The employees of Ozarka College are continuing the self-study process for accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission (HLC). The College was last accredited in 2000 for a ten-year period. The self-study process consists of evaluating the College ... Read More »

Accreditation 101 - Insight into your self-study process. August 21, 2009 Presented by Joan Stirling & Jeremy Nicholson As Fall gets underway, so does the self study steering committee. Ozarka's new president, Dr. Richard Dawe, attended his fi ... Read More »

Accreditation 101 - Insight into your self-study process. March 27, 2009 Presented by Joanna Fulbright With each week that passes, Ozarka is one week closer to writing the self-study. The steering committee, along with the sub-committees have become ... Read More »

Accreditation 101 - Insight into your self-study process. February 2009 NEWSFLASH: Mark your calendars for November 15-17, 2010! These are the dates for Ozarka's Self Study Visit. As a new semester begins so does a new chapter in self-study pro ... Read More »

Accreditation 101 - Insight into your self-study process. December 5, 2008 Presented by Rodney Williams and Joan Stirling Defining Diversity at Ozarka College as Stated by HLC Ozarka recognizes vitality comes from diversity. Diversity helps stu ... Read More »

Accreditation 101 - Insight into your self-study process. November 21, 2008 Prepared & presented by Judy Cannady via compressed video and Karla Rush Assessment is an ongoing process at Ozarka and there are different classifications of assessmen ... Read More »

Accreditation 101 - Insight into your self-study process. November 14, 2008 Presented by Deltha Shell Today's presentation provides information about the method of how the self-study report should be written. Evaluative writing is different than des ... Read More »

Accreditation 101 - Insight into your self-study process. November 7, 2008 Presented by Jeremy Nicholson Although writing the self-study document has not begun, Jeremy Nicholson has already started thinking about the format for Ozarka's document. ... Read More »

Accreditation 101 - Insight into your self-study process. October 31, 2008 Presented by Joan Stirling. After discussing the last accreditation visit by the HLC in 2000 on November 17 and learning about Ozarka's challenges that were identified by th ... Read More »

Accreditation 101 - Insight into your self-study process. October 24, 2008 Presented by co-chairs: Sandra Miller, Tracy Cone, and liaison, Ron Helm. Sandra Miller gave an overview of Criterion Five by stating that Ozarka College - according to its ... Read More »

Accreditation 101 - Insight into your self-study process. October 17, 2008 Karla Rush, Mary Ellen Hawkins, Judy Cannady, & Joan Stirling presented a review and discussion of Ozarka's 2000 Self-Study. For several employees at Ozarka College, the c ... Read More »

Accreditation 101 - Insight into your self-study process. October 10, 2008 Joan Stirling and Dr. Johnston presented several examples of four cross-cutting themes within the criteria for accreditation. The four organizational themes are: Fut ... Read More »

Accreditation 101 - Insight into your self-study process. October 3, 2008 Presented by co-chairs: .Bettie Estes , Deltha Shell, and liaison Joan Stirling Joan showed off a cake that Tina Wheelis decorated into a pie chart to demonstrate the class ... Read More »

Accreditation 101 - Insight into your self-study process. September 26, 2008 Presented by co-chairs: Holly Ayers, Rodney Williams, and liaison Dr. Michael DeLong Criterion Three continues with the last two core components, 3c and 3d. Component 3c ... Read More »

Accreditation 101 - Insight into your self-study process. September 19, 2008 Presented by co-chairs: Holly Ayers, Brother Rodney Williams, and liaison Dr. Michael DeLong Criterion 3 has four components with two weeks of presentations. Part 1 c ... Read More »

Accreditation 101 - Insight into your self-study process. September 12, 2008 Presented by co-chair, Kim Whitten. FALL 2008 - SPRING 2009 (pre-planning phase) Weekly email of the Accreditation 101 blog-style newsletter via subscription of Oza ... Read More »

Accreditation 101 - Insight into your self-study process. September 12, 2008 Presented by co-chairs Ruby Johnson, John Petersen, and liaison, Tina Wheelis. Dr. Johnston also provided comments. The four Components of this criterion were presen ... Read More »

Accreditation 101 - Insight into your self-study process. September 12, 2008 Presented by co-chair, Mary Ellen Hawkins. There will be two different types of resource rooms available during this self study process: The traditional, physical ... Read More »

At the September 5th meeting, Nancy Dust gave a brief presentation reminding committee members how to conduct & participate in a meeting. Always keep in mind the goal of the meeting Plan the meeting Develop and agenda of items that need to b ... Read More »

Accreditation 101 - Insight into your self-study process. September 5, 2008 Presented by co-chairs Kim Lovelace, Judy Cannady, and liaison, Karla Rush. Dr. Johnston also provided comments. Ozarka College's Mission: Ozarka College Provides L ... Read More »