Process and Timeline
Reaccreditation by the Higher Learning Commission involves an extensive self-study followed by a site visit by an external team of consultant-evaluators. The UI self-study process began in October 2005 with the appointment of a self-study steering committee.
Sub-committees to address the five themes of the self-study were created in Spring 2006 and will collect and analyze data and develop reports during the 2006-2007 academic year.
A draft self-study report, prepared by the Steering Committee, will be available for campus comment in Fall 2007. The final report will be delivered to the Higher Learning Commission in February 2008.
The Higher Learning Commission consultant-evaluator team will visit The University of Iowa April 28-30, 2008. A report from that team is anticipated shortly after the visit.
Project Timeline |
June, 2005 |
Provost commissions the University of Iowa Center for Research in Undergraduate Education (CRUE; Ernest Pascarella and Elizabeth Whitt, co-directors) to perform a comprehensive quantitative and qualitative study of the undergraduate experience at the University of Iowa |
October, 2005 |
Steering committee convened to develop self-study proposal and plan process |
January, 2006 |
Study of current status of outcomes assessment in the majors |
April, 2006 |
Study of teaching assistant preparation |
March-April, 2006 |
Subcommittees appointed |
May, 2006 |
Subcommittee preliminary work plans due to steering committee |
Fall, 2006 |
Appointment of team to assemble evidence relevant to the criteria from areas outside the special emphasis. |
September 15, 2006 |
Steering Committee meets |
September 29, 2006 |
Subcommittee work plans due to steering committee. |
October 4, 2006 |
Steering Committee review sub-committee work plans; Develop data collection matrices and strategies across the sub-committees. |
October 2006 – January 29, 2007 |
Collection of data identified in subcommittee work plans. |
October 6, 2006 |
Steering Committee meets with sub-committee chairs to address questions and provide feedback about work plans |
October 18, 2006 |
Final sub-committee work plans due to the Steering Committee |
October 20, 2006 |
Steering Committee meets |
November 3, 2006 |
Steering Committee meets |
November 17, 2006 |
Steering Committee meets |
Thanksgiving Break |
Suggested deadline for conducting interviews with students |
December 1, 2006 |
Steering Committee meets |
| December 15, 2006 |
Steering Committee meets |
January 19 , 2007 |
Steering Committee meets |
January 29, 2007 |
Deadline for data collection by sub-committees |
| February 2, 2007 |
Steering Committee/Subcommittee Chairs meet |
| February 16, 2007 |
Steering Committee meets |
| March 2, 2007 |
Steering Committee meets |
March 30, 2007 |
Draft reports from subcommittees due to Steering Committee |
| April 6, 2007 |
Steering Committee meets |
April 13, 2007 |
Deadline for feedback from Steering Committee to the sub-committees |
| April 20, 2007 |
Steering Committee meets |
| May 4, 2007 |
Steering Committee meets |
June 1, 2007 |
Final reports from subcommittees due to Steering Committee |
June 2007- September 2007 |
Draft self-study written based on subcommittee reports |
September 2007-October 2007 |
Campus comment period; Refine draft based on campus comments and prepare final text |
November 2007-January 2008 |
Self-study print and web production |
February, 2008 |
Contingency |
February 28, 2008 |
Distribution of self-study to consultant-evaluator team |
April 28-30, 2008 |
Consultant-evaluator team visits campus |
Summer, 2008 |
Prepare response to consultant-evaluators’ report. |
Summer, 2008 |
Convene Steering Committee to produce “lessons-learned” document |
Summer, 2008 |
Identify meta-review team. Charge team with evaluating and setting priorities among recommendations of consultant-evaluators and preparing an implementation plan, to be delivered by November 2008 |
Summer, 2010 |
Report to inform HLC of recommendations and utilization of findings |
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