A Communiqué of the Commission on Colleges VOL. 57, No.3 Southern Association of Colleges and Schools SPRING - 2005 Derek Bok to Address Annual Meeting Delegates in December The 110th Annual University Professor and, since July 2003, of the board of overseers of the Curtis Meeting of the Com- has served as research professor. He has Institute in Philadelphia. In 1999, he mission on Colleges written five books on higher education: became the National Chair of Common will commence on Beyond the Ivory Tower (1982), Higher Cause. He is presently chair of the December 4, 2005, at Learning (1986), Universities and the Future Spencer Foundation and faculty chair of 5:00 p.m. in Atlanta of America (1990), The Shape of the River the Hauser Center for the Study of with Derek Bok as the (1998), and Universities in the Marketplace Nonprofit Organizations and Philan- featured speaker. (2003). He has also published Labor and thropy at Harvard. His research interests Well-known in the American Community (1970) and The include the state of higher education and DEREK BOK higher education Cost of Talent (1993) about how our execu- a project sponsored by several founda- circles, Bok has been a lawyer and tives and professionals are paid and why tions on the adequacy of government in professor of law, dean of the law school, it matters. He has served on the board of the United States in coping with the and president of Harvard University. He trustees of the World Resources Institute, nation’s domestic problems. He has served as 300th Anniversary the University of Massachusetts and chair published a book on this subject, entitled The State of the Nation (1996), and a sequel, entitled The Trouble with Government Michael Johnson named (2001). His latest book is entitled Universities in the Marketplace: The Associate Executive Director Commercialization of Higher Education Executive Director James Rogers has announced the appointment of Michael S. (2003). Johnson, Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs at Spring Hill College in INSIDE THIS ISSUE Mobile, Alabama, as Associate Executive Director with the Commission on Colleges. In his new position, he will serve as Commission representative to over 2 f Actions of the Executive 100 member institutions and will have broad responsibilities for working with Council During Its Spring peer groups to establish and implement policy. He replaces John O. Dwyer who Meeting retired in December 2004. 2 f Updates in the Review “Dr. Johnson has had extensive experience with the Commission—serving as Process for Reaffirmation chair and as a member of a number of visiting committees and as a reader for the 3 f Financial Reporting Commission’s Committees on Compliance and Reports,” Timelines Rogers stated when announcing the appointment. “His recent leadership experience with the college as it 3 fCommission Dateline prepared its Compliance Certification and Quality 4 f 2005 Annual Meeting Enhancement Plan for reaffirmation in 2006 will bring a At-A-Glance fresh perspective to the staff.” Johnson has worked for 19 years at Spring Hill College 5 f 2005 Annual Meeting Pre- where he served in various academic and administrative Conference Workshops roles including that of directing the college’s institutional 12 f 2005 Educational Excellence effectiveness activities, chairing the graduate council, and Expo serving on the faculty as a professor of economics and the MICHAEL JOHNSON 13 f 2005 Annual Meeting director of the MBA Program. He has also held faculty appointments at the Housing Reservation Form University of New Orleans and Cornell University. Johnson earned an AB in economics from Davidson College and holds a PhD 14 f Program for the SACS-COC in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His wife, Summer Institute Hannah, is a minister and they have two children and one granddaughter. He 20 f Myth or Fact? will join the staff August 1, 2005. 2 PROCEEDINGS Actions of the Executive Council During Its Spring Meeting The Executive Council of the change became effective March 15, sion documents and policies on Commission on Colleges met February 2005. contractual agreements and to 26—28, 2005, to discuss issues facing propose modifications that would 3. The council modified and approved the Commission and to act on a include a focus on joint and cooper- the “Statement on the Responsibili- number of proposals. Listed below are ative degrees. ties and the Ethical Obligations of some of the significant actions taken by Commissioners.” The statement 5. The council approved a $10 increase the council: will be forwarded to the total to $285 for the annual meeting regis- 1. The council approved no dues Commission for review and tration fee. increase for the 2005-2006 fiscal year. approval at its meeting in June. In The Executive Council is the execu- addition, the council directed 2.The council approved the tive arm of the Commission and is Commission staff to prepare a Commission staff recommendation composed of 13 peers: an institutional similar statement for committee to increase the amount of incidental representative from each of the 11 evaluators and Commission staff. expense reimbursement paid to states in the Southern region, a public evaluators from $50 to $100 for 4.The council authorized the member, and the Chair (non-voting committee members and from $100 appointment of an ad hoc com- member). to $200 for committee chairs. This mittee to study current Commis- Updates in the Review Process for Reaffirmation The Commission continues to consider 1. The approval of a policy entitled “Core their service on a committee. In the input from institutions and evaluators as Requirement 2.3: Documenting an past, chairs were trained in a large it “tweaks” the new review process under Alternative Approach.” This policy group with other evaluators who the Principles of Accreditation: Founda- provides guidelines for an institution served as committee members. tions for Quality Enhancement. Commission whose chief executive officer serves a In addition, the committee charged staff members are in the process of gath- dual role as chief officer for a with developing a resource manual from ering information from those involved in governing system to comply with the materials provided by eight subcom- the review of the 80 - member 2005 reaffir- requirement that the chief executive mittees focusing on all the areas of the mation class. This input could inform officer of an institution have primary Principles will submit its final report to future decisions for changes in the compo- responsibility to the institution. the Executive Council for review at the sition of the On-Site Review Committee, 2. The interpretation of Comprehensive council’s meeting in June 2005. The the role of the lead Quality Enhancement Standards 3.2.5 (dismissal of board resource manual is designed to assist Plan (QEP) evaluator during the on-site members) and 3.2.12. (a chief executive institutions in assessing compliance with review, the inclusion of more presidents in officer’s control of fundraising activ- Core Requirements and Comprehensive the process, clearer interpretation of some ities). The interpretations will be Standards without prescribing a specific of the standards, and the value of contin- forwarded to the Commission for final approach or mandatory checklist. While uing COC staff advisory visits to campus. action in June 2005. acknowledging the diverse nature of Some of the most recent changes institutional missions and the range of approved by the Commission or its 3. A decrease in the number of institu- educational programs represented within Executive Council include: tions in a cluster as reviewed by an Off- Site Review Committee. In the past, a the membership of the Commission, the committee would review five or six final resource document will provide a institutions’ Compliance Certifica- rationale, illustrative questions, and PROCEEDINGS (ISSN 0038-3813) is examples of types of documentation that published eight times per year by the tions. Now most committees review Southern Association of Colleges and three or four. an institution might consider as it Schools, 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, assesses its compliance with accreditation Georgia 30033-4097. Four issues are 4. A modification to the content of the requirements. The document will not published by the Commission on Colleges orientation for Leadership Teams that and three issues and an annual report are duplicate other Commission handbooks; places more emphasis on strategies for published by the Council on Accreditation rather, it will be used in concert with and School Improvement. Periodicals postage completion of review documents and paid at Decatur, Georgia and additional those documents and with the policies on lessons learned to date from offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes and procedures of the Commission. to PROCEEDINGS, 1866 Southern Lane, previous reviews. Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097. Subscription Following review by the Executive price of $10.00 annually is included in 5. A change to the training of committee Council in June, the final document membership dues. Phone 404/679-4500. USPS No. 445580. chairs requires them to attend a two- should be ready for distribution this fall. day training session in Atlanta prior to SPRING, 2005 3 Financial Reporting Timelines The reaffirmation review process submit their Compliance Certifications session provides an overview of the under the Principles of Accreditation has on September 10, approximately
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