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General Accreditation of CU-Boulder

See the official site for our 2010 re-accreditation at http://www.colorado.edu/accreditation/

The University of Colorado at Boulder's general accreditation is from the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association.

Schematic of the HLC process. (PDF)

The next site visit will be in February 2010. The self-study (to be submitted November 2009) will be based on implementation of our Flagship 2030 strategic plan, approved by the CU Regents November 2007.

Organizing for accreditation

• Timeline
• Players
• Outline of the evidence
• Meeting minutes: 6-25-08

CU-Boulder last received full reaccreditation in 2000.

• Self-study, "A community of learners," plus process notes at http://www.colorado.edu/chancellor/SelfStudy/index.html.
• Visit report, April 2000 (PDF)
• Chancellor's report of and response to the 2000 visit and reaccreditation
• Official notice of re-accreditation (HLC Record of Status and Scope), November 2000

One interim report was required, on outcomes assessment.

• Status report to the campus and HLC, March 2003 (Word document)
• HLC response to the March 2003 status report (PDF)

Reference material

• Campus Performance Measures website http://www.colorado.edu/pba/perfmeas/

• CU-Boulder materials for the State of Colorado Blue Ribbon Panel on Higher Education in the Twenty-first Century, October-November 2001. 
• General regional accreditation at other AAU schools -
  February 2008 collection of agency, cycle, and URL's (Excel); Collection instrument (PDF)

Annual data submissions to NCA/HLC

• March 2008 (PDF)
• Financial data through FY07 (CU system and all campuses combined; Excel)