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Criterion Four. Acquisition, Discovery, and Application of Knowledge

Core Component 4a. The organization demonstrates, through the actions of its board, administrators, students, faculty, and staff that it values a life of learning.

Core Component 4b. The organization demonstrates that acquisition of a breadth of knowledge and skills and the exercise of intellectual inquiry are integral to its education programs.

Core Component 4c. The organization assesses the usefulness of its curricula to students who will live and work in a global, diverse, and technological society.

See also handbook category #2 “Policies and procedures related to curriculum adoption, review, and evaluation" and Criterion Three.

Core Component 4d. The organization provides support to ensure that faculty, students, and staff acquire, discover, and apply knowledge responsibly.

See also handbook category #11 “Faculty, student, and staff handbooks”