Director of Institutional Assessment & Accreditation

Director Of Institutional Assessment & Accreditation

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Position Summary The Director of Institutional Assessment & Accreditation provides institutional leadership for Taylor University's assessment and accreditation initiatives, ensuring these areas function with clarity, consistency, and alignment to the University's mission, purposes, and strategic plan. This role has primary responsibility for the design, implementation, and ongoing refinement of the institution's assessment framework and accreditation activities and maintains a coherent institutional posture toward continuous improvement.

The Director serves as Taylor's primary resource and process leader for assessment and accreditation, ensuring that these functions—central to institutional effectiveness and decision-making—are well structured, well supported, and carried out with accountability and integrity.

In a typical year, the role is focused roughly 45% on institutional assessment, 35% on accreditation responsibilities, and 20% on collaboration, integration, and continuous improvement work.

1. Institutional Assessment This position provides leadership for the design, implementation, and continuous refinement of Taylor's institutional assessment system.

Responsibilities include:

• Design and steward the institution-wide assessment framework, ensuring alignment with mission, strategic priorities, and external expectations.
• Establish and maintain annual and multi-year assessment cycles, including institutional expectations, processes, templates, and timelines.
• Ensure consistency, quality, and integrity across department-level assessment practices (academic and administrative), reviewing materials for clarity, completeness, and alignment.
• Provide authoritative guidance to faculty, staff, and administrators on assessment practices, documentation, and interpretation of evidence.
• Collaborate with Institutional Research to incorporate relevant institutional data and results into assessment processes.
• Produce concise institutional assessment summaries that synthesize trends, strengths, and areas for attention to support leadership decision-making.

2. Institutional Accreditation This position provides primary leadership for the institutional accreditation portfolio, ensuring Taylor University meets all accreditation expectations with clarity, coherence, and integrity.

Responsibilities include:

• Serve as the Accreditation Liaison Officer (ALO) and primary point of contact between Taylor University and the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), ensuring fulfillment of all membership obligations.
• Lead the development of accreditation narratives, evidence compilations, and institutional responses, ensuring accuracy and alignment between documentation and institutional practice.
• Ensure accreditation-related processes are coherent, timely, and strategically aligned with institutional mission and priorities.
• Communicate changes in accreditation standards, policies, or expectations to appropriate campus stakeholders.
• Coordinate and prepare the institution for accreditation visits, including institution-wide communication, briefing materials, and stakeholder readiness.
• Support specialized and program-level accreditations by providing institutional context, documentation support, coordination with Institutional Research, and timeline management.

3. Collaboration, Integration, & Continuous Improvement This position fosters a coherent institutional approach to assessment, accreditation, and continuous improvement through collaboration, systems thinking, and clear communication.

Responsibilities include:

• Maintain and communicate an accessible, up-to-date institutional repository of assessment and accreditation expectations, timelines,…