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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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