How do the FALDOs relate to the CAS Standards, Guidelines, and SAGs?
Standards and Guidelines pertain to functional areas of educational service in higher education. Standards are agreed upon conditions of educational service that must be provided to achieve the highest level of service to students. Guidelines are recommended enhancements to the standards that should be included in all services to students, but are not required to meet minimal benchmarks. The Self-Assessment Guides (SAGs) are aids to practitioners in determining whether, and to what extent, standards and guidelines are met. They offer a step-by-step process for conducting such investigations. Just as SAGs are essential aids to practitioners to determine quality standards in functional service areas, FALDOs are aids to practitioners to measure student learning and development outcomes as speciļ¬ed in the CAS General Standards. FALDOs are not functional area dependent; rather, they assist practitioners to determine learning and development outcomes within an institution, but regardless of
