AQIP: WHAT
is it?
The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the
North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA)
offers two alternatives for institutional accreditation --
the Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP) and the
Program to Evaluate and Advance Quality (PEAQ).
Accreditation through AQIP is based on the College's
application of principles and processes of continuous
improvement.
The HLC has five Criteria for Accreditation.
AQIP has nine
categories that correlate with the Commission's Criteria.
The nine categories are included in AQIP's
Principles and Categories for
Improving Academic Quality
An overview of accreditation is available
for download at
http://hlcommission.org/resources/overview/
The Handbook of Accreditation, Third
Edition, provides more complete information about PEAQ
and AQIP and is available for download at
http://hlcommission.org/resources/handbook/
For a side-by-side comparison of AQIP and
PEAQ,
click here.
For the All About AQIP presentation,
click here. For the
Choosing AQIP presentation,
click here.
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