Accreditation Oversight Committee

Eligibility

Composition

• FSEC Representative
• Administrative Representative
• Campus Leadership Team Representative
• Staff Senate Executive Committee Representative
• Institutional Researcher
• Student Senate Representative
• Accreditation Liaison Officer
• HCC Faculty At-large Representative
• HCC Staff At-large Representative

The Faculty Senate Executive Committee chair, Dean, Academic Affairs in consultation with the chair of the Accreditation Oversight committee will select members for this committee.

Staggered terms are recommended to provide continuity.

Purpose

To ensure that accreditation-related activity is ongoing at Honolulu Community College.

Function

The Accreditation Oversight Committee:

• Ensures that key initiatives identified as needed by the Accreditation Self Study Report are instituted, and that attention to them is given on a continuing basis, and not allowed to lapse.
• Identifies those responsible for carrying out campus responses to accreditation recommendations.
• Ensures accountability through requirement of documented progress reports.

The activities of this standing committee will be an institutionalized oversight of accreditation activities, to keep the campus focused on long-term issues on a year-round basis, and will make it possible to avoid dealing with accreditation self-study issues on an ad hoc basis, allowing the campus to participate in a positive feedback loop in which accreditation activities lead to identification of necessary actions, and to effective production of data and analysis that allow the college to continue to improve its performance in every area.

Workload

• The first act of each academic year will be an earlier Fall Semester meeting to determine activities and goals necessary on an ongoing and ad hoc basis, and linking of those goals with individuals and committees on campus responsible for them. These committees and individuals will then be reminded of their responsibilities.
• The committee will also require brief reports from each group or individual at the end of each academic year documenting actions and progress toward the identified goals.
• The committee will meet once each month to identify needs, goals, and areas where the committee’s influence might assist the accreditation process along.
• The committee will provide an end of the year report to the campus.
• The committee will take responsibility for creating an archive of all reports, materials, and documentation of actions taken campus-wide. All reports shall be written with complete materials and documentation accompanying the report.
• The committee will serve as a consultative body to the Accreditation Liaison Officer in the formation and orientation of standard committees and their members.