Reaccreditation Timeline
Reaccreditation
Penn will undergo its official reaccreditation from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education in 2014.
Penn undergraduate student body.
Completed every ten years, reaccreditation is a critical process in which the University conducts an in-depth campus-wide Self-Study, followed by a visit from a team of peer evaluators chosen by Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE). This team carries out a detailed review that evaluates the University of Pennsylvania’s compliance with MSCHE standards and offers recommendations for the future.
Self-Study Organization
The Self-Study is organized into seven working groups and two steering committees. Each working group consists of a faculty Chair, between eight and twelve members of the standing faculty, and a staff director. Most working groups also have a student representative and a few University administrators as members. The Steering Committee for the Self-Study consists of the chairs of the seven working groups and key members of the University administration. The Student Steering Committee consists of students appointed by the Undergraduate Assembly and the Student Committee on Undergraduate Education.
Access & Equity Working Group
Access & Equity’s charge is to evaluate Penn’s efforts at improving access to, and ensuring equity in, its undergraduate educational programs. Increasing access is one of the tenets of the Penn Compact and this group’s work will be critical in the context of Penn’s commitment to making a world-class education attainable to all talented and hardworking students, regardless of their economic circumstance. Access & Equity group members will help to identify key measures or data related access and equity that would be useful in planning and decision making.
Membership
Katheen McCauley (Chair)
Associate Dean for Academic Programs
Class of 1965 25th Reunion Professor of Cardiovascular Nursing, School of Nursing
Shaun R. Harper
Graduate School of Education, Higher Education
Phillip M. Nichols
Wharton School, Legal Studies and Business Ethics
Eve M. Troutt Powell
School of Arts & Sciences, History
Josephine Park
School of Arts and Sciences, English
Emilio A. Parrado
School of Arts & Sciences, Sociology
Americus Reed
Wharton School, Marketing
Jorge J. Santiago-Aviles
School of Engineering and Applied Science, Electrical and Systems Engineering
Thomas J. Sugrue
School of Arts & Sciences, History
William Gipson (Staff Director)
Associate Vice Provost for Equity and Access
Assessment of Student Learning
The Assessment of Student Learning Working Group will study the assessment processes for teaching and learning as they relate to the education offered by each undergraduate school and the University’s overall goals and planning processes.
Membership
Chapman Phillips (Chair)
Vice Dean, Undergraduate Division and
David B. Ford Professor of Real Estate, Wharton School
Herman Beavers
School of Arts & Sciences, English
Donald Berry
School of Arts & Sciences, Chemistry
Daniel K. Bogen
School of Engineering & Applied Science, Bioengineering
Elisabeth Camp
School of Arts & Sciences, Philosophy
Andre DeHon
School of Engineering & Applied Science, Electrical & Systems Engineering
Paul Fischer
Wharton School, Accounting
Richard Kihlstrom
Wharton School, Finance
Barbra Mann Wall
School of Nursing, Family and Community Health
Rob Nelson (Staff Director),
Executive Director of Education and Academic Planning, Office of the Provost
Finance & Administration
Financial structures should serve an organization’s mission. That basic assumption guides how resources are allocated and budgets organized at Penn. The Finance and Administration Working Group will assess the budgetary and financial structures that organize undergraduate education and consider potential improvements or changes. This might include evaluating alternative models for allocating tuition when students take courses outside their home school, revisiting the current model for allocating tuition when students study abroad, and examining the fees that fund much of the social and academic support programs for undergraduates.
Membership
Dennis DeTurck (Chair)
Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences
Robert A. Fox Leadership Professor, and
Professor of Mathematics, School of Arts & Sciences
Nancy Bentley
School of Arts & Sciences, English
Brenda Casper
School of Arts & Sciences, Biology
Patricia D’Antonio
School of Nursing, Family and Community Health
Robert DeRubeis
School of Arts & Sciences, Psychology
Larry Gladney
School of Arts & Sciences, Physics and Astronomy
Robert P. Inman
Wharton School, Finance
William S. Laufer
Wharton School, Legal Studies and Business Ethics
David F. Meaney
School of Engineering & Applied Science, Bioengineering
Rob Nelson (Staff Director),
Executive Director of Education and Academic Planning, Office of the Provost
Global Engagement
Engaging globally is one of the tenets of the Penn Compact. The Global Engagement Working Group will explore what is important about Penn’s current global engagement efforts and how those efforts should be improved. Its work will complement the strategic planning around global engagement that is currently underway.
Membership
Mauro Guillen (Chair)
Dr. Felix Zandman Professor of International Management, Wharton School
Director, Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management & International Studies
Cheikh Anta Babou
School of Arts & Sciences, History
Ann Farnsworth-Alvear
School of Arts & Sciences, History
Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde
School of Arts & Sciences, Economics
Feng Gai
School of Arts & Sciences, Chemistry
Emily Hannum
School of Arts & Sciences, Sociology
Andrew Jackson
School of Engineering & Applied Science, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
Sarah Hope Kagan
School of Nursing, Biobehavioral Health Sciences
Devesh Kapur
School of Arts & Sciences, Political Science
Marwan Kraidy
Annenberg School
Olivia S. Mitchell
Wharton School, Business Economics and Public Policy
Simon Richter
School of Arts & Sciences, Germanic Languages & Literatures
David S. Roos
School of Arts & Sciences, Biology
Gayle Christensen (Staff Director),
Executive Director, Global Initiatives, Office of the Provost
Integrating Knowledge
The Integrating Knowledge Working Group will explore Penn’s commitment to the integration of knowledge within and across schools and academic disciplines.
