrees Awarded
  • 3.1 Degrees Granted by Degree-Level Program
• Faculty and Staff Composition
  • 4.1a and 4.1b Faculty Composition
  • 4.2 Faculty Headcount by Department/Program
  • 4.3a and 4.3b Staff by Gender and Race/Ethnicity
  • 4.4 Full-Time Faculty/Staff Turnover Over the Last 5 Years
• Educational effectiveness Indicators
  • 5.1 Inventory of Educational Effectiveness Indicators
• Concurrent Accreditation and Key Performance Indicators
  • 6.1 Inventory of Concurrent Accreditation and Key Performance Indicators

Responses to Previous Reviews

• Last Commission Action Report (2009)
• Last Commission Action Letter (2010)
• Response to Previous Reviews
  • Update from Ka Haka ‘Ula o Ke’eliōlani
    • Independent Outside Review, Fall 2013) (updated January 13, 2014)
  • Update from Psychology

Core Competency Assessment

• Data for Freshman Writing
  • UH Hilo Survey Results AY 2010-2011
  • UH Hilo Survey Results AY 2011-2012
  • Core Competency Data (by Region–anonymized)
• Data for Senior Writing (Revised Inventory of Educational Effectiveness Indicators)

Retention and Graduation Report

• May 2013 Retention and Graduation Report to WASC
• WASC R&G Panel Final Report May 22, 2013

Program Review

• 2013 Revised Program Review Guidelines (updated January 15, 2014)
• Revised Program Review Timeline 2009-2018 (updated January 15, 2014)

Program Assessment

• Surveys
  • College of Agriculture, Forestry & Natural Resource Management
  • College of Arts and Science
    • School of Education
    • School of Nursing
  • College of Business and Economics
  • College of Hawaiian Language
  • College of Pharmacy
• Samples of Programmatic Assessment Activities
  • Marine Science
  • English (Reading Assessment)
  • English (Oral Communication Assessment)
  • Math
  • Education–MAT
  • Chemistry
  • Indigenous Language & Culture Education (College of Hawaiian Language)
  • College of Business
  • Kilohana: The Academic Success Center
  • Mookini Library

General Education Assessment

• Rubrics
  • Information Literacy
  • Written Communication
  • Oral Communication
  • Cultural Diversity
  • Math and Science

Distance Learning Program Summaries.

All UH Hilo substantive change proposals for DL programs have been reviewed and approved by the Commission. Information and documentation are provided for each such program.

• Bachelor of Arts in Communication
• Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• Master of Arts in Teaching
• Master of Arts in Indigenous Language and Culture Education
• Master of Science in Clinical Psychopharmacology
• Doctor of Nursing Practice

Substantive Change 2009-present

• WASC Notification of Noncompliance with Regard to Substantive Change Review March 2011
• UH Hilo Response April 13, 2011
• Substantive Changes Approved by WASC 2009-present. All UH Hilo substantive change proposals have been reviewed by the WASC Substantive Change Panel and approved by the Commission. A brief description of each program is provided here.

Credit Hour Policy and Documentation

• UH System Credit Hour Policy
• WASC Credit Hour Policy
• UH Hilo Credit Hour Policy
• UH Hilo Documentation for Courses with Standard and Non-Standard Seat Times
  • Biology 176 (Large Lecture Class)
  • Physics 171 and 171L (Course with Separate Lab)
    • Physics 171
    • Physics 171L
    • Physics 171 Schedule
  • Anthropology 450 (Upper Division Lab Course)
  • English 200G (Writing Intensive–Lower Division)
  • Management 490 (Writing Intensive–Upper Division)
  • History 490 (Senior Seminar)
  • English 323 (Hawaiʻi/Pan-Pacific and Service Learning)
  • Spanish 101 Syllabus Template (Non-Standard Seat Time)
    • Spanish 101 Homework
  • English 225 (DL)
  • Study Abroad Credit Reviews
  • UH Hilo Internship Programs

Other Data

• Freshman Guaranteed Schedule Data (1st Cohort)
• EMIT Report (May 2012)
• WASC Retention and Graduation Rate Templates: Source Data Overview & Description/Interpretation
• Data for Pacific Islander Students
• OVCAA Departure Survey Highlights (October 2013)
• CAS Non-Returning Student Survey