OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY Year Seven Self-Evaluation Report to the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities February 2019 EDWARD RAY, President AUDIT, RISK AND COMPLIANCE GENERAL COUNSEL RESEARCH Patti Snopkowski, Rebecca Gose Irem Tumer, Interim Vice Chief Executive President INSTITUTIONAL DIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES Charlene Alexander, UNIVERSITY RELATIONS Debbie Colbert, Secretary Vice President and Chief AND MARKETING of the Board Diversity Officer Steven Clark, Vice President FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS Michael Green, Vice President Scott Barnes, Vice President and Director EDWARD FESER, Provost and Executive Vice President COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OF PHARMACY ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT SCIENCES Mark Leid, Interim Dean Noah Buckley, Interim Associate Alan Sams, Dean Provost COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND HUMAN SCIENCES ECAMPUS Mitzi Montoya, Dean Javier Nieto, Dean Lisa Templeton, Associate COLLEGE OF EARTH, OCEAN, COLLEGE OF SCIENCE Provost AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES Roy Haggerty, Dean INFORMATION AND Roberta Marinelli, Dean TECHNOLOGY CARLSON COLLEGE OF COLLEGE OF EDUCATION VETERINARY MEDICINE Jon Dolan, Interim Vice Provost Toni Doolen, Dean Susan Tornquist, Dean INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING OSU-CASCADES Kendra Sharp, Senior Advisor to Scott Ashford, Dean Becky Johnson, Vice President the Provost COLLEGE OF FORESTRY GRADUATE SCHOOL OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT Anthony Davis, Interim Dean Phillip Mote, Vice Provost and Scott Reed, Vice Provost Dean HONORS COLLEGE STUDENT AFFAIRS Toni Doolen, Dean FACULTY AFFAIRS Dan Larson, Interim Vice Provost Susan Capalbo, Senior Vice COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION Provost Larry Rodgers, Dean Alix Gitelman, Vice Provost 2 NWCCU Self-Evaluation Report | 2019 OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY YEAR SEVEN SELF-EVALUATION REPORT Submitted to THE NORTHWEST COMMISSION ON COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES FEBRUARY 2019 ACCREDITATION STEERING COMMITTEE • Susan Capalbo, Senior Vice Provost, Faculty Affairs and Steering Committee Chair and Accreditation Liaison Officer • Stephanie Bernell, Associate Dean, Graduate School • Steven Clark, Vice President, University Relations and Marketing • Debbie Colbert, Board of Trustees Secretary • Robert Cowen, Director, Hatfield Marine Science Center • Jon Dolan, Interim Vice Provost, Information and Technology • Alix Gitelman, Vice Provost, Undergraduate Education • Michael Green, Vice President, Finance and Administration • Julie Greenwood, Associate Provost, Transformative Learning • Carlos Jensen, Associate Dean and Associate Professor, College of Engineering • Becky Johnson, Vice President, OSU-Cascades • Dan Larson, Interim Vice Provost, Student Affairs • Robert Mason, Professor, College of Science • Dwaine Plaza, Faculty Senate President Elect and Professor, College of Liberal Arts • Scott Reed, Vice Provost, University Outreach and Engagement • Staci Simonich, Associate Vice President, Research • Aiden Tariku, Vice President, ASOSU • Susan Tornquist, Dean, Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine • Irem Tumer, Interim Vice President, Research • Gigi Bruce, Special Assistant to the Provost (ex officio) • JoAnne Bunnage, Director, University Accreditation (ex officio) • Salvador Castillo, Director, Institutional Research (ex officio) • Sara Daly, Executive Assistant to the Senior Vice Provost (ex officio) • Michelle Klotz, Faculty Affairs Associate (ex officio) • Emilie Ratcliff, Accreditation Assistant (ex officio) OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY 3 Table of Contents Institutional Overview .........................................................................................................................................................7 Preface.....................................................................................................................................................................................9 Brief Update on Institutional Changes since the Institution’s Last Report ......................................................9 Response to Recommendation Regarding Mission Fulfillment ........................................................................ 14 Chapter 1: Mission and Core Themes .......................................................................................................................... 15 Executive Summary of Eligibility Requirements 2 and 3 .....................................................................................16 Standard 1.A Mission ...................................................................................................................................................16 Standard 1.B Core Themes ........................................................................................................................................ 21 Chapter 2: Resources and Capacity ...............................................................................................................................31 Executive Summary of Eligibility Requirements 4 through 21 ..........................................................................32 Standard 2.A Governance .......................................................................................................................................... 36 Standard 2.B Human Resources ................................................................................................................................85 Standard 2.C Education Resources .......................................................................................................................... 96 Standard 2.D Student Support Resources ...........................................................................................................125 Standard 2.E Library and Information Resources ...............................................................................................153 Standard 2.F Financial Resources ...........................................................................................................................164 Standard 2.G Physical and Technological Infrastructure .................................................................................. 174 Chapter 3: Planning and Implementation .................................................................................................................191 Standard 3.A Institutional Planning.......................................................................................................................192 Standard 3.B Core Theme Planning .......................................................................................................................203 Chapter 4: Effectiveness and Improvement .............................................................................................................209 Executive Summary of Eligibility Requirements 22 and 23 .............................................................................210 Standard 4.A Assessment and 4.B Improvement ..............................................................................................210 Chapter 5: Mission Fulfillment, Adaptation and Sustainability ...........................................................................301 Executive Summary of Eligibility Requirement 24 .............................................................................................302 Standard 5.A Mission Fulfillment ...........................................................................................................................302 Standard 5.B Adaptation and Sustainability ........................................................................................................320 Conclusion .........................................................................................................................................................................329 4 NWCCU Self-Evaluation Report | 2019 Appendices ........................................................................................................................................................................ 331 NWCCU Reports .............................................................................................................................................................. 333 Basic Institutional Data Form..................................................................................................................................334 Statement of Cash Flows .........................................................................................................................................338 Balance Sheet .............................................................................................................................................................342 Operating Budget ......................................................................................................................................................345 Capital Budget ............................................................................................................................................................ 351 Revenue Projections .................................................................................................................................................. 353 Substantive Changes ................................................................................................................................................. 359 Domestic Off-Campus Degree Programs and Academic Credit Sites ..........................................................360