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Required Appendices

  • Required Appendices

    Items that must be included in the document entitled “appendices” are listed below and are the only items that should be included in the document entitled “appendices” (see the section on supplemental materials, below, regarding other items to be shared with the committee). The items listed here must be combined and formatted as a single PDF file on a flash drive, with each item bookmarked. They must be included in this specific order: 

     1. Current organizational chart, showing names and titles of all key administrative personnel 

     2. Current strategic plan(s) 

    3. Evaluation and assessment plan(s), including a schedule/timeline demonstrating how and when the school engages in educational evaluation, a list of artifacts used (for each degree, as appropriate), and evidence of how the school is closing the loop 

    4. Current budget for the theological school and a three- to five-year budget plan 

     5. Most recent fiscal year audit (and management letter, if available) 

     6. School handbooks: governing board, faculty, staff, and student 

     7. Academic catalog (schools may use terms other than “catalog” but there must be some public and permanent document that communicates clearly all appropriate academic policies and requirements, including any required by federal or provincial regulations) 

     8. US Title IV documentation as applicable (see below)

    9.  Documentation of meeting federal credit hour

    10.  Policies for satisfactory academic progress 

    11.  Transfer credit policy 
         
    12. Documentation for meeting Clery Act, annual Fire Safety report
         
    13. Documentation for most recent Federal Student Loan Cohort Default Rate 
         
    14. Document that reported Placement Rates have been verified by EXTERNAL ENTITY
          
    15. Copy of Most Recent Federal Financial Aid Audit (AND response to any findings)
                Score below 1.5 requires USDE Letter and Response

    Please compile these in the forum here.