Crosswalk Between the 2020 and 2013 Versions of the Criteria for Accreditation
In February 2019, HLC‘s Board of Trustees adopted revisions to the Criteria for Accreditation that went into effect on September 1, 2020. The revisions included some reorganization of the Criteria‘s Core Components. The charts below map these changes between the previous and revised Criteria. Broadly, the reorganized Core Components include the following:
- Core Component 1.B. was merged into Core Component 1.A.
- Core Component 1.D. was renumbered as Core Component 1.B.
- Concepts from Core Component 3.E. were added to Core Component 2.B.
- Core Component 5.A. was renumbered as Core Component 5.B., and Core Component 5.B. is renumbered as Core Component 5.A.
- Core Component 5.D. was merged into Core Component 5.C.
From the 2013 to the 2020 Criteria
| PREVIOUS CRITERIA | REVISED CRITERIA |
| Criterion 1 | |
| 1.A. | 1.A. |
| 1.B. | 1.A. |
| 1.C. | 1.C. |
| 1.D. | 1.B. |
| Criterion 2 | |
| 2.A. | 2.A. |
| 2.B. | 2.B. |
| 2.C. | 2.C. |
| 2.D. | 2.D. |
| 2.E. | 2.E. |
| Criterion 3 | |
| 3.A. | 3.A. |
| 3.B. | 3.B. |
| 3.C. | 3.C. |
| 3.D. | 3.D. |
| 3.E. | 2.B. |
| Criterion 4 | |
| 4.A. | 4.A. |
| 4.B. | 4.B. |
| 4.C. | 4.C. |
| Criterion 5 | |
| 5.A. | 5.B. |
| 5.B. | 5.A. |
| 5.C. | 5.C. |
| 5.D. | 5.C. |
From the 2020 to the 2013 Criteria
| REVISED CRITERIA | PREVIOUS CRITERIA |
| Criterion 1 | |
| 1.A. | 1.A. and 1.B. |
| 1.B. | 1.D. |
| 1.C. | 1.C. |
| Criterion 2 | |
| 2.A. | 2.A. |
| 2.B. | 2.B. and 3.E. |
| 2.C. | 2.C. |
| 2.D. | 2.D. |
| 2.E. | 2.E. |
| Criterion 3 | |
| 3.A. | 3.A. |
| 3.B. | 3.B. |
| 3.C. | 3.C. |
| 3.D. | 3.D. |
| Criterion 4 | |
| 4.A. | 4.A. |
| 4.B. | 4.B. |
| 4.C. | 4.C. |
| Criterion 5 | |
| 5.A. | 5.B. |
| 5.B. | 5.A. |
| 5.C. | 5.C. and 5.D. |
