The board is informed about and involved in the accrediting process. In proprietary institutions, the governing board, in addition to demonstrating compliance with the other components of this standard, avoids compromises with the institution's primary commitment to education. The administration is organized and staffed to reflect institutional purposes, size, and complexity, and to provide economical and efficient management. Administrative organization, roles, and responsibilities are defined clearly. The chief executive officer's full-time responsibility is to the institution.
Administrators are qualified to provide effective educational leadership and management.
Access is provided for professional development. The institution determines and implements specific ways to evaluate its administrators. The administration assures that resources are allocated to reflect institutional priorities. The role of the faculty in various policy-making, planning, budgeting, and special purpose activities is clearly and publicly stated. The role of students in various governing, planning, budgeting, and policy-making bodies is made clear and public.