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The full Self-Study Report was submitted to Middle States on January 30, 2025 and is available for the campus community to read on our home page.

For reference, below is a brief summary of each of the seven standards.

• Standard 1: Mission & Goals, including how we present and enact the SMCM mission in campus life, strategic planning efforts from design to implementation

• Standard 2: Ethics & Integrity, including freedoms, Diversity/Equity/Inclusion, grievance policies, employment practices honesty & truthfulness of communications

• Standard 3: Design & Delivery of the Student Learning Experience, including the LEAD Curriculum, undergraduate and graduate programs, faculty qualifications and curriculum processes, matters relating to the faculty

• Standard 4: Support of the Student Learning Experience, including information pertaining to admissions, academic & professional support, student life

• Standard  5: Educational Effectiveness Assessment, including the systems and processes that support assessment of student learning within the SMCM curriculum, alignment of educational goals and the curriculum, use of assessment results

• Standard 6: Planning, Resources, and Institutional Improvement, including responsibility and decision-making, resource allocation, hiring, campus infrastructure and buildings, the budget, audits, administrative assessment

• Standard 7: Governance, Leadership, & Administration, including shared governance, the Board of Trustees, executive leadership