Institutional Accreditation - AQIP

"AQIP is a quality improvement program and a quality assurance program for higher education." -Higher Learning Commission

AQIP (Academic Quality Improvement Program) is an approach, a process and our means of maintaining institutional accreditation, wih the Higher Learning Commission. The Higher Learning Commission, our regional accrediting body, and AQIP, our institutional accreditation process, commits us to continuous improvement in all areas of University operations.  The AQIP  process has three distinct cycles that occur simultaneously:

• Action (Systems Portfolio & Action Projects)
• Strategy (Systems Appraisal and Systems Portfolio)
• Institutional accreditation (Quality Checkup and Reaffirmation of Accreditation)

Services

• SUPPORT
  • AQIP Action Project teams and leaders
  • Systems Portfolio category teams and leaders
• COORDINATE & Manage
  • EMU AQIP Action Project proposal, documentation and closing processes
  • Systems Portfolio and AQIP Category Teams
  • Maintainance of Systems Portfolio Efolio files, including the Document Repository
  • Compliance materials as part of the Higher Learning Commission/AQIP requirements
• CONNECT & Communicate
  • Calls for AQIP Action Projects
  • AQIP Action Project results
  • Information on the Systems Portfolio and its role in Institutional Accreditation to the university community