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Date |
Activity |
Person Responsable |
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Jan. 4, 2005 |
PowerPoint
presentation, update at General Faculty/Staff Meeting:
(a) Report of the Off-Site Committee regarding Compliance Documentation;
(b) QEP – progress report, and initial implementation Spring Semester,
2005;
(c) Logistics of On-Site Committee Visit 4/11 |
- Bigbee, Mattingly,
Rosati
- Fulbright,
Gardiner, Hageman
- Willson
|
|
Jan. – Feb. 2005 |
Work on Focused Report,
institutional response to Off-Site Committee Report 11/04 (3 core
requirements and 9 comprehensive standards); and on final version of QEP,
“A Discipline-Based Approach to Student Engagement." |
3 SLC Group; QEP
Planning Committee and Office of Inst. Planning and Assessment |
|
March 24, 2005 |
Proposal submitted for a workshop presentation at SACS
Dec. 2005 Meeting |
Bigbee, Mattingly,
Rosati |
|
April 6, 2005 |
Final preparation meeting, SACS briefing |
SACS Leadership
Committee, Chairs of all SACS Committees, Deans, VPs, Dept. Chairs, and
Directors |
|
April 11-13, 2005 |
SACS On-Site (Reaffirmation) Committee campus visitation |
On-Site Committee, Dr.
Frederick Obear, Chair; Dr. Rudolph Jackson, COC Staff Representative;
also a Special Focus Issue Evaluator; AMK Local Arrangements Committee |
|
Dec. 2-6, 2005 |
Review by SACS Commission on Colleges |
Three phase process:
Committee, Executive Council, and all Commissioners |
|
Sept. 20, 2002 |
Calendar for each committee due to Dr. Mary Mattingly |
Chairs |
|
Ongoing |
Reports of committee meetings are to be submitted within
one week to Dr. Mary Mattingly |
Chairs |
|
Oct. 24, 2002 |
SACS Interim Mtg. on new criteria – Dallas |
Bigbee, Mattingly,
Rosati |
|
Oct. 28, 2002 |
Regular SLC meeting with all audit committee chairs –
distribution of the Dallas information |
SACS Leadership
Committee (SLC) and Audit Committee (AC) Chairs |
|
2nd-3rd week of Nov. |
Progress Report to President and Provost (Bigbee,
Mattingly, Rosati) |
Bigbee, Mattingly,
Rosati |
|
Dec. 5, 2002 |
Interim Compliance Audit Reports due to Dr. Mary
Mattingly |
Chairs |
|
Dec. 7-10, 2002 |
SACS annual meeting, San Antonio |
SLC and some committee
members |
|
Dec. 16. 2002 |
Post-SACS Conference meeting of the SLC: reports and
discussion |
SLC |
|
Jan. 03 |
SLC review of interim audit compliance reports, forwarded
to Editorial Committee by mid-February. Communication with Audit
Committee (AC) chairs on reports and revisions. |
SACS Leadership
Committee (SLC) |
|
Feb. 03 |
2/27 SLC report and recommendations regarding SACS
deficiencies presented to President and Provost at Academic Deans’
Council. The administration requested that specific remedies for
deficiencies be suggested by the SLC, as guides for action. |
Bigbee, Mattingly,
Rosati |
|
March 03 |
3/6 SLC/AC meeting: clarification and review of entire
self-examination and reporting process; also, as requested, a list of
suggested remedies for deficiencies discovered. |
SLC and AC Chairs |
|
April 03 |
Suggested remedies
presented to President and Provost at Academic Deans’ Council 4/2.
Implementation of remedies begun, with instructions and deadlines
communicated to responsible parties.
Identification of the University’s “critical issue(s)” to be dealt with
in the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) mandated by SACS (Core Requirement
#12 – new), and creation of the Planning Committee which writes it. |
Administration and
responsible academic and administrative units/agents.
