capella's accreditation partnership

Capella University’s Accreditation Partnership

Model and Process: Supporting Learner

SuccessBarbara Butts Williams, PhD

Karen M. Mattison, MFA

Daniela Pavel, MBA

@ACBSPAccredited #ACBSP2016

Agenda


Introductions

Overview of Capella University

Collaborative Model Overview

Assessment System

Accreditation Cycle

Capella’s Learning Community

Discussion

Introducing Barbara Butts Williams, PhDExecutive Dean, External Relationships & Partnerships, Dean Emeritus, Business

• Joined Capella in 2002.

• Serve as Dean, School of Business.

• Previously served as Dean, School of Education; Interim Dean, School of Business & Technology; and Associate Dean, Graduate and MBA Programs, School of Business & Technology.

• Over 40 years combined experience in the private, public and higher education sectors with a primary focus on strategy and innovation, learning and development, organizational effectiveness, and change management.

• Passionate community advocate and servant.


Introducing Karen M. Mattison, MFAAssessment Specialist

• Joined Capella in 2004.

• Support assessment and analytics for ACBSP-accredited business offerings.

• Facilitate the assessment process with faculty and business leaders.

• Train and consult on assessment best practices and in-course assessment design.

• Background in teaching, and people and project management.

• MFA in poetry and EdD candidate.


Introducing Daniela Pavel, MBAAccreditation Specialist, School of Business & Technology

• Support School of Business & Technology with ACBSP, PMI-GAC, SHRM, ABET, and NSA accreditation approvals and designations.

• Certified Program Evaluator with ACCET, PMI-GAC, and ACBSP reviewing both traditional and online institutions.

• Former dean of a proprietary school and business, marketing, and personal finance faculty with Capella and SNHU.

• MBA, Master of Entrepreneurship and PhD candidate in Finance at Capella.


Capella University

• Mission: “… extend access to high quality bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and certificate programs for adults who seek to maximize their personal and professional potential.”

• Founded in 1993.

• Capella University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.

• Capella offers 48 degree programs with 166 specializations and over 1,800 courses.

• More than 36,000 learners.

• 60% of our learners are covered by some type of specialized accreditation or approval.

• 1,574 faculty members and faculty administrators.

• 87% (1,372) have doctorates.


Capella’s Collaborative Model


Capella University’s Assessment System


Capella University is competency-based and professionally-aligned.

“Learners who successfully demonstrate

course competencies are expected to be

successful in demonstrating program-level and

university learning outcomes at the end of

their program and in their careers.” – Capella University’s Business Programs’ Assessment Handbook



Offerings are aligned to current, relevant, academic and professional standards.



Learners track their progress with course competency maps.


@ACBSP #ACBSP2016

Accreditation — Support & Structure


• Regionally-accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.

• Specialized Accreditations include: CACREP, COAMFTE, NCATE, CCNE.

• School of Business & Technology specialized accreditations, approvals, and designations: ACBSP, PMI GAC, ABET, SHRM, and NSA.

Accreditation — Support & Structure


Accreditation department centralized since 2011 to eliminate duplicate work. Previously housed in individual colleges and schools within Capella.

Associate Vice President of Academic Quality Analytics and

Accreditation

Accreditation Specialist,

HLC

Associate Director

of Accreditation


Business


Nursing


Counseling & Education

Accreditation

Writing Specialist

Accreditation

Associate

Accreditation Cycle


Initiation

Discovery

Verification

Decision

Maintenance

Capella’s Learning Community


Capella University’s mission is to extend access to high quality bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and certificate programs for adults who seek to maximize their personal and professional potential.

This mission is fulfilled through innovative programs that are responsive to the needs of adult learners and involve active, engaging, challenging, and relevant learning experiences offered in a variety of delivery modes.

Faculty-Leadership-Accreditation Support Structure

@ACBS #ACBSP2016

Discussion


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