Comprehensive Evaluation Self-Study August 4, 2016

Comprehensive Evaluation Self-Study August 4, 2016

Prepared for the New England Association of Schools and Colleges Commission on Institutions of Higher Education

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Table of Contents

Institutional Characteristics.................................................................................................................. 5 Chief Institutional Offices............................................................................................................................ 10

Preamble.................................................................................................................................................. 13

Standard One: Mission and Purposes ............................................................................................... 22

Standard Two: Planning and Evaluation .......................................................................................... 26 Planning............................................................................................................................................................. 26 Evaluation ......................................................................................................................................................... 28

Standard Three: Organization and Governance .............................................................................31 Governing Board ............................................................................................................................................ 31 Internal Governance ..................................................................................................................................... 32

Standard Four: The Academic Program ........................................................................................... 39 Assuring Academic Quality......................................................................................................................... 41 Undergraduate Degree Programs ............................................................................................................ 42 General Education.......................................................................................................................................... 43 The Major or Concentration ....................................................................................................................... 44 UConn Early College Experience ............................................................................................................... 46 Graduate Degree Programs ........................................................................................................................ 49 Integrity in the Award of Academic Credit............................................................................................ 53 Credit Hour Policy.......................................................................................................................................... 58

Standard Five: Students ....................................................................................................................... 60 Admissions ....................................................................................................................................................... 60 Student Services and Co-Curricular Experiences ............................................................................... 63

Standard Six: Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship ....................................................................... 71 Faculty and Academic Staff ......................................................................................................................... 71 Teaching and Learning................................................................................................................................. 78

Standard Seven: Institutional Resources ......................................................................................... 82 Human Resources .......................................................................................................................................... 82 Financial Resources ...................................................................................................................................... 82 Information, Physical, and Technological Resources ....................................................................... 89

Standard Eight: Educational Effectiveness ...................................................................................... 97

Standard Nine: Integrity, Transparency, and Public Disclosure .............................................. 102 Integrity ........................................................................................................................................................... 102 Transparency................................................................................................................................................. 110 Public Disclosure..........................................................................................................................................113

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Institutional Characteristics

August 4, 2016

1. Corporate name of institution: University of Connecticut

2. Date institution was chartered or authorized: 1881

3. Date institution enrolled first students in degree programs: 1881

4. Date institution awarded first degrees: From 1881 to 1893, the institution was known as the Storrs Agricultural School. It awarded the certificates to the first graduating class in 1883. In 1893, the name changed to the Storrs Agricultural College and the institution awarded its first set of bachelor's degrees.

5. Type of control: Public (State)

6. By what agency is the institution legally authorized to provide a program of education beyond high school, and what degrees is it authorized to grant? State of Connecticut, Office of Higher Education

7. Level of postsecondary offering (check all that apply)

Less than one year of work

First professional degree

At least one but less than two years

Master's and/or work beyond the first

professional degree

Diploma or certificate programs of

Work beyond the master's level

at least two but less than four years

but not at the doctoral level

(e.g., Specialist in Education)

Associate degree granting program

A doctor of philosophy or

of at least two years

equivalent degree

Four- or five-year baccalaureate

Other doctoral programs _____________

Other (Specify)

8. Type of undergraduate programs (check all that apply)

Occupational training at the

Liberal arts and general

crafts/clerical level (certificate

or diploma)

Occupational training at the technical

Teacher preparatory

Institutional Characteristics

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