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2009 Conditions for Accreditation National Architectural Accrediting Board, Inc. PART ONE (I): SECTION 3 – INSTITUTIONAL AND PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS I.3.1 Statistical Reports 8 In this section of the APR, programs are asked to provide statistical data in support of activities and policies that support social equity in the professional degree program as well as other data points that demonstrate student success and faculty development. • Program student characteristics. o Demographics (race/ethnicity & gender) of all students enrolled in the accredited degree program(s). • Demographics compared to those recorded at the time of the previous visit. • Demographics compared to those of the student population for the institution overall. o Qualifications of students admitted in the fiscal year prior to the visit. • Qualifications of students admitted in the fiscal year prior to the upcoming visit compared to those admitted in the fiscal year prior to the last visit. o Time to graduation. • Percentage of matriculating students who complete the accredited degree program within the “normal time to completion” for each academic year since the previous visit. • Percentage that complete the accredited degree program within 150% of the normal time to completion for each academic year since the previous visit. • Program faculty characteristics o Demographics (race/ethnicity & gender) for all full-time instructional faculty. • Demographics compared to those recorded at the time of the previous visit. • Demographics compared to those of the full-time instructional faculty at the institution overall. o Number of faculty promoted each year since the last visit. • Compare to number of faculty promoted each year across the institution during the same period. o Number of faculty receiving tenure each year since last visit. • Compare to number of faculty receiving tenure at the institution during the same period. o Number of faculty maintaining licenses from U.S. jurisdictions each year since the last visit, and where they are licensed. The information requested above should be presented quantitatively in the APR. I.3.2. Annual Reports: The program is required to submit annual reports in the format required by Section 10 of the 2009 NAAB Procedures. Beginning in 2008, these reports are submitted electronically to the NAAB. Beginning in the fall of 2010, the NAAB will 8 In all cases, these statistics should be reported in the same format as they are reported in the Annual Report Submission system. 17
2009 Conditions for Accreditation National Architectural Accrediting Board, Inc. provide to the visiting team all annual reports submitted since 2008. The NAAB will also provide the NAAB Responses to the annual reports. The program must certify that all statistical data it submits to NAAB has been verified by the institution and is consistent with institutional reports to national and regional agencies, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System of the National Center for Education Statistics. The program is required to provide all annual reports, including statistics and narratives that were submitted prior to 2008. The program is also required to provide all NAAB Responses to annual reports transmitted prior to 2008. In the event a program underwent a Focused Evaluation, the Focused Evaluation Program Report and Focused Evaluation Team Report, including appendices and addenda should also be included. The APR must include, in addition to the materials described above: A statement, signed or sealed by the official within the institution responsible for preparing and submitting statistical data that all data submitted to the NAAB through the Annual Report Submission system since the last site visit is accurate and consistent with reports sent to other national and regional agencies including the National Center for Education Statistics. I.3.3 Faculty Credentials: The program must demonstrate that the instructional faculty are adequately prepared to provide an architecture education within the mission, history and context of the institution. In addition, the program must provide evidence through a faculty exhibit 9 that the faculty, taken as a whole, reflects the range of knowledge and experience necessary to promote student achievement as described in Part Two. This exhibit should include highlights of faculty professional development and achievement since the last accreditation visit. The APR must include the following information for each instructional faculty member who teaches in the professional degree program. [NOTE: This information may be crossreferenced to resumes prepared in response to I.2.1 using the template for faculty resumes in Appendix 2] • His/her academic credentials, noting how educational experience and recent scholarship supports their qualifications for ensuring student achievement of student performance criteria. • His/her professional architectural experience, if any, noting how his/her professional experience supports their qualifications for ensuring student achievement of student performance criteria. 9 The faculty exhibit should be set up near or in the team room. To the extent the exhibit is incorporated into the team room, it should not be presented in a manner that interferes with the team’s ability to view and evaluate student work. 18
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