updated 02-02-2023
Spring/Summer 2022
Prepare
Prepare for Self-Study; organize steering committee; form working groups; brief Cabinet on process; get information and communication resources in place
February 2022
Begin
Steering Committee & working groups begin meetings
Summer 2022
Essentials
Student summer research assistants. Cabinet requested to review and assure we meet the HLC’s Assumed Practices
Fall 2022
Focused evidence gathering & assessment
Regular meetings of working groups and steering committee Checkpoints/deliverables from Working Groups & Progress Assessment Draft working group reports and evidence due at the end of the semester (December 20,2022)
end Fall term-beginning Spring term (4 weeks +/-)
First drafts, fill holes…
Self-study co-chairs prepare draft #1 of self-study; criteria sections shared with Steering Committee as drafts complete
January-mid-February
Iterative revisions & reviews
Drafting, reviews, re-drafting, circulating drafts to Cabinet, governance groups.
Revisions as necessary by co-chairs, Steering Committee
February 6-15
Student input direct to HLC
HLC conducts student opinion survey
Late February 2023
“Read In” returns!
Sponsor campus reading sessions (various formats depending on audience) Draft available to trustees.
on or before March 20, 2023
Heads down work…
Finalize Assurance Argument (self-study) report & Federal Compliance review and submit to HLC
April 17-19, 2023
Team visits!
Peer Review: visiting team comes to campus
Summer 2023
We hear from HLC
HLC Review of visiting team report and recommendation on accreditation status and follow-up, if any