Get the information you need to be successful in your role.

Training Resources

Whether you’re a representative of a member institution or an HLC peer reviewer, you need tools to engage with HLC accreditation processes and procedures. Browse upcoming programs and events as well as a library of training resources that will help you be successful in your role.

Upcoming Training Opportunities

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    ALO Orientation: An Introduction to the Role at HLC

    Sep 30, 2024 – Nov 8, 2024

    Get the information you need to be successful as a new Accreditation Liaison Officer in HLC’s six-week, self-paced orientation course.

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    Demonstrating Quality: An Assurance Argument Virtual Workshop

    To help you craft the Assurance Argument, institutions with an Assurance Review scheduled from September 2024 – May 2025 as part of a Year 4 or Year 10 evaluation are invited to participate in this interactive half-day workshop.

Accreditation Cycles and Processes

Criteria Walkthroughs: Revised Criteria

Additional resources on the revised Criteria for Accreditation

HLC staff members walk through each revised Criteria in detail, discussing their content, context and intent. Recorded September 2024.

Criteria Walkthroughs: Current Criteria

HLC staff members walk through each Criteria in detail, discussing their content, context and intent. Recorded January 2023.

Substantive Change for Institutions

Overview of Substantive Change

Understand the process of substantive change with HLC staff members. This webinar will cover various aspects of substantive change, including review processes, screening forms, applications, official letter requests and more. Recorded November 2023.

Managing Your Institution’s Substantive Change Activity

Learn about HLC’s different substantive change applications, documents required to submit a complete application, how to navigate the decision process and tracking your substantive change information through Canopy. Recorded December 2023.

Managing Your Institution’s Off Campus Activities

Learn about expectations regarding additional locations and branch campuses and how to use HLC’s many resources to declare and monitor your off-campus activities. Recorded March 2024.

More Resources for Institutions and Peer Reviewers

HLC’s Systems

Canopy

Keep track of your accreditation relationship with HLC.

Assurance System

Create, submit and review materials for evaluations and reviews.

SparQ

Our hub for collaborative learning, you’ll use this tool for project management, discussion and discovery in certain HLC programs.

Concur

Peer reviewers use this system to submit travel expense reports for reimbursement by HLC.

Questions?

Programming Questions: [email protected]

Accreditation Questions: [email protected]

Peer Review Questions: [email protected]