Criteria for Accreditation

Criterion One: Mission & Integrity

Criterion Statement:
The organization operates with integrity to ensure the fulfillment of its mission through structures and processes that involve the board, administration, faculty, staff, and students.

• Core Component - 1a
  The organization's mission documents are clear and articulate publicly the organization's commitments.
• Core Component - 1b
  In its mission documents, the organization recognizes the diversity of its learners, other constituencies, and the great society it serves.
• Core Component - 1c
  Understanding of and support for the mission pervade the organization.
• Core Component - 1d
  The organization's governance and administrative structures promote effective leadership and support collaborative processes that enable the organization to fulfill its mission.
• Core Component - 1e
  The organization upholds and protects integrity