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Hello everyone, my name is John
Vallentine, the Associate

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Provost for Faculty at the
University of Northern Iowa. I

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am pleased to co-chair Criterion
2 along with Joseph Rayzor who

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you will meet in a minute.
Criterion 2 requires that we

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document that we are honest and
ethical in our governance and in

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our behaviors, as well as in the
claims we make about ourselves

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and the student experience at
UNI. It further requires that we

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demonstrate our commitment to
academic freedom and freedom of

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expression, and that we have
policies and procedures in place

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to assure ethics in teaching and
scholarship. And because of

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these sound policies and
practices, we anticipate that we

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will meet HLC standards and
demonstrate that we meet the

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expectations.

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Over the last two years, these
colleagues put in many hours to

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help us study and document our
adherence to high ethical

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standards. Many thanks to all of
them, we are grateful for their

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efforts. So what is something
you should know as the UNI

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community about the content
covering Criteria 2? Well, it

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covers everything and everyone
from the board office to the

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provost office, athletics to the
treasury, human resources-the

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actions being taken by you and
me as we seek to achieve the

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university's mission.

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Our Criterion 2 committee
consisted of members from the

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faculty, from Human Resources,
Research and Sponsored Programs,

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the Office of Compliance and
Equity Management, professional

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staff from the provost office, a
department head and a

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representative from the
Department of Athletics. Our

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committee focused on gathering
evidence from our website, from

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materials throughout the campus,
Board of Regents materials

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including their board minutes
and policies and procedures as

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well as UNI's policies and
procedures. This evidence

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allowed us to craft our document
really fully satisfying the

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evidence necessary for our
assurance argument and Criterion

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2.

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So what did we as a committee
learn as we went through

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Criterion 2? Well, that we have
so many controls and processes

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in place. We have policies,
procedures, groups and

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individuals to provide guidance
and oversight related to ethical

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and responsible conduct all over
campus.