Peer Review Team Resources
Peer Reviewer Data Update System
Peer reviewers can log in to the Peer Reviewer Data Update System to review and update their profile information.
Travel Reimbursement and Honoraria
New Peer Reviewers: If you are a new peer reviewer and have not submitted an IRS W-9 form with HLC, download the form from the IRS and submit it with your Travel Expense Form.
General Forms & Guides
Objectivity and Professional Confidentiality Forms: Visits and Panels
Providing Evidence for the Criteria for Accreditation (March 2018)
HLC provides guidance for institutions and peer reviewers in its Statement on Peer Reviewers Serving as Independent Consultants or on Mock Teams to Institutions that are Accredited by or Seeking Accreditation with the Commission .
Tribal Colleges and Universities and Higher Learning Commission Accreditation – Considerations for HLC Peer Reviewers provides context for peer reviewers who may not be familiar with the unique characteristics of Tribal Colleges and Universities.
Dual Credit Guidelines for Institutions and Peer Reviewers
Determining Qualified Faculty: Guidelines for Institutions and Peer Reviewers
Shared Services Arrangements Guidelines (November 2017)
Two-Year Institutions Seeking to Offer the Baccalaureate Degree: Considerations of Readiness
Determining Pathway Eligibility (2018)
On-Site Visit: Procedure (2014)
Candidacy
Assumed Practices Worksheet (July 2017)
Federal Compliance Procedure Overview and Team Worksheets
Biennial Evaluation
Report Template for the Biennial Evaluation Visit (January 2014)
Assumed Practices Worksheet (July 2017)
Eligibility Requirements Worksheet (January 2014)
Initial Accreditation
Assumed Practices Worksheet (July 2017)
Federal Compliance Procedure Overview and Team Worksheets
Comprehensive Evaluation
The following documents are additional resources related to the comprehensive evaluation:
- Federal Compliance Procedure Overview and Team Worksheets
- Multi-campus Reviewer Form
- Multi-campus Visit: Information for Institutions and Peer Reviewers
- Embedded Change Report
- Protocol for Reviewing Distance Education and Correspondence Education
- Assumed Practices Worksheet (for use when evaluating institutions on Show-Cause)
- Exit Session Procedure for HLC Visits
Comprehensive Quality Review
Comprehensive Quality Review Report Template (September 2016)
Federal Compliance Procedure Overview and Team Worksheets
Systems Appraisal
Systems Portfolio and Appraisal Overview (October 2017)
Team Worksheets
- Team Reflective Overview (October 2017)
- Independent Review (October 2017)
- Consensus Review (October 2017)
- Category Feedback Guide (October 2017)
- Criteria for Accreditation Evidence Check: Team Assignments (October 2017)
Quality Initiative
Quality Initiative Proposal Process (March 2017)
Quality Initiative Proposal Panel Review Form (March 2017)
Quality Initiative Report Process (March 2017)
Quality Initiative Report Panel Review and Recommendation Form (March 2017)
Multi-location Visit
Multi-location Visits: Information for Institutions and Peer Reviewers (June 2015)
Multi-location Visit Peer Review Report Template (June 2015)
Focused Visit
Requirements and procedures for institutions submitting materials to peer reviewers and HLC for a focused visit
Focused Visit Report Template (2017)Substantive Change
Change Panel
Change Panel Protocol for Peer Reviewers (April 2016)
Report Template for a Change Panel (September 2016)
Change Visit
Requirements and procedures for institutions submitting materials to peer reviewers and HLC for a Change Visit
Change Visit Protocol for Peer Reviewers (April 2016)
Report Template for a Change Visit (September 2016)
Campus Evaluation Visit
Campus Evaluation Visits: Information for Institutions and Reviewers (March 2017)
Report Template for Campus Evaluation Visits (March 2017)
Additional Location Confirmation Visits
Additional Location Confirmation Visit: Information for Institutions and Peer Reviewers (March 2017)
Additional Location Confirmation Visit Report Form (March 2017)