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Peer Review

HLC’s peer reviewers are expert volunteers who play an essential role in assuring the quality of our member institutions.  

They are trained to evaluate colleges and universities and provide guidance to help them continuously improve.

The Peer Corps is made up of approximately 1,450 faculty, administrators and staff who are currently employed by or recently retired from colleges and universities in the United States.

For Current Reviewers

Materials

Visit coming up? Get prepared with the resources and materials you’ll need.

Responsibilities

Reviewers meet certain expectations and fulfill responsibilities related to quality assurance and helping institutions improve. Read about service expectations.

Canopy

Canopy is our online system where peer reviewers can view and update their records, as well as access resources that aren’t available to the public.

Policy Updates

Peer reviewers are accreditation experts and need to know the latest in HLC policy. View recently adopted and proposed policy changes.

Training

HLC hosts training for new peer reviewers, refreshers on HLC processes, and opportunities for peer reviewers to get certified in different types of reviews. Explore our training resources.

Become a Peer Reviewer

We periodically seek experienced faculty, staff, and administrators at HLC-accredited institutions to join the Peer Corps. Interested in becoming a peer reviewer? Read about who we’re looking for. 

We give preference to applicants who meet our diversity initiative or areas of critical need, which are determined for each recruitment cycle.  

Learn About Applying to the Peer Corps

Diversity Initiative

We’re always working to increase the ethnic and racial diversity of our Peer Corps so that it reflects the many different backgrounds of students, faculty and staff at our member institutions. We formed the Peer Corps Committee on Diversity in July 2015 to address this need.

The committee aims to increase the numbers of peer reviewers from the following groups to better reflect the ethnic and racial diversity within HLC’s member institutions:

  • American Indian or Alaska Native
  • Asian and Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander
  • Black or African-American
  • Hispanic or Latino

Diversity Committee Members

Jesse Bernal (Chair)
Chief of Staff to the President and Vice President for Inclusion and Equity
Grand Valley State University

Remy Bruder
Provost/VPAA and Professor of Nursing
Rochester University

Tim Cruz, MD
Instructional Faculty
Pima County Community College District
Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics
University of Arizona College of Medicine–Tucson

Osaro Ighodaro
Vice President, Student Affairs
Maricopa Community Colleges–South Mountain Community College

Denise McCory
President Metropolitan Campus
Cuyahoga Community College

Clyne Namuo
President
Joliet Junior College

Geraldine Sanapaw
Chief Academic Officer, College of Menominee NationHigher Learning Commission

Jamie Stanesa
Vice President of Accreditation Relations
Higher Learning Commission

Kelly Tzoumis
Professor
DePaul University

Reggies Wenyika
Professor of Education and Christian Ministry, Arizona Christian University

Questions?

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