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Timeline

Winter 2011

  • Self-Study Team Accreditation Liaison Officer (ALO) appointed - Lucy Payne (January 2011)
  • Self-Study Team Co-Chairs (CC) selected - Marty Johnston & Wendy Wyatt (February 2011)

Spring 2011

  • Self-Study Workshop including ALO, CC, and EVP/CAO (April 2011)
  • Review self-study goals by the Academic Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees (May 2011)
  • Criterion committee chairs and other members of the Steering Committee selected (May 24, 2011)

Summer 2011

  • Institutional Effectiveness shares lists of existing data sets (June 2011)
  • Steering Committee Orientation - Self-Study Plan drafted (July-August 2011)
  • HLC-sponsored new criteria and Pathways meeting in Minneapolis (July 21, 2011)
  • Advisory Group selected (August 2011)
  • Prologue Writer selected (August 2011)
  • Faculty Senate (September 20, 2011)

Fall 2011

  • Criterion Committee Members selected
  • Community provides feedback on draft plan (September 2011)
  • Self-Study Plan finalized by Steering Committee (September 26, 2011)
  • Institutional Effectivness shares existing data sets with criterion committees (October 2011)
  • Board of Trustees approves Self-Study Plan (October 20, 2011)
  • Presentation of plan to all stakeholders (October 30, 2011)
  • Send plan to HLC staff liaison (October 30, 2011)
  • Committees submit outline of work plan with a timeline to the Steering Committee (October 31, 2011)
  • Prologue drafted (November 1, 2011)
  • Committees identify needed data and research (November 15, 2011)

Winter 2012

  • Committees draft talking points and collect supporting evidence (November 2011 - May 2012)

Spring 2012

  • Committees submit talking points and supporting evidence to Steering Committee (May 1, 2012)
  • Steering Committee reviews talking points and identifies overlap and missing areas (May 4, 2012)
  • Steering Committee submits materials to writing team (May 5, 2012)
  • Draft 1: data and findings completed and forwarded to University President (May 31, 2012)

Summer 2012

  • Draft 2: community feedback on data and findings incorporated (September 1, 2012)
  • Committee work plan/timeline for recommendations phase (September 15, 2012)

Fall 2012

  • Committee drafts recommendations (December 15, 2012)

Winter 2013

  • Draft 3: committee recommendations incorporated (January 31, 2013)
  • Draft 4: community feedback on recommendations incorporated (March 15, 2013)

Spring 2013

  • Recommendations for continuous improvement (May 2013)
  • Self-Study draft (early June 2013)

Summer 2013

  • Submit Self-Study to HLC and Consultant-Evaluators (June 2013)

Fall 2013

  • HLC Site Visit (November 11-13, 2013)