2006 SACS Reaffirmation of Accreditation Timeline

August 2003	Begin audit of written policy documents for completeness and evaluate the value, relevancy, and usefulness of current planning, evaluation, and budgeting process.
Jan - May 2004	University-wide review of requirements to determine documentation needed to support reaccreditation. Communication plan implemented to inform campus community about SACS.
March 2004	Form Leadership Team.
April 2004	Form QEP Design Team to design Quality Enhancement Plan development process.
June 2004	Orientation of Loyola’s Reaffirmation “Leadership Team” by SACS in Atlanta. [15 Months to complete Compliance Certification documentation by Leadership Team.]
June 2004	Begin preparing draft Compliance Certificate. [Complete draft by February 1, 2005.]
July 2004	Formation and Orientation of Work Teams [BOT, IR/IE, Colleges, Support, Bus/Fin, Student Affairs.]
August 2004	Appoint QEP Steering Committee and begin university-wide process to develop Quality Enhancement Plan.
September 2004	Colleges and departments review faculty qualifications for teaching all courses.
February 1, 2005	Draft of entire compliance certificate (all information posted on web) completed. Begin final review of Compliance Certification and related documentation and finalize for submission. [Compliance Certification due to SACS on September 10, 2005.]
TBA Spring 2005	Visit by Dr. Gerald Lord, SACS Staff Liaison to Loyola.
September 10, 2005	Compliance Certification with supporting documents due to SACS.
Nov 7-11, 2005	Off-Site Peer Review Conducted of Compliance Certification.
December 2005	Oral feedback from Off-Site Review used by institution to produce “Focus Reports” before On-Site visit. [Focus reports due to SACS by January 15, 2006.] Submission of reviewers for QEP due to SACS.
January 2006	Quality Enhancement Plan and Focus Reports due six weeks prior to on-site review.
March 14-16, 2006	Three-day On-Site Peer Review conducted [small review team 7-9 people including two QEP experts requested by the institution.]
May 2006	Institution produces response to On-Site visit.
June- Nov 2006	Review by various committees of SACS.
Dec 1-3, 2006	Final review and vote by SACS Commission on Colleges.

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