Achieving SACSCOC Reaffirmation & Building a Community of Practice The challenge As a private Christian institution that receives no government support, Abilene Christian faces an extra challenge to recruit students and protect them from excessive loan debt. To grow the university’s enrollment, boost its brand, and maintain its SACSCOC accreditation, Dr. Tom Milholland, Assistant Provost for Institutional Effectiveness, saw the need for an improved and ongoing assessment process. Dr. Milholland found it relatively easy to get useful data from the business school, the theological seminary, and other programs that require specialized accreditation, such as chemistry, nutrition, and psychology. For the humanities, he depended on middle and upper management to motivate facu

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