2021 Institutional Update Opens March 1
HLC requires member institutions to provide annual updates on organizational health through the Institutional Update. The 2021 Institutional Update will be open March 1–April 2. For full details about the required information, institutions should review the 2021 Institutional Update Guide. The guide includes the Update questions, definitions of terms and answers to frequently asked questions.
New This Year
Federal Compliance: Student Achievement Data
Institutions will be asked to provide a hyperlink to the webpage where they disclose information to students and the public about student achievement. The information must include, at a minimum, retention and completion rates, and it must address the broad variety of the institution’s programs, both undergraduate and graduate (as applicable), including student achievement data from each program level. See HLC policy on Public Information (FDCR.A.10.070) for more information.
Consortial Arrangements
Following a policy change in February 2020, HLC no longer requires institutions to notify HLC or obtain prior approval for changes to their consortial arrangements. Therefore, this section has been removed from the Update. (All other HLC policies regarding consortial arrangements continue to apply.)
Contact Update Survey
Prior to the Institutional Update opening, each institution’s Accreditation Liaison Officer (ALO) is asked to complete the Contact Update Survey to verify or correct the contact information that HLC has on file for the individuals who are responsible for preparing and submitting the Update. These individuals include the Chief Executive Officer, Accreditation Liaison Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Data Update Coordinator.
The 2021 Contact Update Survey is available to ALOs in the Institutional Update System. For instructions on completing the survey, see the “Contact Information” section of the 2021 Institutional Update Guide. In order to give HLC staff adequate time to correct institutional records prior to the Institutional Update, submissions are due by January 29.
How HLC Uses the Information Submitted in the Institutional Update
Information provided in the Institutional Update serves multiple purposes in HLC processes. HLC’s dues, as well as financial and non-financial indicator processes, are based on the information provided in the Update. See the Institutional Update page for further information.
Questions?
Contact Update Survey: Complete HLC’s help request form
Institutional Update: Contact HLC at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
