Compliance versus a Culture of compliance. Being compliant is following a set of rules and boundaries needed for an organization, to exist (Staying in business.). This could be having so have a certain percentage of students' graduate, placement, financial aspects, etc. These could be for accreditation, financial and numerous other factors. Whereas the culture of compliance lies in the steps a group take to be compliant. A company might see their product as just the education for sale. Whereas teachers might view the product as being the students. The instructor might Take extra steps to ensure the success of the student. A kind of ownership to what happens to the student from start to finish. This can be achieved by having a group effort listening to other instructors, weeding out what works and what has not worked by experience. That act can be perceived as an act of caring. Everyone might get to the top of the hill differently, but what matters is that you made it to the top of the hill.