Distance Delivered Programs
Distance-delivered courses include those taught via Hawai'i
Interactive Television Service (HITS).
The University of Hawai'i at Mānoa is accredited by the
Accreditation Commission of the Western Association of Senior Colleges (WASC).
WASC requires that all degree programs be approved by the WASC Substantive
Change Committee if 50% or more of the program is delivered off-campus or via
distance modalities. UHMānoa has been granted permission by WASC to conduct its
own institutional review of substantive changes, in accordance with WASC
requirements, regarding distance delivered programs through June 30, 2010.
Separate processes apply to proposals of new academic programs, which will be
delivered off-campus or via distance modalities, and to proposals for the
distance or off-campus delivery of already approved academic programs.
- WASC Substantive Change Guidelines: Abbreviated Version (PDF)
- Process of Institutional Review for Substantive Change-Distance Delivered Programs, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa (PDF)
- Outline of Elements for Distance Delivered Programs (PDF)
- WASC Approved Distance Delivered Programs, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa (PDF)
Resources:
- Good Practices for Electronically Offered Degree and Certificate Programs, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Revised May 2001 (PDF)
- Statement of Commitment by the Regional Accrediting Commissions for the Evaluation of Electronically Offered Degree and Certificate Programs (PDF)
- Accreditation and Assuring Quality in Distance Learning, CHEA Institute for Research and Study of Accreditation and Quality Assurance, Council for Higher Education Accreditation. (PDF)