Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface : using accreditation to improve practice / Judith A. Ramaley -- Assessment and accreditation : productive partnerships / Amy Driscoll -- California State University Monterey Bay and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges : understanding their cultures of innovation / Amy Driscoll -- Institutional vision, values, and mission : foundational filters for inquiry / Diane Cordero de Noriega -- Preparing for accreditation : sowing the seeds of long-term change / Salina Diiorio -- Program review as a model of vision-based continuous renewal / Seth Pollack -- Multilayered inquiry for program reviews : methods and analysis for campuswide implications / Annette March -- Examining capstone practices : a model of assets-based self-study / Dan Shapiro -- A study of "best practices" in assessment : a visible and public learning process / Betty McEady -- One department's assessment story : processes and lessons / Brian Simmons -- Faculty interviews : a strategy for deepening engagement in inquiry / Swarup Wood -- Administrative alignment and accountability : student learning as focus / Diane Cordero de Noriega and Salina Diiorio.

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