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HLC/NCA Accreditation at Phoenix College         


  

                   

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Accreditation Timeline

Criterion Committees:
Criterion 1
Criterion 2
Criterion 3
Criterion 4
Criterion 5

 

 

 

  

HLC/NCA ACCREDITATION

SELF-STUDY TIMELINE

Mar 2003

President & DI

Appoint Self-Study Co-Chairs & Steering Committee

Apr 2003

Steering Committee

Attends Annual Meeting in Chicago

Sep 2003

DI & Nancy Matte

Select writers & editor

Sep. 2003

Steering Committee

Meeting, September 25, 2003

Sep 2003

Criterion Chairs

Organize & select principal subcommittees

Oct 2003

Higher Learning Commission

Sends two-year reminder letter of scheduled evaluation to President

Oct 2003

President

Notifies Commission of Self-Study Co-Chairs, its preferred site visit dates, & any proposed changes in Statement of Affiliation Status

Oct. 2003

Steering Committee

Meeting, October 23, 2003

Nov. 2003

Steering Committee

Meeting, November 19, 2003

Sep 2003-  Feb 2004

Steering Committee

Develops Self-Study Plan and submits to commission

Oct 2003-May 2004

Subcommittee Chairs

Subcommittees identify & gather data, interview, analyze, & develop draft reports for submission to Steering Committee

Mar 27-30, 2004

Steering Committee

Attends HLC/NCA Annual Meeting

Apr. 2004

Steering Committee

Meeting, April 14, 2004

Apr. 2004

All

HLC/NCA campus-wide awareness event

April 2004

Higher Learning Commission

Notifies Phoenix College of site visit in 2006 in letter dated April 26, 2004.

May 2004

Self-Study          Co-Chairs

First Self-Study Newsletter distributed

Jun 11, 2004

Criterion Chairs, President, Co-chairs

Conduct Retreat

June 11, 2004

 

Ann Roselle replaces D. Carnahan as Criterion 2 Chair.

July 1, 2004

 

Marian Tadano retires as Dean of Instruction and is replaced by Casandra Kakar

July 15, 2004

 

Marian Gibney replaces Marian Tadano as self-study co-chair.

Aug 2004

President

College-wide meetings for full-time FAC (Aug.17) and adjuncts (Aug 19) include info on HLC/NCA self-study.

Aug 16, 2004

Co-Chairs
DI
President

Monthly Meeting

Sept. 2004

Criterion Committees

Committees resume regular meetings

Sept. 9, 2004

Co-Chairs,
DI
President

Monthly Meeting

Sept. 20, 2004

Co-Chair Gibney

Presented HLC/NCA overview at President’s Roundtable meeting.

Sept 23 ‘04

Co-Chairs

Self-Study Newsletter distributed

Oct. 2004

Steering Committee

Criterion Committee composition is reviewed and reconstituted if needed. Assign administrative liaison if needed. Site team competencies identified.

Oct. 7, 2004

Co-Chairs
DI
President

Executive Committee meets and begins discussion of team competencies for 12/04 submittal.

Oct. 13, 2004

Steering Committee

Meeting, October 13, 2004

Oct 20, 2004

Steering Committee

Hold campus-wide awareness event

Nov 2004

Commission

Sends one-year reminder letter to PC President, confirms dates of visit

Nov 2, 2004

President, DI, Co-chairs

Executive Committee meets and finalizes team competencies to submit 12/04.

Nov. 2004

Steering Committee

Meeting, November 24, 2005

Nov 2004

Co-Chairs

Self-Study Newsletter distributed

Dec 2004

President

Sends Commission information suggesting team competencies

Jan 19, 2005

Writers, Co-chairs, Executive group

Retreat

Jan 2005

President, DI, Co-chairs

Executive Committee Monthly Meeting

Jan 2005

Commission

Confirms dates of visit & other institutional information

Feb.9, 2005

Steering Committee

Meeting

Feb. 2005

President, DI, Co-Chairs

Executive Committee Monthly Meeting

Feb 2005

Co-Chairs

Self-Study newsletter distributed

Mar. 23, 2005

Steering Committee

Meeting.

