Accreditation

Accreditation is the means by which Alfred University and its programs are regularly evaluated against recognized external standards for quality. It assures students, families, and employers that the institution undergoes rigorous self-evaluation in achieving its mission to prepare well-educated, independent thinkers, ready for lives of continuous intellectual and personal growth.

There are two types of accreditation

• Institutional - provided by regional and national agencies
• Specialized - provided by professional organizations

List of Alfred University accreditations

Assessment

The importance of assessment has been given greater and greater emphasis in recent years and the Provost’s Office is responsible for ensuring that a process is in place for gathering and evaluating quantitative and/or qualitative information about its academic programs in order to assess and improve student learning outcomes. 

Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Committee was established by the university to provide faculty with options and tools to assist them with the systematic assessment of student learning and to create and maintain a campus culture of assessment of student learning by promoting and demonstrating an understanding of the benefits that such assessment brings to students, faculty, the institution and the public.

The Student Learning Assessment Committee has been meeting actively to move our campus towards an integrated system for evaluation of student learning outcomes and feedback mechanisms so that this information can be used to help shape programs, services, and academic efforts.

Assessment Committee Goals

• Develop a plan for how assessment efforts will be organized and communicated within and across departments
• Plan for how assessment results will be used to determine resource allocation and overall institutional planning
• Develop a set of resources for departments and divisions to use for assessment
• Determine university-wide tools that might also be implemented.