Graduates of TRACS

To North:

Good guess! I have been on a WASC visitation team, and we did exactly what you describe. I would not say that instruction, curriculum and learning were not central issues, because that would be untrue. Still, compared to faculty issues (tenure, equity of pay, minority recruitment), financial issues and so forth, "education" seemed to get less attention than one might expect. The process was built around what is called an "instrument," against which the school constructs their "self-study." The self study is reconciled with the instrument and then, essentially confirmed during the site visit (four days).

I have also been involved in writing a self-study; it is a very detailed document. The entire school community is supposedly involved in input into various chapters, as appropriate, of the self-study. The portfolio of work, including A-F work in various categories of assignment from each course, along with course outlines, materials, and an evaluation of the course in terms of "Expected Learning Outcomes ESLR) runs toward many thousands of pages.

Some accreditation levels require an in term visitation of one or two days. Some schools request an informal in term visitation. At any rate, at least for WASC, communication between the agency and the school is fairly frequent. The self-study is so involved (literally thousands of man-hours) that the year following accreditation the school begins to gear up for the next round.

Craig

 

Re: Re: UNIZUL

North,
I am trying to combine Theology & Psychology at SATS/UNIZUL. Could you email me a copy of the guideline? Any other information you may have would also be appreciated. Song has approved me for the ThD but I am trying to obtain a PhD in Psycholgy with a Psychology/Theology disserattion.

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Thanks,