BSU Continuing Accreditation Proposed Timeline
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Spring 08
Organization
- March
17 - Steering Committee meeting
- Create
budget
- Identify
resources
- Establish
summer schedule for Steering and Criterion Committees
Create faculty and staff awareness
- Organize
publicity campaign
- March
27 - All-Campus kickoff meeting
Initial work on report
- Become
familiar with HLC Handbook
- Review
examples from other campuses and our last self-study
- Establish
work flow
April 11-15 - Attend HLC Conference in Chicago
Summer 08
Summer
meetings
Data collection and organization
- Steering
Committee meetings
- Content Management training
- Planning for fall events and meetings
- Criterion
Committee schedules
- Training
on data collection and organization
- Establish
data team
- Establish
protocols for obtaining and reporting data
- Identify
topics and sources and format for submitted evidence
Have web site available
Establish e-work spaces for the Criterion
Committees
Planning for fall publicity and events
Fall 08
Data collection for report under
way
October 3 - visit
from HLC (John Taylor)
Reach out to students - keep them informed and
involved
Educate regarding mission and vision of
university
Spring 09
Early drafting of chapters
- Criterion
Committees continue collecting data
- Drafting of evidentiary statements
- All materials due to writer by end of semester
Identify
list of other appropriate reviewers
February 16 - All-Campus meeting
Attend HLC Conference April 18-21
Debrief HLC and spring work
Establish summer workload and schedule
Summer 09
Writer begins drafting chapters
Make draft available to Writing Team
Final organization of evidence
Initial preparation for site visit
Fall 09
Prepare for campus visit
- Establish and charge the Hospitality Team
- Establish and charge the Logistics Team
- Arrangement
of resource room
Finish chapter drafts for Criterion Committee Review by September 15
Draft sidebars and feature stories
Post draft for campus review on our HLC website
Finish executive summary
Finalize self-study by December 15
Spring 10
Final
organization of evidence
Copies and
supporting materials due to HLC
Draft executive summary
Mock Site Visit on February 8
Finish executive summary
March 22-24 HLC site visit
Assessment and
Debriefing
Thank you event for
Criterion Committees