HLC Accreditation & Institutional Effectiveness

Building accreditation and IE systems that outlast the review.

Higher education professionals are being asked to accomplish more with fewer people, tighter budgets, and increasing accountability.

Selinko Consulting helps colleges and universities strengthen accreditation readiness, assessment, and institutional effectiveness — building practical, sustainable systems that reduce administrative burden instead of adding to it.

How We Partner Let's talk

Built on Deep Experience

17+

Years in Higher Education IE

Practical, hands-on expertise across:

HLC & programmatic accreditation
Institutional effectiveness infrastructure
Assessment systems design
Faculty training & development
Institutional data & reporting
Academic program review
Administrative unit review

Areas of Expertise

Support across the full institutional effectiveness system.

Institutional Effectiveness Strategy

Build practical systems that connect assessment, planning, data, and improvement into one sustainable approach.

Accreditation Support

Move beyond accreditation preparation by creating evidence systems that keep your institution continuously ready.

Assessment of Student Learning

Design efficient assessment systems that engage faculty and generate meaningful evidence without the busy work.

Program Review

Create review processes that produce actionable insights rather than compliance exercises.

Data & Analytics

Develop dashboards and reporting tools that transform institutional data into clear, actionable information.

Training & Development

Equip faculty and staff to do this work with confidence — through practical, jargon-free training built around how they actually work.

Engagement Models

Engagements range from a focused advisory session to a multi-semester institutional partnership.

Project-Based

Defined scope, clear deliverables, fixed pricing. Ideal for gap analyses, narrative development, framework builds, and other bounded work. A 50% deposit secures your project start date.

Hourly Advisory

Flexible support for document review, accreditation questions, staff coaching, or situations where scope is hard to define upfront. Billed in 30-minute increments with a one-hour minimum.

Fractional IE & Accreditation Leadership

Ongoing or temporary, part-time IE and accreditation leadership for institutions without a dedicated IE officer or in need of interim support — a consistent external partner embedded in your team on a retainer basis.

About

Experience That Comes from Doing the Work

Katy Selinko, Ph.D. · Founder & Principal Consultant

For more than 17 years, I've led institutional effectiveness inside higher education — and, as an Assistant Provost, built it into an integrated system where assessment of student learning, institutional research, academic program review, and accreditation readiness work together as one engine of continuous improvement. The result: senior administrators and academic leaders spend their time acting on data rather than chasing down and interpreting it.

I don't simply recommend best practices. I've built them.

Why I Founded Selinko Consulting

I founded Selinko Consulting to help institutions succeed where it matters most — staying continuously ready for accreditation, building assurance arguments and comprehensive reviews that hold up to scrutiny, and connecting assessment, data, and planning into one integrated institutional effectiveness system.

Too often, accreditation is treated as a periodic emergency and IE as disconnected compliance work. I believe it should be the opposite: evidence and review woven into how your institution already operates, so continuous improvement becomes practical and sustainable — not one more thing to maintain. That's why I don't hand over a report of recommendations and walk away. I partner with your team to build systems they can own long after our engagement ends.

If that sounds like the kind of partnership you're looking for, I'd love to start a conversation.

Credentials & Experience

Ph.D., Industrial-Organizational Psychology Research-grounded expertise in organizational culture, faculty engagement, change management, and data-informed decision-making
HLC Accreditation Comprehensive reviews, assurance arguments, and special reports — deep familiarity with HLC Criteria and peer review processes
Institutional Research & IE Infrastructure Over 17 years building and running an IE function recognized by HLC as an institutional strength
Power BI & Data Reporting Board-level dashboard development, institutional data governance, and IPEDS reporting expertise
Professional Affiliations Active member of NCCI, SCUP, AIR, I-AIR, and AALHE
Teaching, Training & Faculty Development Adjunct instructor, dissertation chair, and 15+ years training faculty and staff in assessment, program review, and more

Get in Touch

Let's build something that lasts.

Every institution's situation is different. Whether you're staring down a mid-cycle filing, trying to build an assessment system from scratch, or just not sure where to start — reach out and let's have a conversation. No pressure, no sales pitch.

Email [email protected]

Phone 224-286-1283

LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/kselinko

Response Time Within 1–2 business days

Location Chicago area — serving institutions nationally