SACS Reaffirmation of Accreditation Timetable

Fall 1999   -    Organization and Planning

• appoint Director and Associate Director
• establish committee structure
• appoint committee chairs
• complete committee memberships
• schedule initial meetings of committees, formation of sub-committees
• committees review criteria
• Purpose Committee begins work on mission statement
• Director and Editorial Committee write self-study manual

Spring 2000   -    Initiate Self-Study

• visit from Dr. G. Jack Allen, SACS Coordinator
• committees begin data collection and gathering of other information; meet with individuals, departments, college, programs and centers as needed
• reference document assembly and cataloguing begins

Summer / Fall 2000   -    Initiate Writing of Committee Reports

• all committees begin writing
• additional data and other information gathered as revealed by writing

Spring 2001   -    Complete Committee Report Drafts

• report drafts completed and submitted to Director by end of spring
• reports assembled into draft of complete self-study

Summer / Fall 2001   -    Complete Self-Study

• Editorial Committee edits draft into final form
• text design completed
• self-study printed
• self-study submitted to SACS in December
• peer team chair visit

Spring 2002   -    Site Visit

• prepare for visit by SACS peer review team
• visit takes place (March)
• peer review draft report received; checked for errors in fact

Summer / Fall 2002   -    Completion of Process

• final report of peer review team received
• FAU response prepared and submitted
• reaffirmation at December meeting of SACS

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Revised: January 28, 2002