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Timeline of Activities

May 2005

Key members of the university Accreditation Steering Committee attend the NCA annual conference

Jun 2005

Meeting with senior administrators to begin NCA planning process
Jun 2005

Notification by NCA regarding upcoming review and selection of site visit dates
Jun 2005 Steering Committee and sub-committee members selected and charged to begin self-study plan
Jul 2005 Virtual and physical Resource rooms established
Aug 2005 Sub-committees formed and begin gathering data
Aug 2005 Self-Study plan submitted to NCA
Sep 2005

Sub-committees write draft report
Sep 2005 Steering Committee reviews sub-committee reports
Sep 2005

Sub-committees rewrite drafts based on Steering Committee review
Oct 2005

First draft of Self-Study report produced; NCA visit publicized to the university community
Oct 2005 Draft Self-Study distributed for comments to selected administrators and faculty
Oct 2005 NCA sends list of proposed team members for review and comment
Oct 2005   Self-Study report edited based on previous review
Nov 2005

Self-Study report available for community and Steering Committee review
Nov 2005 Focus groups held for comments from faculty, staff, and constituents; report revised
Nov 2005 

NCA notification of team members
Jan 2006

Invitation to public to send comments to NCA concerning the institution’s qualifications for accreditation
Jan 2006

Site visit arrangements made
Feb 2006 Self-Study report finalized
Feb 2006  Self-Study report is submitted to the NCA and Site Visit Team
Mar 6-8, 2006 Site visit occurs
Apr-May, 2006

Draft Site Visit Team Report received and corrections submitted to errors of fact
Jun-Jul 2006 Institutional response to final Team Report
Aug 2006  Commission action; notification of action one week after meeting