This presentation will reviews the importance of university-wide collaboration when handling regional and professional accreditation processes. Key points of collaboration include disseminating workload, bringing area-specific expertise, fostering institution-wide dialogue, developing the report, and hosting the review team.

Jennifer Riad, Director of Curriculum, California Baptist University

Universities often spend significant time, energy, and resources developing mission-aligned strategic plans but struggle to drive institutional improvement through active, ongoing operational alignment to the plan over time. National University identified key practices that foster operational buy-in and accountability to its institutional strategy. This session will cover the replicable structures, tools, and processes developed by National University to sustain alignment to a dynamic strategic plan, earning NU a commendation in a recent WSCUC onsite visit.

Angela Baldasare, Deputy Chief of Staff and Vice President for Institutional Research, National University
Chris Russo, Executive Vice President & Chief of Staff, National University
Mark D. Milliron, President & CEO, National University
Pamela Perry, Associate Vice President, Accreditation and Curriculum & Accreditation Liaison Officer, National University

Challenges: - How International Higher Education Institutions (IHEIs) have to balance between their context and culture, and WSCUC’s standards.

Opportunity: How WSCUC's standards are used to influence IHEIs various aspects, operations, reputation, and overall effectiveness.

This session aims to demonstrate how QU, an international higher education institution, has embarked into its journey of institutional accreditation and may be of benefits to other IHEIs.

Emna Belkhiria, Institutional Data and Policy Management, Qatar University
Moumen Hasnah, Director Institutional Research and Effectiveness, Qatar University