Provost’s Office

Higher Learning Commission (HLC) Accreditation Activities

Institutional Accreditation is a process of continuous improvement with a strong focus on student learning outcomes and institutional effectiveness. Regular and ongoing evaluation of the University’s progress in meeting its learning goals is a part of every institution’s accreditation. The University will host a peer review team from the Higher Learning Commission in  2026-2027 for the next Comprehensive Evaluation for Reaffirmation of regional accreditation.

Ongoing Accreditation Activities

• Comprehensive Evaluation (Scheduled for 2026-2027)
• Approval of Additional Location at Chippewa Correctional Facility: LSSU_HLC Change Panel Action Letter 4_28_2023
• Focused Visit – focus on enrollment and financial planning (conducted October 23-24, 2023)
  • 2023 LSSU Focused Visit Final Report– HLC Review Team Final Report
  • 2023 Focused Visit Action Letter – Notification Letter of HLC’s Institutional Actions Council action
• Year-Four Comprehensive Evaluation (2020-2021) including an embedded Interim Report on enrollment and budget
  • 2021 LSSU Assurance Argument
  • 2021 HLC Report_Comprehensive Evaluation Results
• Interim Report – focus on enrollment and budget
  • 2020 LSSU Interim Report Enrollment Finance 2018 11 30
  • Lake Superior State Univ. Acceptance of Interim Report 20190304
• Focused Visit – focus on program review, strategic planning and budget
  • 2019-01-22 LSSU Focused Visit Report – Program Review
  • HLC Team Focused Visit Report 2019 – summarizing progress
  • Lake Superior State University Focused Visit Action Letter 06-07-19 – affirming institutional progress, change to an embedded report in Year 4 Comprehensive Visit
• Additional Location Site Review – routine periodic monitoring
  • LSSU Multi-Location Visit: Iron Mountain and Hessel – conducted October 30, 2019
• Interim Report – focus on Federal credit hour expectations
  • Lake Superior State (1337) Compiled Interim Report on Credit Hours 2017 (submitted 1/10/2018)
  • Lake Superior State Univ. Acceptance of Interim Report 20180326 FCH policy