AQIP at Cowley
Cowley College is a quality-driven institution that is committed to a systematic approach to continuous
quality improvement.

Our dedication to learning excellence
and personal enrichment ensures that
our administration, faculty and staff promote quality education to all of our students.

AQIP was launched in July 1999 with a generous grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts. AQIP, the Academic Quality Improvement Program, infuses the principles and benefits of continuous improvement into the culture of colleges and universities by providing an alternative process through which an already-accredited institution can maintain and reaffirm its accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission, www.ncahigherlearningcommission.org, (800) 621-7440, and membership in the North Central Association. With AQIP, an institution demonstrates it meets accreditation standards and expectations through sequences of events that align with those ongoing activities that characterize organizations striving to improve their performance. Cowley College's Institutional Status is summarized below:

Chief Executive Officer: Dr. Patrick J. McAtee, President
Current Accreditation Status: Accredited
Candidacy Date(s): 1973*
Pre-accreditation notes: Pre-accreditation status: Correspondent (1968); Recognized Candidate for Accreditation (1973); Candidate for Accreditation under new policy (1973)
Accreditation Date(s): (1975- .)
Commission Participation: AQIP PARTICIPANT

Due Date of Next Systems Portfolio: 6/1/10

Year of Next System Appraisal: 2009 - 2010
Year of Last System Appraisal: 2005 - 2006

Year of Next Reaffirmation of Accreditation: 2015 - 2016
Year of Last Reaffirmation of Accreditation: 2008 - 2009

Year of Admission to AQIP: 10/03/2001

Year of Last PEAQ Comprehensive Evaluation: 1999 - 2000

Institutional Accountability and Measures Project
Cowley's new comprehensive process measures document can be reviewed here:

Accountability and Institutional Measures - May 2010

Click here to view AQIP Activities.