Accreditation Self Study Master Time Line

December 1, 2007:

Startup; president assigns/invites participation.

January 18, 2008:

Convene steering committee for charge/indoctrination.

February 1, 2008:

News release through MSU News Bureau re the accreditation effort.

February 1 - 29, 2008:

Standard groups organize & plan.

March 1 - August 15, 2008:

Information collection, analysis; report writing.

April 1, 2008:

Accreditation web site launched.

September 1, 2008:

Standard reports from work groups submission deadline (to Standard leaders).

November 2, 2008 - January 1, 2009:

Standard leaders craft clear, cohesive Standard reports.

January 2, 2009:

Standard reports from Standard leaders submission deadline (to Fedock).

January 3 - February 28, 2009:

Critical review by Steering Committee of Standards group submissions.

March 1 - August 1, 2009:

Editing and publishing of final version of Self Study document.

August 15, 2009:

Mail Self Study to NWCCU.

October, 5 - 7, 2009:

NWCCU Accreditation visits MSU.

Standards Work Groups' Time Lines (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9)

Standard I

February 2008:

Select Standard One study team.

March – April 2008:

Gather resource documents including required documentation, exhibits and suggested materials.

May – August 2008:

Analysis and first draft of Standard One report.

Sept – November 2008:

Finish draft of Standard One report.

December 2008:

Complete and submit Standard One report to Steering Committee.

Standard 2

Forthcoming

 

Standard 3

March 20

Student affairs team leads - review standards (3 to 5 p.m.)

March 28

Deadline for student affairs team leads to meet with assigned office

March 30

Office directors (or designee) begin working on accreditation assignment.

Mqy 22

First draft of "office reports" due to team leads.

June 19

Deadline for team leads to review office reports and request office director (or designee) to "revise and resubmit."

July 10

Deadline for 2nd draft of reports to be returned to student affairs team leads.

July 24

Deadline for student affairs team leads to complete final edit of reports. Team leads to begin synthe

August 15

Deadline for submission of report to student affairs standard leader. Student affairs standard leader begins to edit report to read "uniformly."

November 15

Standard lead to submit Standard III report to VP for Student Affairs for review.

December 1

Final edits to Standard III report begins.

December 15

Standard III report submitted to for critical review of NWCCU Steering Committee.

December 1

Final edits to Standard III report begins.

*Monthly meetings TBD.

Standard 4

Spring 2008:

• Develop work plan (this activity)


• Develop working group (still in progress – you may add Tim McDermott and Sue Monahan as consultants if you feel the need).


• Develop short briefing paper for Faculty Senate, meet with FS March 26.


• Conduct preliminary focus groups with senators and DH's – as test run – by end March


• Schedule additional meetings with Senators & DHs for April.

These last 3 items are designed to develop awareness of the activity as well as gather preliminary impressions of issues to be addressed in discussing Standard IV with the community.

Summer 2008

• Begin statistical evaluation of faculty activities, identify additional data needs and work with Dr. Fastnow


• Develop draft reports on numerically based portions (e.g., years in rank, terminal degrees, etc.)


• Develop survey instrument and test in collaboration with other standards


• Finalize approach to focus groups.

Develop specific recommendations for integrating self-study into ongoing activities.

Fall 2008

• September – conduct web-based survey of faculty


• October – evaluate data, conduct focus groups to fill in gaps


• November – development of Standard IV draft.

Standard 5

March –

Have reviewed all available documentation and identify any additional data gathering needed.

April –

Identify key points and sections to be included and make writing assignments

May –

Review the needed supporting documentation and make assignments

June –

Target for a rough draft of report

July –

Refine draft and incorporate data from LibQual and other sources

August –

Finalize draft self-study for Sept. submission to Steering Committee.

Standard 6 (needs more time specificity)

• 6.A Governance System -
• Sara France


• 6.B Governing Board -
• Pam Merrell, Cathy Conover


• 6.C Leadership and Management -
• Rich Semenik, Matt Rognlie, Sara France, Cathy Conover


• 6.D Faculty Role in Governance -
• Target for a rough draft of report


• 6.E Student Role in Governance -
• Tegan Malloy/Incoming President/VP


• 6.1 Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination -
• Marj Brown, Pam Merrell


• 6.2 Collective Bargaining -
• Marj Brown, Sara France (Wes Lynch)


• Supporting Documentation Review and Updates - Cathy Conover, David Revere


• 6.
• Follow-up needed

March 15 -

Identify your interest in a survey (who would be surveyed; what would be asked?)

End of March/Early April - (date TBD) next meeting

Subgroups have draft/outline completed.

April -

Conduct survey (if needed).

Standard 7

March 21 -

Accreditation Team Lead Meeting

March-April -

ScheduleTeam Meetings

• Discuss deadlines


• Discuss processes


• Determine what fiscal years will be targeted


• Assign responsibilities

April-August -

Gather data and facts about process, etc.

September -

Analyze data

October-December -

Draft report

Standard 8

March 15, 2008:

Identify contributors, work groups, team member

April 15, 2008:

Convene work groups – identify assignments

April 16-June 30, 2008:

Information collections, analysis, draft report writing

June 30, 2008:

Intermediate checkpoint with work groups

August 30, 2008:

Work group draft report submissions to team leader

Sept. 1-Dec 30, 2008:

Consolidate, revise, edit, reports

January 2, 2009:

Submit final draft report

Standard 9

July 15, 2008

Completed