2024 Institutional Update Opens Feb. 26

The 2024 Institutional Update will take place February 26 – April 5. In this annual process, institutions provide HLC information about their operations and educational offerings. We use this data to analyze organizational health and identify trends in the membership. 

To complete the Institutional Update, institutions will be asked to submit two forms in Canopy, one for non-financial information and one for financial data. These institutional representatives will have access to the forms in Canopy: 

• Accreditation Liaison Officer 
• Data Update Coordinator 
• Chief Financial Officer 
• Chief Executive Officer  

How to Prepare for the Institutional Update   

• Ensure that HLC has the correct contact information for the roles responsible for the Institutional Update. The Chief Executive Officer, Accreditation Liaison Officer or Data Update Coordinator may submit changes to these roles through the Contact Update in Canopy. 
• Refer to the 2024 Institutional Update Guide to begin preparing the required information. 

What’s New in 2024 

Mark of Accreditation Status Webpage 

In the Non-financial Form, institutions will be asked to provide a link to the page on their website where they display HLC’s Mark of Accreditation Status.  

Student Achievement Data 

In the Non-financial Form, institutions are asked to provide a link to student achievement data on their website. This requirement isn’t changing, but later this year HLC will publish the provided link on each institution’s Statement of Accreditation Status in our Directory of Institutions. We will also publish links to each institution’s profile in the College Scorecard and College Navigator. 

This change is meant to increase transparency with students and other stakeholders. It is part of the first phase of our Evaluating Student Success Outcomes initiative, which aims to improve HLC’s ability to track student success outcomes and better support institutions in knowing their students. 

Questions? 

See Institutional Update for more information or contact [email protected].