All files are in PDF format.

• Characteristics of Excellence
• Designs for Excellence
• Framework for Outcomes Assessment
  
  Permission to create links to these documents has been granted by the Middle States Commission of Higher Education.

Copies of the following Middle States publications are available from the Accreditation Review Committees on each of the campuses:

• Characteristics of Excellence in Higher Education: Standards for Accreditation
  
• Designs for Excellence:  Handbook for Institutional Self-Study
  
• Framework for Outcomes Assessment
  
• Guidelines for Distance Learning Programs
  
• Guidelines for Librarian Evaluators
  
• Handbook for Chairing and Hosting an Evaluation Team
  
• Handbook for Evaluation Teams
  
• Handbook for Graduate Education
  
• Handbook for Periodic Review Reports
  
• Handbook for Commission Members
  
• Follow-up Reports and Special Visits
  
• Manual for Study Abroad Evaluations
  
• Off-Campus Offerings:  Handbook for Evaluators and Institutions
  
• Outcomes Assessment Plans:  Guidelines for Developing Outcomes Assessment Plans
   at Colleges and Universities
  
• Portfolio of Policies and Procedures
  

Middle States Self-Study