Integrity

Fundamental Elements of Integrity
An accredited institution is expected to possess or demonstrate the following
attributes or activities:*

• fair and impartial processes, published and widely available, to address
  student grievances, such as alleged violations of institutional policies.
  The institution assures that student grievances are addressed promptly,
  appropriately, and equitably;
• fair and impartial practices in the hiring, evaluation and dismissal of
  employees;
• sound ethical practices and respect for individuals through its teaching,
  scholarship/research, service, and administrative practice, including the
  avoidance of conflict of interest or the appearance of such conflict in all
  its activities and among all its constituents;
• equitable and appropriately consistent treatment of constituencies, as
  evident in such areas as the application of academic requirements and
  policies, student discipline, student evaluation, grievance procedures,
• faculty promotion, tenure, retention and compensation, administrative
  review, curricular improvement, and institutional governance and
  management;
• a climate of academic inquiry and engagement supported by widely
  disseminated policies regarding academic and intellectual freedom;
• an institutional commitment to principles of protecting intellectual
  property rights;
• a climate that fosters respect among students, faculty, staff, and
  administration for a range of backgrounds, ideas, and perspectives;
• honesty and truthfulness in public relations announcements,
  advertisements, and recruiting and admissions materials and practices;
• required and elective courses that are sufficiently available to allow
  students to graduate within the published program length;
• reasonable, continuing student access to paper or electronic catalogs;
• when catalogs are available only electronically, the institution's web page
  provides a guide or index to catalog information for each catalog
  available electronically;
• when catalogs are available only electronically, the institution archives
  copies of the catalogs as sections or policies are updated;
• changes and issues affecting institutional mission, goals, sites, programs,
  operations, and other material changes are disclosed accurately and in a
  timely manner to the institution's community, to the Middle States
  Commission on Higher Education, and to any other appropriate
  regulatory bodies;
• availability of factual information about the institution, such as the
  Middle States Commission on Higher Education annual data reporting,
  the self-study or periodic review report, the team report, and the
  Commission's action, accurately reported and made publicly available to
  the institution's community;
• information on institution-wide assessments available to prospective
  students, including graduation, retention, certification and licensing pass
  rates, and other outcomes as appropriate to the programs offered;
• institutional information provided in a manner that ensures student and
  public access, such as print, electronic, or video presentation;
• fulfillment of all applicable standards and reporting and other
  requirements of the Commission; and
• periodic assessment of the integrity evidenced in institutional policies,
  processes, practices, and the manner in which these are implemented.