UAFS one of four to earn CHEA award
by January 8, 2010 12:59 pm 63 views
The Council for Higher Education Accreditation has awarded the 2010 CHEA Award for Outstanding Institutional Practice in Student Learning Outcomes to the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, one of four institutions in the nation and the only Arkansas university to receive one of the awards in 2010, according to a UAFS release.
The award will be presented at the 2010 CHEA Annual Conference, which will be held Jan. 25-28 at the Marriott Hotel Washington in Washington, D.C.
The CHEA Award was established in 2005 to recognize institutions that have been exceptional in developing and applying evidence of student learning outcomes to improve higher education quality and accountability. A committee selected from higher education institutions, accrediting organizations and the public judged the winners on the basis of four award criteria: 1) articulation and evidence of outcomes, 2) success with regard to outcomes, 3) information to the public about outcomes; and 4) use of outcomes for educational improvement.
UAFS, one of 13 academic institutions in the University of Arkansas System, is a public, four-year university with an enrollment of approximately 7,000. In addition to UA Fort Smith, Capella University (Minn.), Portland State University (Ore.) and St. Olaf College (Minn.) also will receive the 2010 CHEA Award.
A national advocate and institutional voice for self-regulation of academic quality through accreditation, CHEA is an association of 3,000 degree-granting colleges and universities and recognizes 59 institutional and programmatic accrediting organizations.