Enrolled students have reasonable and adequate access to the range of student services appropriate to support their learning and assess their progress. Accepted students have the background, knowledge, and technical skills needed to undertake the program. Advertising, recruiting, and admissions materials clearly and accurately represent the program and the services available. Commitment to Support Policies for faculty evaluation include appropriate consideration of teaching and scholarly activities related to electronically delivered programs. The institution evaluates the program's educational effectiveness, including assessments of student learning outcomes, student retention, and student and faculty satisfaction.
Students have access to such program evaluation data.
The institution provides for assessment of student achievement in each course, and at completion of the program. The three-year project, supported by the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, was designed to foster an interstate environment that encourages the electronic delivery of higher education programs across state lines. The Principles were developed by a group representing the Western states' higher education regulating agencies, higher education institutions, and the regionally accrediting community. Recognizing that the context for learning in our society is undergoing profound changes, those charged with developing the Principles tried not to tie them to or compare them to campus structures. The Principles were also designed to be sufficiently flexible that institutions offering a range of programs - will find them useful.