Quality Standards at Cowley College
Meeting the Higher Learning Commission's Criteria
This Page is a Work in Progress
Criteria 1. Mission
Mission Development and Commitment to the Public Good
1.A.1. Procedure 101 - Mission and Related Statements
1.A.1. Strategic Planning at Cowley College
1.A.1. Mission Alignment in Strategic Planning
1.A.1. 2021 Fall Board of Trustee 2022 2025 Strategic Plan Mission Reaffirmation with
Meeting Minutes
1.A.2. Policy 101.00 Mission and Related Statements
1.A.2. Publication of Mission and Related Statements
Mission Driven Community Engagement and Support
2023 Economic Impact Study
Mission as a Foundation for Operations
1.A.1. Measuring Employee Satisfaction with Mission Development 2024
1.A.2. Guiding Action through Mission 2019 2020 Spring Presidential Update
Board of Trustee Handbook
Employee Handbook
Articulating Mission through Public Information
1.A.5. Communicating Mission through Strategic Planning
Opportunities for Civic Engagement through Co-curricular Activities
Criteria 2. Integrity: Ethical and Responsible Conduct
Governance at Cowley College
2.A.1. Policies & Procedures Governing Mission
2.A.1. Cowley College 2022 2025 Strategic Plan
2.A.2. Integrating Measures of Integrity through Student Satisfaction Feedback
Policy 111.00 Employee Code of Conduct
Integrity in Administrative Functions
Administrative Policies (Series 100.00)
Hiring Practices
Integrity in Data Use
Secure and Private Data
Integrity in Academic Functions<
Administrative Policies (Series 200.00)
Policy 206.00 Academic Freedom
Academic Honesty
College Catalog
Assuring Student Privacy
Request to Prevent Disclosure of Directory Information
Master Agreement
Policy 263.00 Student Appeal of Course Grades
Integrity of Research (IRB)
Integrity in Financial Functions
Business Services Council Policies (Series 100.00)
Financial Stability: Policy 113.00 Reserve Funds
2022 Fiscal Year Audit
Criteria 3. Teaching and Learning: Quality, Resources, and Support
Global Learning Outcomes (GLO)
Appropriately Qualified Instructors
Processes and Resources to Support Teaching and Learning
Professional Development Day
Faculty Development
Services that Support Student Success
Academic Advising
IMPACT TRiO Program
Renn Memorial Library
Tiger Learning Center
Upward Bound TRiO Program
Criteria 4. Teaching and Learning: Evaluation and Improvement
Academic Program Review
Assessment of Student Learning: Global Learning Outcomes (GLO)
Transcription of Credits from Other Institutions and Other Forms of Prior Learning
Policy 260.00 Transfer Coursework
Policy 264.00 Credit for Previous Military Services
Policy 265.00 Credit for Prior Learning
Specialized Accreditation
Using Information about Student Retention, Persistence and Completion
Good Practice in Data Collection and Analysis: Accountability and Institutional Measures
(AIM)
Completion, Transfer Out and Success Rates (Student Consumer Act)
Student Learning in the Co-Curricular
4.B.1. Athletic Student Success at Cowley College 2023
Criteria 5. Institutional Effectiveness, Resources and Planning
Budgeting and the Monitoring of Finances
Shared Governance at Cowley College
Strategic Planning
Systematic Improvement in Operations
Using Data to Reach Informed Decisions: AIM