Western Association of Schools and Colleges - SCU
The Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Senior Colleges and Universities (WASC SCU) oversees the institutional accreditation process for institutions that offer bachelor's, master's, and doctorate degrees in California, Hawaii, the territory of Guam, and the Pacific basin. Both the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and the U.S. Department of Education recognize it as an institutional and regional accrediting agency . WASC is one of the six regional accrediting entities in the United States.
What WASC SCU Accreditation MeansIn brief, the three central goals of WASC SCU are:
- To promote the engagement of member institutions in issues relating to student learning
- To develop an emphasis on evidence in decision making
- To nurture information exchange between public and private institutions
The WASC SCU's 25 members represent the diversity of the association's member institutions, which offer different choices to students in terms of their size, focus, mission, and geography.
Other Roles of the WASC SCUIn addition to accreditation, the association offers workshops and other resources in order to help member institutions assess their educational quality. The WASC SCU also works to address issues that its member institutions can expect to face in the future. Such issues include the impact of globalization on higher education, the governance of accreditation, new learning environments, student learning outcomes, and the impact of the economy on institutions and students.
The WASC SCU publishes a "Statement of Accreditation Status" for each member institution, which contains current accreditation information. The association's standards for accreditation ensure that member institutions make appropriate educational resources available to their students, and acts as a measure of quality to the general public.
Article ReferencesWestern Association of Schools and Colleges
http://www.wascweb.org/
http://www.wascsenior.org/
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