Schedule for UNT’s Reaffirmation of Accreditation from
The Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools
(January, 2004)
Item/Activity |
Date/s
for Completion |
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Establishment of Planning Group to make recommendations to the President about the reaffirmation process |
April 2003 |
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Appointment of teams for reaffirmation process |
October 2003 |
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Workshop on Assessment for Academic Programs (degree programs) |
August 8, 2003 October 8, 2003 |
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Workshop on Assessment for Non-Academic Programs/Units (administrative and support units) |
October 15, 2003 October 31, 2003 |
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Training sessions for UNT reaffirmation teams |
November - January 2004 |
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Assessment of Academic Programs information due to Office of Institutional Research & Accreditation (IR&A) |
November 21, 2003 |
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Definitions of criteria to judge “competence and sufficiency” of faculty due to IR&A (submitted by each academic department) |
November 21, 2003 |
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UNT IR&A develops and refines web pages and template for major reaffirmation tasks |
January 2004 and on-going |
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UNT Institutional Effectiveness Team provides feedback to academic units on assessment programs |
March – February 2004 |
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Assessment of Non-academic Units due to Office of Institutional Research & Accreditation |
February 2, 2004 |
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UNT Institutional Effectiveness Team provides feedback to non-academic units on assessment programs |
April.-May 2004 |
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Leadership Team Orientation in Atlanta |
June 14, 2004 |
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UNT Compliance Team completes university’s compliance certification and gathers supporting documentation |
September 2004 – June 2005 |
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UNT develops Quality Enhancement Plan |
January-November 2005 |
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UNT submits its compliance certification to SACS |
September 10, 2005 |
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SACS Off-Site Peer Review meets to assess UNT's compliance with Principles of Accreditation |
November 7-11, 2005 |
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Quality Enhancement Plan Due to SACS |
Six weeks in advance of on-site visit |
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SACS On-Site Peer Review of the Quality Enhancement Plan and verification of items from the off-site review as necessary |
TBD – 3-4 days sometime between March 13-April 28, 2004 |
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Review by the Commission on Colleges of Information for UNT’s Reaffirmation |
December 1-3, 2006 |