Webster University realizes that the institutional process used to produce its evaluative study is critical. In order to gain the maximum benefit for the improvement of Webster University, our Self-Study process will

• Be planned
  Careful organization of the Self-Study process will assure the University’s maximum benefit from its investment of resources and commitment.
  
• Include the whole university
  The evaluation of each component of Webster University will be used to formulate the evaluation of the University as a whole.
  
• Be comprehensive
  The University’s Self-Study Report will reflect the entire institution. This requires wide involvement from faculty, students, administrators, staff, alumni, trustees, and external constituents.
  
• Produce awareness
  The Self-Study process will strive to produce widespread awareness, across the entire University, of this institutional evaluation. Our administrators, faculty, staff, and students will know and understand “how, why and by-whom” the Self-Study was conducted.
  
• Clarify vision
  The Self-Study process will assist our entire institution to clarify and strengthen its collective vision of Webster University, and its future.
  
• Permit wide involvement 
  The entire Webster University community will acknowledge that they had ample opportunity to contribute to the process and to its results.
  
• Build on existing information
  Webster University is extensively engaged in academic assessment, regular self-evaluation, planning, external monitoring, and quality improvement. The Self-Study will rely heavily on these existing evaluation programs. Also, the Self-Study will review these existing evaluative approaches and procedures for improvement.
  
• Use technology
  The Self-Study will utilize technology for data collection, communication, networking, and display of evidence.
  
• Evaluate
  The Self-Study process and the report will strive to be analytical, self-perceptive, and self-critical for purposes of self-improvement.
  
• Describe change
  The Self-Study will describe and assess institutional progress since the last self-study of 1998.
  
• Identify strengths and areas of improvement
  The Self-Study will be a candid appraisal of strengths, concerns, opportunities, and challenges.
  
• Produce a formal report
  The Self-Study process will result in a formal Report that explicitly documents that Webster University meets the Commission’s requirements and criteria for re-accreditation.  The Report will also assist the University in enhancing its effectiveness.