Self-Study and Accreditation Process Time Line
Month and Year Activity
November 1998 Commission action on accreditation; follow up on recommendations
Sept.-Oct.
August Reader's Panel reviews team report and institutional response
July Institution responds to final team report
June Institution responds to draft team report
May 1998 Site Visit (May 4-6)
April Evaluation materials sent to team & staff liaison (April 1)
Feb.-March Prepare for team visit
January 1998 Take a deep breath
December 1997 Final Self-Study Report (December 1)
November Draft Report revised and reviewed by committee
Sept.-October Draft circulated for reactions
August Rough Draft of Self-Study Completed (August 1)
June-July Write rough draft of self-study report; send comments to Commission on proposed team
May Commission proposes team; Steering Committee reviews sub-committee reports
April Steering Comm. attends NCA meeting (April 19-22); sub-committee reports due April 22
Feb.-March Sub-committees prepare their reports; send team competencies to NCA
January 1997 Steering Committee reviews and responds to progress reports
December 1996 Sub-committee progress reports due to Steering Committee (Dec. 15); Begin work on team competencies
Sept.-November Preliminary self-study work done by subcommittees; draft of chapters 1 and 2 completed by Steering Committee October 15
August Finalize sub-committee structure and charges
July Self-Study plan to Commission for review (July 18)
June 1996 Develop self-study plan

Note: "Sub-committees" of the Self-Study Steering Committee are any group assigned a self-study task. The Self-Study Steering Committee does not intend to create new committees, preferring to work with existing structures. These groups may choose to form special or ad hoc committees for the purpose of self-study if they wish.


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