{"id":35555,"date":"2024-04-29T09:35:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T16:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/assessment-accreditation\/?page_id=35555"},"modified":"2026-03-09T13:50:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:50:22","slug":"substantive-change","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/assessment-accreditation\/assessment-accreditation\/substantive-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Accreditation of New &amp; Modified Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Accreditation of New &amp; Modified Programs<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>When EWU plans to launch a new program or modify an existing one (including making such minor adjustments as changing the program&#8217;s name or adding a new delivery modality), we are required to inform our accrediting body,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwccu.org\/\">NWCCU,<\/a>\u00a0so that the programs can be included under the umbrella of EWU&#8217;s institutional accreditation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Minor Substantive Change Requests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-8929239a\">\n\n<a class=\"gb-button gb-button-6b8bdcb0 gb-button-text\" href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/assessment-accreditation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/03\/Sub-Change-Course-Comparison-Template.xlsx\"><strong>Substantive Change Course Comparison Template<\/strong><\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If 25% or more of the credits in the new or modified program come from newly created courses, EWU needs to submit a minor substantive change request. The substantive change request has three components: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Substantive Change Form:<\/strong> Requires more detailed information than the Notification Form.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Budget Worksheet:<\/strong> New or modified program costs are tallied.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Change Fee:<\/strong> Typically $1,000. Complex changes may cost more.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The materials should be submitted to NWCCU at least ten weeks before the inauguration of the program.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-8895fdfa\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-0ffbaf65\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-e88c929f\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-e88c929f\">\n\n<a class=\"gb-button gb-button-1ae9fb6d gb-button-text\" href=\"https:\/\/in.ewu.edu\/assessment-accreditation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2020\/04\/SubChange-Form.docx\"><strong>Substantive Change Form<\/strong><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-5008cda3\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-5008cda3\">\n\n<a class=\"gb-button gb-button-ca9bd9ed gb-button-text\" href=\"https:\/\/in.ewu.edu\/assessment-accreditation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2018\/03\/Substantive-Change-Budget-Worksheet.xlsx\"><strong>Budget Worksheet<\/strong><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Change Submission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">To submit changes, please visit the Curricular Change webpage. Official submission is completed through EWU&#8217;s CourseLeaf curricular change process and approved through the shared governance committee structure.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-e8b518a4\">\n\n<a class=\"gb-button gb-button-b833152a gb-button-text\" href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/cpac\/\"><strong>Curricular Change Webpage<\/strong><\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Contact Tiffany Jones, Associate Director of Assessment, at <a href=\"mailto:tjones81@ewu.edu\">tjones81@ewu.edu<\/a> for any questions regarding a substantive change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accreditation of New &amp; Modified Programs When EWU plans to launch a new program or modify an existing one (including making such minor adjustments as changing the program&#8217;s name or adding a new delivery modality), we are required to inform our accrediting body,\u00a0NWCCU,\u00a0so that the programs can be included under the umbrella of EWU&#8217;s institutional &#8230; <a title=\"Accreditation of New &amp; Modified Programs\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/assessment-accreditation\/assessment-accreditation\/substantive-change\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Accreditation of New &amp; Modified Programs\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3269,"featured_media":0,"parent":35543,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"wpo365_audiences":[],"wpo365_private":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-35555","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/assessment-accreditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35555"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/assessment-accreditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/assessment-accreditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/assessment-accreditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3269"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/assessment-accreditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35555"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/assessment-accreditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37890,"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/assessment-accreditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35555\/revisions\/37890"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/assessment-accreditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/assessment-accreditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}