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November 2005 - January 2006
Sub-committees identify study questions: Study questions will be put onto a grid for analysis and to help consider examples and needed data. These questions will be shared with the entire Self-study Team at Checkpoint 1 on January 17, 2006. Download the Study Guide Questions Template (doc) or (Excel version).
February-March 2006
Sub-committees identify data needs: Determine what pieces of information or data are needed to answer your study guide questions. Committees will likely need multiple data sources to answer each question.
April 13, 2006
CHECKPOINT #2 - Full Accreditation Team meeting, at the Decatur Club on April 13, 2006. At Checkpoint 2 each self-study team will share key examples of data being examined to answer their study questions. We will also hear from the 20 Millikin leaders who attended the Higher Learning Commission Annual Meeting in Chicago. Resource room development guidelines will be shared.
April 2006
Sub-committees summarize data: Prepare narrative, table, or graphs, etc. as appropriate.
April-May 2006
Sub-committees Review and Conduct "gap analysis". Compare MU data to best practices or benchmarks, utilizing established professional standards, data from peer and aspiration institutions, or institutional goals as benchmarks, as appropriate .
June 2006
Sub-committees write self-study committee report. Due to Steering Committee July 1, 2006.
July-August 2006
Steering Committee coordinates writing of Millikin University self-study report.
September-December 2006
Campus groups review self-study report and organize supporting materials for Resource Room. Academic Technologists, Web-Master, and IT staff assist in building of digital & virtual resource room.
January-March 2007
Final preparations and hosting of NCA HLC evaluation team on March 5-7, 2007.
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