HLC Team Report
Higher Learning Commission
(HLC) of the North Central
Association of Colleges and Schools
came to GBS September 24 for an
initial accreditation visit. These
were Dr. Carolyn G. Tennant (North
Central University, MN), chair,
accompanied by Dr. William N.
Johnston (Iowa Wesleyan College),
Dr. Robert C. Anderson and Dr.
Joyce S. Natzke (both from
Wisconsin Lutheran College). The
team was both warm and professional
and gave us helpful recommendations.
They also said they
were leaving our campus with some
positive ideas that they wished to
implement in their own institutions.
In September 2005, a similar visiting
team left GBS with positive
impressions, recommending us for
candidacy with HLC, a status that we
have held since February 2006. After
receiving candidacy status, institutions
usually have a “continued candidacy”
visit two years later, which is
then followed after another two
years with an initial accreditation
visit. In essence, GBS had requested
action to speed up this process by
moving immediately from candidacy
to initial accreditation.
We will make a more substantive
report on the conclusion of this
step of the process, which will take
place sometime in February 2008.
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