Accreditation/Quality Improvement
About AQIP
AQIP, the Academic Quality Improvement Process, is an alternative accreditation process developed by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. It focuses on continuous improvement.
The goal of AQIP is to infuse the principles and benefits of continuous improvement into college cultures in order to assure and advance the quality of higher education.
Instead of looking back 10 years at what has been accomplished (the former accreditation process used by WCTC), this process allows us to look forward, assess what our strengths are, and what areas/processes we believe we need to improve. Action Projects are developed to work on specific initiatives.
- Accreditation Timeline (pdf)
- Quality Highlights for Reaffirmation of Accreditation - August, 2010 (pdf)
- Quality Checkup Visit - Overview 2/17-2/19/2010 (pdf)
- Quality Program Summary - 2009 (pdf)
- Federal Compliance Document (pdf)
- Federal Compliance Document Appendices (pdf)
- Higher Learning Commission Checkup Visit Report March 2010 (pdf)
- AQIP's Principles of High Performance Organizations
- Nine specific AQIP criteria that WCTC must demonstrate in order to maintain accreditation
- Conversation Day Summary Report (pdf)
- What is Appreciative Inquiry?