SLC, President, with comprehensive background of reports and statistics
on institutional issues |
|
May 03 |
Some revision of our SACS effort, in terms of structure
and function, starting fall 2003, as immediate preparation for the
actual reporting to SACS in 2004 and the visitation in 2005. Continual
monitoring of the implementation of remedies. |
SLC, esp. Bigbee,
Mattingly, Rosati |
|
June 03 |
6/9 SACS Orientation Session (Atlanta) for institutions
in the 2005 Reaffirmation Class |
President, Provost,
Bigbee, Mattingly |
|
June-Aug. 03 |
All 2002 audit compliance reports posted on web for
University community, with interactive capacities. |
Editorial Committee,
Technology Committee |
|
Aug. 11, 2003 |
Revision of IEPs, all of which are to include assessment
data. IEPs from academic departments will also include student learning
outcomes. Due August 11, 2003. |
Heads/Directors of
academic and administrative units |
|
Fall Semester, 2003 |
SLC/AC (Chairs and
Members) Open Meeting – Wednesday, August 20,
1:30 p.m. BES 100 |
President, Provost, SLC,
ACs |
|
Begin fall agenda: Planning Committee begins developing
QEP; ACs receive new instructions, conduct continuing updates on audit
reports. |
SLC/ACs |
|
Sept. 5, 2003 |
AC Chairs submit Committee Responsibilities Check Form |
AC Chairs |
|
Sept. 24, 2003 |
Joint Meeting SLC/ACs |
SLC/ACs |
|
Oct. 15, 2003 |
AC Status Report |
AC Chairs |
|
Dec. 1, 2003 |
Final reports due to SLC
on Monday, December 1, 2003. Process of review and editing begins
mid-December. |
|
|
Dec. 6-9, 2003 |
SACS Annual Meeting,
Nashville, TN |
|
|
Dec. 16-17, 2003 |
Began review of audit
reports |
|
|
Jan. 6, 2004 |
PowerPoint Presentation
of SACS Update at general faculty/staff meeting; brief announcement by
Planning Committee and web survey concerning QEP |
SLC |
|
Jan. 16, 2004 |
SLC reconvened |
SLC |
|
Jan. 24, 2004 |
Planning Committee’s
prospectus for QEP: internal deadline |
Planning Committee |
|
Jan. 30, 2004 |
SLC review and return of
all AC reports to committees for revision |
SLC/AC |
|
Feb. 16-18, 2004 |
SACS Substantive Change
Committee visitation of Texas A&M University System Center at San
Antonio, Dr. Carl Beckman, Chair |
|
|
Feb. 28, 2004 |
Revised AC reports
returned to SLC by end of the month. All reports reviewed by assigned
SLC reader and presented to entire SLC for final discussion. Reports
were then forwarded to the Editorial Committee (EC). |
SLC/EC |
|
March through May 2004 |
3 SLC (Bigbee,
Mattingly, Rosati) reviewing every AC report after EC editing. Reports
returned to ACs for revisions. |
EC/3 SLC |
|
June 1-3, 2004
(Consultant on Campus) |
Dr. Margaret Sullivan,
SACS Director of Assessment, critique and advice on audit reports and
QEP. Substantial reformatting of reports and acquisition of new
supportive data were indicated. |
SLC and Planning
Committee |
|
June 10, 2004 |
SACS meeting – SLC/AC
Chairs – Instructions on revision of reports as per consultant. Submit
date: June 18 to 3 SLC |
AC Chairs/3 SLC |
|
June through August 2004 |
3 SLC (now joined by Dr.
Gail Dantzker, Planning and Assessment) reviewed all reports, insured
revisions were completed, and the necessary data provided. |
SLC/AC Chairs/
Substitutes, some SLC liaisons/EC |
|
July 15, 2004 |
Institutional response
to SACS recommendations (from Feb. Substantive Change Committee visit to
A&M System Center) submitted |
For AMK President and
Provost by AMK group of SLC members and System Center personnel, headed
by the Associate VP for Academic Affairs |
|
Week of Sept. 6, 2004 |
All reports completed
and submitted by SLC group to meet SACS deadline of Sept. 10. Signing
Ceremony of the Compliance Certification documentation, President R. Z.
Juarez and Accreditation Liaison, D. L. Bigbee, Sept. 8. Report sent
individually to SACS Off-Site Committee members on Sept. 9. |
SLC Group/EC |
|
Nov. 8-10, 2004 |
Off-Site Peer Review as
a committee, meeting in Decatur, GA |
Off-Site Committee, SACS
Commission on Colleges |
|
Nov. 2004 |
Final Quality
Enhancement Plan (QEP) internal deadline, submit to SLC |
SLC/QEP Advisory
Committee |
|
End of November 2004 |
SACS informal
notification by conference call of results of Off-Site Committee
review. If recommendations, preparation of a concise response (Focused
Report) to the On-Site Committee by Jan. or Feb. 2005. |
President/Provost/SLC
Group
|
|
Dec. 6-9, 2004 |
SACS Annual Meeting,
Atlanta, GA – AMK program presentation: workshop on our institutional
SACS experience |
Provost/SLC Group |
