Timetable for Accreditation
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Academic Year |
Month |
Activity |
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2006-2007 |
August |
Notification by Middle States of 2009 Accreditation Visit |
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October |
Steering Committee appointed; BC Team (Gustav, Day, Wagner) attends Self-Study Institute |
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November-January |
Steering Committee meets twice; reviews charge, expectations and timetable; selects comprehensive report model and defines 7 Working Groups; solicits faculty volunteers for Working Group membership |
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February-March |
Steering Committee meets twice; focuses on research questions, working group membership and self-study design; President highlights Self-Study at Stated Meeting of the Faculty and solicits faculty and staff volunteers; Dean of Student Affairs coordinates identification of student participants in working groups |
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April-May |
Preliminary Middle States Staff Liaison campus visit scheduled for April 19th; Initial communications campaign announcing visit of MSCHE Liaison to launch week of April 9th; Briefing of Student Participants in Working Groups hosted by Dean of Student Affairs to be scheduled in early May; Steering Committee meets 4/19 and 5/22 and finalizes work plan for 2007-08 |
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2007 |
Summer |
Based on guidance from MSCHE Liaison, College submits final Self-Study Design for approval |
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2007-2008 |
September-December |
Steering Committee meets 3 times; Working Groups convene, develop a work plan, submit report outlines and revised documentation roadmap by November Steering Committee meeting; College communication campaign continues |
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Winter 2008 |
Visiting Team Chair selected and agreed upon; dates for preliminary visit by Chair and team are selected; Self-Study Design sent to Chair |
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February-May |
Steering Committee meets 3 times; Working Groups submit reports by April 2nd; work plan for 2008-09 finalized; College communication campaign continues |
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2008 |
Summer |
Draft of Self-Study is prepared for Fall discussion and distribution |
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November 6 |
Campus Visit of Dr. Barbara Gitenstein, Middle States Evaluation Team Chair |
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2008-2009 |
September-December |
Steering Committee reviews final draft of Self-Study and launches collegewide discussion and comment; town meetings are scheduled; communications campaign continues; draft Self-Study report sent to Team Chair and preliminary visit of Chair is scheduled 4 months prior to team visit; final version of Self-Study is prepared |
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2009 |
Winter |
Final version of Self-Study is sent to MSCHE and Visiting Team at least 6 weeks prior to team visit |
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March 29-April 1 |
Visit of the Middle States Campus Evaluation Team |
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Spring |
College communications campaign continues; Team visit occurs; Team report is received; College response is submitted to MSCHE |
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2009 |
Summer/Fall |
MSCHE Committee on Evaluation and Commission action |
