Schedule for UNT’s Reaffirmation of Accreditation from

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

(January, 2004)

 

Item/Activity

Date/s for Completion

Establishment of Planning Group to make recommendations to the President about the reaffirmation process

April 2003

Appointment of teams for reaffirmation process

October 2003

Workshop on Assessment for Academic Programs (degree programs)

August 8, 2003

October 8, 2003

Workshop on Assessment for Non-Academic Programs/Units (administrative and support units)

October 15, 2003

October 31, 2003

Training sessions for UNT reaffirmation teams

November - January 2004

Assessment of Academic Programs information due to Office of Institutional Research & Accreditation (IR&A)

November 21, 2003

Definitions of criteria to judge “competence and sufficiency” of faculty due to IR&A (submitted by each academic department)

November 21, 2003

UNT IR&A develops and refines web pages and template for major reaffirmation tasks

January 2004 and on-going

UNT Institutional Effectiveness Team provides feedback to academic units on assessment programs

March – February 2004

Assessment of Non-academic Units due to Office of Institutional Research & Accreditation

February 2, 2004

UNT Institutional Effectiveness Team provides feedback to non-academic units on assessment programs

April.-May 2004

Leadership Team Orientation in Atlanta

June 14, 2004

UNT Compliance Team completes university’s compliance certification and gathers supporting documentation

September 2004 – June 2005

UNT develops Quality Enhancement Plan

January-November 2005

UNT submits its compliance certification to SACS

September 10, 2005

SACS Off-Site Peer Review meets to assess UNT's compliance with Principles of Accreditation

November 7-11, 2005

Quality Enhancement Plan Due to SACS

Six weeks in advance of on-site visit

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

Review by the Commission on Colleges of Information for UNT’s Reaffirmation

December 1-3, 2006