Examples of Evidence

• The board has adopted statements of mission, vision, values, goals, and oranizational priorities that together clearly and broadly define the organization's mission.



• The mission, vision, values, and goals documents define the varied internal and external constituencies the organiation intends to serve.



• The mission documents include a strong commitment to high academic standards that sustain and advance excellence in higher learning.



• The mission documents state goals for the learning to be achieved by its students.



• The organization regularly evaluates and, then appropriate, revises the mission documents.



• The organization makes the mission documents available to the public, particularly to prospective and enrolled students.

Examples of Evidence

• In its mission documents, the organization addresses diversity within the community values and common purposes it considers fundamental to its mission.



• The mission documents present the organization's function in a multicultural society.



• The mission documents affirm the organization's commitment to honor the dignity and worth of individuals.



• The organization's required codes of belief or expected behavior are congruent with its mission.



• The mission document provide a basis for the organization's basic strategies to address diversity.

Examples of Evidence

• The board, administration, faculty, staff, and students understand and support the organization's mission.



• The organization's strategic decisions are mission-driven.



• The organization's planning and budgeting priorities flow from and support the mission.



• The goals of the administrative and academic sub-units of the organization are congruent with the organization's mission.



• The organization's internal constituencies articulate the mission in a consistent manner.

Examples of Evidence

• Board policies ard practices document the board's focus on the organization's mission.



• The board enables the organization's chief administrative personnel to exercise effective leadership.



• The distribution of responsibilities as defined in governance structures, processes, and activities is understood and is implemented through delegated authority.



• People within the governance and administrative structures are committed to the mission and appropriately qualified to carry out their defined responsibilities.



• Faculty and other academic leaders share responsibility for the coherence of the curriculum and the integrity of academic process.



• Effective communication facilitates governance and processes.



• The organization evaluates its structures and processes regularly and strengthens them as needed.

Examples of Evidence

• The activities of the organization are congruent with its mission.



• The board exercises its responsibility to the public to ensure that the organization operates legally, responsibly, and with fiscal honesty.



• The organization understands and abides by local, state, and federal laws and regulations applicable to it (or by laws and regulations established by federally-recognized sovereign entities.)



• The organization consistently implements clear and fair policies regarding the rights and responsibilities of each of its internal constituencies.



• The organization's structures and processes allow it to ensure the integrity of its co-curricular and auxiliary activities.



• The organization presents itself accurately and honestly to the public.



• The organization documents timely response to complaints and grievances, particularly those of students.