Slippery Rock University MSCHE 2011 Self-Study
Chapter Five
services currently scattered around campus. These offices are listed here, with their current locations in parentheses: Academic Records and Summer School (Old Main Administrative Building); Academic Services (Bailey Library); Career Services (Bailey Library); Office of Student Conflict Resolution (Old Main); Office for Students with Disabilities ( Bailey Library); Student Accounts (Old Main); and University Police (Stand-alone frame house at the southern edge of the campus). (Appendix S) Standard 9 A and L, and Standard 13-F Another infrastructure improvement that will enhance the provision of student services will be implementation of the Banner Student Information System. This project constitutes the final phase in the university’s administrative computing shift from a mainframe to a web environment. Earlier in the decade, SAP (Systems Application Product) software was used to perform this shift for budgeting, purchasing, accounts payable, materials management, banking, and financial statements; officials believed in spring, 2006 that the same software could be applied to the functions of the Admissions, Financial Aid, and Academic Records as well. Unfortunately, this plan proved impractical, and the Banner software has since proven a more workable solution. Once completely implemented, the software will handle recruiting and tracking information, analyze financial needs, process and disburse financial aid, register students, and keep academic records, grades, and course information. Standard 8-I and J, and Standard 9-H When students experience difficulties in their lives, several services work separately and in concert to help them resolve those difficulties and rediscover a path towards educational success. The Counseling Center provides counseling to students if they experience stress, anxiety, eating disorders, depression, or substance abuse. The Student Health Services is located on the first floor of the same residence hall as the Counseling Center, offering clinical services performed by registered nurses, certified nurse practitioners, and a physician (logging over 20,000 visits per year), and additional public health services that aim to protect the community from communicable disease through immunization, health education, and treatment of such conditions as meningitis, influenza, and community acquired MRSA (Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus). As with academic programs the university has worked to have applicable student life services recognized by national accrediting bodies. The following Standard 5-D, Standard 7-A, and Standard 9-A, B, M and N services have been accredited:
Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc. (AAAHC) (Initial accreditation 2000 – Renewal 2013) Health Services
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) (Initial accreditation 2010 – Renewal 2015) Child Care Center
Office of Student Conflict Resolution (OSCR) seeks to enforce the student code of conduct, primarily through a hearing process that generally leads to educational programs for those found to have violated the code. Other efforts, such as the Bridge Project sponsored by the Women’s Center, are aimed specifically at reducing and eliminating violent crimes against women. When some students experience such urgent difficulties as suicidal ideation or gesturing, severe substance abuse, or 76 | P a g e