John Hausaman joined the WSCUC staff as Director of Substantive Change and Committee Relations in 2016. John works with three peer-review committees including Substantive Change, Interim Reports, and Eligibility. Prior to joining the WSCUC staff, he served as the Public Information Officer for the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), another regional accreditor. During his 10 years at HLC, he was the Program Manager for their assessment of student learning initiatives and other educational programming. He has extensive experience working with policy, peer reviewers, educational programming, and accreditation in general. Before HLC, John spent time as a research assistant in the Office of Research, Planning and Assessment at Saint Xavier University. John earned his B.A. from Saint Xavier University and his M.S. in Public Services Management from DePaul University.