Middle States Association  Standards 7
         Fundamental Element 7

 
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          Institutional Assessment        
            The institution has developed and implemented an assessment plan and process that evaluates its overall effectiveness in: achieving its mission and goals; implementing planning, resource allocation, and institutional renewal processes; using institutional resources efficiently, providing leadership and governance; providing administrative structures and services; demonstrating institutional integrity; and assuring that institutional processes and resources support appropriate learning and other outcomes for its students and graduates.
Fundamental Elements:

Relative to this standard, an accredited institution is characterized by: 

bullet use of assessment results to improve and gain efficiencies in administrative services and processes, including activities specific to the institutions mission (e.g. service, outreach, research);