Paul sort of jokingly mentioned Middle States above, but in the process of writing our self-study this year, MS wants us to consider how we are helping students to lead "meaningful lives." And this idea has generated interesting discussions among the committee members, and I think it is articulated here pretty well - that it is something we all hope for with our interactions with students in higher education, but that we will likely never truly know the impact we have on individual students' lives (unless they come forward and tell us later on). Being asked to demonstrate it in some way for an external accrediting agency then seems like an impossible task.