Saint Mary’s presents at the Higher Learning Commission

Five members of the university community presented at this year’s Higher Learning Commission (HLC) annual meeting, held April 18-21 in Chicago. More than 3,000 administrators, faculty and staff from member institutions across the 19 states that the HLC serves attended the meeting.

Linka Holey, associate vice president and academic dean of the SGPP, Elizabeth Childs, associate dean of curriculum and assessment of the SGPP, and Jeff Highland, provost, presented on the model currently used in the SGPP for advancing program vitality following program review. Highland, Tracy Lehnertz, director of institutional effectiveness, and Kara Wener, institutional researcher, presented two sessions in the self-study portion of the meeting; the topic was utilizing a self-study website to engage university constituents in the self-study process. Both groups were well-received by those in attendance.