MSSU Advancing a Culture of Excellence

Timeline


2004-2005 Academic Year
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Fall December

Announcement meeting and discussion

Appoint Coordinators

Spring January- March Plan for HLC Annual Meeting attendance

April- May

Attend 2005 HLC Annual Meeting (April 8-12)

Summer June- July

Attend HLC/AAHE Assessment Workshop (June 28-30)

Appoint Steering Committee

Develop preliminary Self-Study Plan


2005-2006 Academic Year
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Fall August- September

Attend Foundations of Excellence Institute (August 3-4)

Orient Steering Committee

Finalize Self-Study Plan

Receive two-year warning from HLC

Request preferred date for site visit

Appoint and orient teams

October- November

Complete Current Practices Inventory (October 17)

Complete Philosophy Dimension report (October 31)

Teams develop data collection plans (requirements and sources)

December

Complete Organization Dimension report (December 5)

Complete Faculty Dimension report (December 5)

Teams submit data collection plans to Coordinators
(December 5)

Spring

January- February

Steering Committee coordinates data collection

Complete Learning Dimension report (February 20)

Complete Transitions Dimension report (February 20)

Complete All Students Dimension report (February 20)

March- April

Teams analyze data and write preliminary Criterion reports

Attend 2006 HLC Annual Meeting (March 31- April 4)

Complete Diversity Dimension report (April 17)

Complete Roles and Purposes Dimension report (April 17)

Complete Improvement Dimension report (April 17)

May

Teams submit preliminary Criterion reports (May 8)

Dimensions Task Force submits Improvement/ Action Plan
(May 8)

Summer June- July

Coordinators review team reports and identify areas needing more research


2006-2007 Academic Year
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Fall August- November Teams conduct additional research and revise Criterion/ Dimension reports

December

Teams submit revised Criterion/ Dimension reports
(December 8)

Spring

January- March

Editing Team integrates team reports into first draft of Self-Study Report

April- May

Steering Committee reads and comments on draft of Self-Study Report

Attend 2007 HLC Annual Meeting (April 20- 24)

Summer June-July

Editing Team revises draft of Self-Study Report

Coordinators begin gathering Resource Room materials


2007-2008 Academic Year
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Fall August- September

Print and distribute draft of Self-Study Report

Campus reads and comments on draft

Organize Resource Room materials

October- November Produce final version of Self-Study Report
December

Print Self-Study Report

Publicly announce HLC Peer-Review Team visit

Spring January- February

Send Self-Study Report to HLC Headquarters and Peer-Reviewer Team

Setup Resource Room

March- April

Make final preparations for Peer-Review Team visit

Peer-review Team conducts on-site visit

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