4.4.1 The financial condition
of the institution that supports the program must be sound, and
the institution must be financially viable.
4.4.2 The program must demonstrate
an appropriate level of institutional investment in and commitment
to faculty development, research and scholarship, and national
and regional service. The program faculty’s workload obligations
must be commensurate with those the institution as a whole expects
in hiring, promotion, tenure, and other employment contracts.
4.4.3 The program must have
a sufficient quality monitoring and control system to ensure that
the program has adequate financial and administrative resources.
4.4.4 The
financial and administrative resources allocated to the program
must, at a minimum, be proportionate to the overall allocation
of financial resources to other programs at the institution and
must be sufficient to support the operations of the program and
to promote success in student learning as required by Quality
Principle I.
