Timeline
For a calendar of updated deadlines, please view this document.
| 1. STAGE ONE: PRELIMINARY PLANNING | Aug - Dec 2006 |
| 1. Consult with commission staff | Jul - Sept 2006 |
| 2. Appoint Steering Committee |
Aug 2006 |
| 3. Appoint Principal Committees | Sept 2006 |
| 4. Review Adequacy of Institutional Purpose | Sept 2006 |
| 5. Review Adequacy of Institutional Effectiveness Systems | Sept - Oct 2006 |
| 6. Formulate a Compliance Audit Plan | July - Oct 2006 |
| 7. Prepare for Staff Kick-Off Visit | Aug 2006 |
| 8. Forward Compliance Audit Plan to Faculty/Staff | Nov 2006 |
| 9. Formulate the Compliance Audit Manual | Oct 2006 |
| 10. Conduct Orientation Meetings for Principal committees | Sept - Nov 2006 |
| 11. Collect, Organize and Publish Fact Book | Sept - Oct 2006 |
| 12. Develop and Distribute Writing/Editing Guidelines | Oct 2006 |
| II. STAGE TWO: INITIATING THE COMPLIANCE AUDIT | Oct - Dec 2006 |
| 1. Formulate the Compliance Audit Manual | Oct 2006 |
| 2. Conduct Orientation Meetings for Principal Committees | Sept - Nov 2006 |
| 3. Develop and Distribute Writing/Editing Guidelines | Nov 2006 |
| III. STAGE THREE: CONDUCTING THE COMPLIANCE AUDIT | Jan 2007 - Mar 2008 |
| 1. Activate Principal Compliance Committees | Jan 2007 |
| 2. Activate Principal Innovative Educational Alts. Committees | Jan 2007 |
| 3. Review Preliminary Reports - Institutional Purpose and Effectiveness | Jan 2007 |
| 4. Administer Surveys | Jan 2007 |
| 5. Review Progress Reports from Principal Committees | Mar - Apr 2007 |
| 6. Compile Survey Results | Mar 2007 |
| 7. Forward Preliminary Reports of Principal Committees | Mar - Apr 2007 |
| 8. Complete Departmental, Unit, and Preliminary Committee Final Reports | Sept 2007 |
| 9. Continue Committee Work as Necessary Following Steering Committee Review | Sept - Oct 2007 |
| 10. Complete and Forward Progress Report to the Commission Staff Member | Oct 2007 |
| 11. Complete First Draft of Compliance Audit Report | Feb 2008 |
| 12. Conduct Institution-Wide Review of the Draft of the Compliance Audit Review | Mar 2008 |
| 13. Compile the Final Compliance Audit Report | Apr - May 2008 |
| 14. Develop Follow-up Plan to the Compliance Audit Report | May 2008 |
| IV. STAGE FOUR: PREPARING FOR AND RECEIVING THE VISITING COMMITTEE | May - Sept 2008 |
| 1. Begin Preliminary Planning for the Compliance Committee Visit | May 2008 |
| 2. Complete and Distribute Locally the Compliance Audit Report | Aug 2008 |
| 3. Develop Addendum to Compliance Audit Report | Sept 2008 |
| 4. Send Copy of the Compliance Audit Report to the Committee Chair Prior to Campus Visit | Aug 2008 |
| 5. Receive Preliminary Visit by Committee Chair | Aug 2008 |
| 6. Complete Planning and Arrangements for Committee Visit | Sept 2008 |
| 7. Mail Compliance Audit and Other Materials to Committee Members and Commission on Colleges | Sept 2008 |
| 8. Inform the Institutional Community of the Purpose and Activities of the Visiting Committee While on Campus | Sept 2008 |
| 9. Host the Visiting Committee on Campus | Mar 2009 |
| V. STAGE FIVE: PREPARING FOR REVIEW AND ACTION BY THE COMMISSION ON COLLEGES | March 2009 |
| 1. Review Draft of Visiting Committee for Error of Fact | Nov 2008 |
| 2. Receive and Respond to Recommendations Cited in the Final Visiting Committee Report | Jan - Mar 2009 |
| 3. Implement Plan for Follow-up on all Non-Criteria Related Recommendations Stemming from the Compliance Audit Process | Jan 2009 |