Membership
Robert Ghrist (Chair)
Andrea Mitchell University Professor
Professor of Mathematics, School of Arts and Sciences
Professor of Electrical and Systems Engineering, School of Engineering & Applied Science
Norman I. Badler
School of Engineering & Applied Science, Computer and Information Science
Rita Barnard
School of Arts & Sciences, English
Karen Beckman
School of Arts & Sciences, History of Art
Eugenie L. Birch
School of Design, City and Regional Planning
Julie A. Fairman
School of Nursing, Biobehavioral Health Sciences
Lee A. Fleisher
Perelman School of Medicine, Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Mark Goulian
School of Arts & Sciences, Biology
Randall D. Kamien
School of Arts & Sciences, Physics and Astronomy
Barbara Mellers
I. George Heyman University Professor
Peter Struck
School of Arts & Sciences, Classical Studies
Camillo J. Taylor
School of Engineering & Applied Science, Computer and Information Science
Susan M. Wachter
Wharton School, Real Estate
Jessie Burns (Staff Director),
Associate Director, Special Projects, Office of the Provost
Local Engagement
Engaging locally is one of the tenets of the Penn Compact. The Local Engagement Working Group will focus on identifying critical issues related to this University priority, consider what is important about the University’s current action and engagement efforts, and how those efforts should be improved.
Membership
J. Matthew Hartley (Chair)
Associate Professor and Chair, Division of Higher Education, Graduate School of Education
Michael X. Delli Carpini
Walter H. Annenberg Dean, Annenberg School
Vivian L. Gadsden
Graduate School of Education, Reading/Writing/Literacy
David Grazian
School of Arts & Sciences, Sociology
William Labov
School of Arts & Sciences, Linguistics
Terri H. Lipman
School of Nursing, Family and Community Health
Carol Muller
School of Arts & Sciences, Music
R. Scott Poethig
School of Arts & Sciences, Biology
Keith W. Weigelt
Wharton School, Management
David Grossman (Staff Director),
Director, Civic House & Civic Scholars Program
Undergraduate Research
The Undergraduate Research Working Group is gathering information from faculty, schools, departments, and centers to better understand the breadth and extent of undergraduate involvement with research.
Membership
Beth A. Winkelstein (Chair)
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and
Professor of Bioengineering, School of Engineering & Applied Science
Maja Bucan
Perelman School of Medicine, Genetics
Peter Fader
Wharton School, Marketing
Eduardo Fernandez-Duque
School of Arts & Sciences, Anthropology
Cambell Grey
School of Arts & Sciences, Classical Studies
Amy Hillier
School of Design, City and Regional Planning
A.T. Charlie Johnson
School of Arts & Sciences, Physics and Astronomy
Heather K. Love
School of Arts & Sciences, English
Barbara Medoff-Cooper
School of Nursing, Family and Community Health
Jason Schnittker
School of Arts & Sciences, Sociology
Sharon Thompson-Schill
School of Arts & Sciences, Psychology
Wallace Genser (Staff Director),
Associate Director, Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships
Student Steering Committee
Membership
Julie Berez
School of Arts & Sciences, Class of 2014
Lizzy Britton
School of Arts & Sciences, Class of 2015
Scott Dzialo
Wharton School, Class of 2013
Rachel Fleszar
Wharton School, Class of 2015
Jesus E. Fuentes
School of Arts & Sciences, Class of 2015
Hugh Hamilton
School of Arts & Sciences, Class of 2014
Kyle Hardgrave
School of Engineering & Applied Science, Class of 2014
Michelle Ho
School of Engineering & Applied Science, Class of 2014
Kelsey Matevish
School of Arts & Sciences; Wharton School, Class of 2014
Anand Muthusamy
School of Arts & Sciences, Class of 2014
Alexandra Oriente
School of Arts & Sciences, Class of 2015
Kevin Shia
Wharton School, Class of 2014
Julia Shin
School of Arts & Sciences, Class of 2015
Sophia Siciliano
School of Engineering & Applied Science, Class of 2015
Cristina Sorice
School of Engineering & Applied Science, Class of 2014
Abe Sutton
School of Arts & Sciences; Wharton School, Class of 2014
Steering Committee
Membership
Andrew Binns (Chair)
Vice Provost for Education
Professor of Biology, School of Arts & Sciences
Dennis DeTurck (Chair, Finance and Administration)
Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences
Robert A. Fox Leadership Professor, and
Professor of Mathematics, School of Arts & Sciences
Robert Ghrist (Chair, Integrating Knowledge)
Andrea Mitchell University Professor
Professor of Mathematics, School of Arts and Sciences
Professor of Electrical and Systems Engineering, School of Engineering & Applied Science
Bonnie Gibson
Vice President for Budget & Management Analysis
Mauro Guillen (Chair, Global Engagement)
Dr. Felix Zandman Professor of International Management, Wharton School
Director, Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management & International Studies
J. Matthew Hartley (Chair, Local Engagement)
Associate Professor and Chair, Division of Higher Education, Graduate School of Education
Stacey Lopez
Assistant Vice President for Institutional Research and Analysis
Kathleen McCauley (Chair, Access and Equity)
Associate Dean for Academic Programs
Class of 1965 25th Reunion Professor of Cardiovascular Nursing, School of Nursing
Joann Mitchell
Vice President for Institutional Affairs
Georgette Chapman Phillips (Chair, Assessment of Student Learning)
Vice Dean, Undergraduate Division and
David B. Ford Professor of Real Estate, Wharton School
Beth A. Winkelstein (Chair, Undergraduate Research)
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and
Professor of Bioengineering, School of Engineering & Applied Science
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