Requirements of affiliation and standards for accreditation. This latest edition of Characteristics was revised in March 2011 to reflect the new distance education and correspondence education requirements of the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008. to replace the eligibility requirements with the requirements of affiliation, (pages xii and xiii) and to include the revised MSCHE mission statement (page 69), September 2009." Includes index.

Standard 1. Mission and goals -- Standard 2. Planning, resource allocation, and institutional renewal -- Standard 3. Institutional resources -- Standard 4. Leadership and governance -- Standard 5. Administration -- Standard 6. Integrity -- Standard 7. Institutional assessment -- Standard 8. Student admissions and retention -- Standard 9. Student support services -- Standard 10. Faculty -- Standard 11. Educational offerings -- Standard 12. General education -- Standard 13. Related educational activities -- Standard 14. Assessment of student learning.