SACS Timeline
SACS COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE TIMELINE
Initial
(5 March 2009)
2009
March: Introduce Structure and Start Process
April: Gathering support and outlining initial response (compliance/non-compliance)
May: Initial Audit—where are we with regards to compliance/non-compliance June-August: Working in committees gather documents and analyzing compliance
September: Reporting out to whole committee
October 1: official Internal Audit
November- December: Response to 1st Internal Audit
2010
January- March: Continuation of Compliance Certification, Test of document loading from web site
April 15: Compliance narratives and documents due
April 15-30: Compliance Certification report drafts checked, 2nd Internal Audit
May 1-15: Draft I of Compliance Certification report
July- August 30: Compliance narratives aligned with web page and documents
September: Compliance narratives reviewed by committee
October 2nd: Internal Audit
November: Continued documentation and revision of narrative
December: Final check before 2nd External Audit
2011
January: 2nd External Audit
February: Final Editing
March 1: Compliance Certification Submitted
April-May: Off-Site Peer Review Conducted
June-August: Additions/Corrections/Revisions
October 18-20: On-Site Peer Review Conducted
2012
May/June: Review by the Commission on Colleges
SACS QEP TIMELINE
Initial Meeting of Co-Chairs
(19 June 2008)
2008
8/25: Introduce and Start Process at Opening Faculty Meeting
8/28: Met with Facilities and housekeeping staff to Introduce QEP process
8/28: Met with Athletic coaches to introduce QEP process
8/29: Met with Student affairs staff, including staff, administrators,resident directors and resident assistants to introduce QEP process
9/22: Met with Student senate to introduce QEP process,
9/25: Letter in the students newspaper, the Veritas outlining QEPprocess
9/25: Extensive presentation at the monthly faculty meeting
11/7: Introduced QEP process at Board of Trustees meeting
Dec: SACs Leadership Team: Attend SACS Conference in San Antonio, Texas
2009
July: Co-Chairs Attend SACS Summer Institute in Houston, Texas
7/28: Co-Chairs drew up plan for upcoming year
8/7: Co-Chairs met with SACS leadership Team, Carol A. Scheppard and SACS laison, Sue Piepke to give overview of 2009-2010 QEP plan.
8/25: Half-day workshop -- Brainstorming session with Faculty during Opening Faculty Workdays.
9/16: Brainstorming Session with Communications Committee
9/24: Met with Executive Council (Vice Presidents include Academic Affairs, Finance, Administration, College Relations and Institutional Advancement) to update on QEP process.
10/7 and 10/26: Brainstorming Sessions with Student Affairs Staff and Student Senate
11/6: Met with Board of Trustees to update on QEP process
12/7: SACs Leadership Team: Attend SACS Conference in San Antonio; Co-Chairs plan 2010-2011 QEP timeline
2010
1/11: Formation of the Proposal Analysis Team Feb. 1Co-Chairs met to plan first Proposal Analysis Team (PAT) meeting
2/2: Initial Meetings of Proposal Analysis Team – campus feedback solicited.
2/11: Co-Chairs met with Council on Athletics to update on QEPprocess. Co-Chairs met to plan second PAT meeting.
2/16: Initial review of seven proposals by Proposal Analysis Team – suggest designs for campus feedback solicited.
3/2, 3/16 & 3/30: Proposal Analysis Team discerns issues and selects QEP topic– campus feedback solicited.
4/6: QEP Topic announced at Founder's Day
April: Development of QEP Planning Team, development of plan anddrafting of QEP document
Sept: Nominate Lead Evaluator, generate awareness of and input for QEP development, design for implementation structure, acquisition of base-line data, literature review of best practices, design for assessment strategies and assessment cycle, outline of five-year budget.
2011
Jan: Draft summary of QEP topic identification process; draft literature review of best practices; draft implementationand management structure; draft financial plan for five year implementation; draft assessment plan, student learning outcomes, assessment tasks, and assessment of progress; draft demonstration of broad based involvement of community
March 1: Compliance Certification Submitted
April: Completion of QEP document
June: Submission of QEP to SACS
Oct 18- 20: On-Site Peer Review Conducted
Nov: Begin implementation of QEP
2012
May/June: Review by the Commission on Colleges
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