Mar. 24 2005

Diane Nyhammer

HLC/NCA Staff Liaison visits PC

Mar. 2005

President, DI, Co-chairs

Executive Committee Monthly Meeting

Apr 8-12, 2005

Steering Committee

Attends HLC/NCA Annual Meeting in Chicago

Apr 2005

Co-chairs, DI, President

Executive Committee debriefs after HLC/NCA conference

Apr 2005

Steering Committee

Analyzes information prepared, completes studies, & prepares rough draft of Self-Study report.

Apr 2005

Steering Committee

Deliberates on proposed team members to be submitted May 2005

Apr 16, 2005

Co-chairs

Disseminate Self-Study Report for campus review

Apr 2005

Co-chairs

Self-Study newsletter distributed

April 27, 2005

All

Self-Study campus-wide awareness event

Apr/May 2005

Co-chairs

Collect feedback related to draft of self-study report

May 4, 2005

Steering Committee

Meeting

May 2005

President, DI, Co-chairs

Executive Committee Monthly Meeting

May 2005

Commission

Sends a list of proposed team members & an Evaluation Visit Summary Sheet to PC

May 2005

President

Sends comments on proposed team members to Commission

Jun 2005

Steering Committee

Retreat

Jun/Jul ‘05

Commission

Formally invites team members to participate

Jul 2005

President, DI,  Co-Chairs

Executive Committee Monthly Meeting

Aug ‘05

Steering Committee

Circulates & receives reactions to draft report

Aug. 2005

Writers/Chairs

Accountability Week Meeting with Writers and Chairs

Aug. 2005

President, DI, Co-Chairs

Executive Committee Monthly Meeting

Sept. 2005

President, DI, Co-Chairs

Executive Committee Monthly Meeting

Sept ‘05

Co-Chairs

Self-Study newsletter distributed

Oct ‘05

Editors & Self-Study Co-Chairs

Compile final Self-Study Report

Oct ‘05

Commission

Notifies PC and team that team is complete

Oct. 2005

 

Hold Campus-wide awareness event

Oct. 2005

President, DI,  Co-Chairs

Executive Committee Monthly Meeting

Oct-Dec 2005

Site Visit Team

Chair contacts PC to make arrangements for evaluation visit

Nov. 2005

Co-Chairs

Self-Study newsletter distributed

Dec. 2005 or

Jan. 2006

Co-Chairs

Issue press release – media, business journals, newsletters

Dec. 2005 or

Jan. 2005

Co-Chairs

Send announcement and letter inviting 3rd party comment to local and county municipal entities; service area state reps; PC community partners.

Jan 2006

Self-Study

Co-Chairs

Complete duplication of Self-Study Report, etc. & prepares for visit

Jan. 2006

Co-Chairs

Continue preparations for site visit

Jan. 2006

Steering Committee

Hold Campus-Wide awareness event

Jan. 2006

President, DI,  Co-Chairs

Executive Committee Monthly Meeting

Feb 2006

Self-Study
Co-Chairs

Send one complete set of evaluation materials to each member of the Evaluation Team and to the Commission staff liaison

Feb 2006

Commission

Sends materials for visit, including Worksheet for the Statement of Affiliation Status to team and PC

Feb. 2006

President, DI,  Co-Chairs

Executive Committee Monthly Meeting

Feb. 2006

Co-Chairs

Self-Study newsletter distributed

Mar. 2006

President, DI,  Co-Chairs

Executive Committee Monthly Meeting

Apr 10-12, ‘06

All

Evaluation visit takes place

Apr. 2006

EVERYONE

Post-Visit Celebration!

May/June 2006

Co-Chairs

Self-Study newsletter distributed

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
   


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