Employing their expertise and the power of University Interactive Simulation, K-D Consultants can provide strong support to colleges and universities in meeting Higher Learning Commission Criteria for Accreditation

1. University
Interactive
Simulation Support
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Higher Learning
Commission Criteria

2. 3. The institution’s planning and budgeting priorities
align with and support the mission.
Criterion One -- Mission
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UIS identifies and documents needs and priorities as they
support the mission and the long-term health of the
organization

3. 2.A. The institution operates with integrity in its financial,
academic, personnel, and auxiliary functions; it establishes
and follows fair and ethical policies and processes for its
governing board, administration, faculty, and staff.
2.C.1. The governing board’s deliberations reflect
priorities to preserve and enhance the institution.
Criterion Two. Integrity: Ethical
and Responsible Conduct
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By establishing and using UIS, the institution’s strategic decisions are made
completely transparent and evaluated in accordance with their contribution to
the long-term health of the institution.
UIS provides to the governing board the knowledge needed to make strategic
decisions that preserve and enhance the institution.

4. 3.C. The institution has the faculty and staff needed for
effective, high-quality programs and student services.
3.D. 4. The institution provides to students and instructors
the infrastructure and resources necessary to support
effective teaching and learning.
Criterion Three. Teaching and Learning:
Quality, Resources, and Support
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UIS calculates the sufficiency of faculty and staff and provides the means for
decision-makers to allocate resources to achieve the right numbers and quality
of personnel for effective, high-quality programs and student services.
UIS evaluates the adequacy of facilities and infrastructure. The university
then utilizes UIS to aid it in the allocation of resources to improve facilities in
a manner that best supports the mission.

5. Criterion Five. Resources, Planning,
and Institutional Effectiveness
“The institution’s resources, structures, and processes
are sufficient to fulfill its mission, improve the quality of
its educational offerings, and respond to future
challenges and opportunities. The institution plans for
the future.”
-Higher Learning Commission
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6. • 1. The institution has the fiscal and human resources and physical and
technological infrastructure sufficient to support its operations wherever and
however programs are delivered.
• 2. The institution’s resource allocation process ensures that its educational
purposes are not adversely affected by elective resource allocations to other
areas or disbursement of revenue to a superordinate entity.
• 3. The goals incorporated into mission statements or elaborations of mission
statements are realistic in light of the institution’s organization, resources, and
opportunities.
• 4. The institution’s staff in all areas are appropriately qualified and trained.
5.A. The institution’s resource base supports its current
educational programs and its plans for maintaining and
strengthening their quality in the future.
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• By employing UIS, the university establishes a transparent, logical process to
allocate resources optimally for the long-term accomplishment of its mission.
• The UIS seminar provided excellent training and qualification of staff, faculty,
and Board members for their role as strategic decision-makers.

7. 5.B. The institution’s governance and administrative
structures promote effective leadership and support
collaborative processes that enable the institution to
fulfill its mission.
5. The institution has a well-developed process in
place for budgeting and for monitoring expense.
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• UIS seminar and model provide means for a collaborative resource allocation process.
• UIS seminar is an exceptional teaching vehicle to engage and train all strategic
decision-makers in the institution’s governance, providing institutional knowledge and
financial acumen.
• UIS provides a process for strategic decisions to be made regarding budget, with clear
description of long-term impact.
• UIS predicts and monitors expenses related to ongoing programs as well as new
initiatives.

8. 1. The institution allocates its resources in alignment with its
mission and priorities.
2. The institution links its processes for assessment of student
learning, evaluation of operations, planning, and
budgeting.
3. The planning process encompasses the institution as a
whole and considers the perspectives of internal and
external constituent groups.
4. The institution plans on the basis of a sound understanding
of its current capacity. Institutional plans anticipate the
possible impact of fluctuations in the institution’s sources
of revenue, such as enrollment, the economy, and state
support.
5. Institutional planning anticipates emerging factors, such as
technology, demographic shifts, and globalization.
5.C. The institution engages in
systematic and integrated planning.
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Each of these factors is
right in the UIS
wheelhouse!

9. 1. The institution develops and documents evidence of
performance in its operations.
2. The institution learns from its operational experience and
applies that learning to improve its institutional effectiveness,
capabilities, and sustainability, overall and in its component
parts.
5.D. The institution works systematically to
improve its performance.
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A prime goal of UIS is to improve institutional effectiveness and
capabilities and to provide knowledge and documentation that enable
the institution to build long-term sustainability.
UIS predicts and documents performance, allowing decision-makers to
adapt to lessons learned and reallocate resources in ways to improve
institutional effectiveness, capabilities, and sustainability

10. UIS and New Criteria Summary
• Thorough understanding of budgeting priorities and process
• Well-developed, transparent, logical process for developing and
monitoring resource allocation and expense
• Data-driven decisions aligned with mission and vision
• Awareness of effects of decisions on sustainability and mission
accomplishment
• Awareness of adequacy of staffing and resources
• Training and preparation of staff
• Systematic and Integrated Planning
• Promotes systematic improvement

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