| December 19,
2002 |
First organizational
meeting of the Self-Study Steering Committee |
| January 15, 2003 |
Organizational
meeting of full Self-Study Committee |
| January 16, 2003 |
Self-Study
Committee Luncheon: Keynote address by Dr. Cecilia
Lopez, Associate Director, Higher Learning Commission. |
January-February 2003
|
Chairs of
individual committees meet with Resource Team members:
dialogue about process, review criteria, develop "operating
procedures", clarify charge and roles. |
| Late February 2003 |
Committee chairs call
first committee meetings: member orientation about
process and roles; general review of criteria. |
| March - April 2003 |
Second and
third committee meetings: review of the criteria,
interpretation of what they mean for the college,
identification of information sources, definition
of tasks that need to be done to respond to criteria. |
| April 12-16, 2003
|
Annual NCA
meeting in Chicago attended by MCC team including
representatives from steering committee. |
| May 9, 2003 |
Submit draft of
Components and Criterion Interpretation |
| Summer 2003 |
Committees
meet regularly to work on Examples of Evidence; provide
weekly updates and final evidence product. |
| June 5, 2003 |
Submit final
Components and Criterion Interpretation |
| June 16, 2003 |
Submit one
completed Example of Evidence Worksheet along
with related materials |
| June 30, 2003 |
Steering Committee
meeting to review questions and share updates of committee
work. Chairs submit progress report on evidence, including
Example of Evidence Worksheets that have been
completed to date along with related evidence materials |
| Fall 2003 |
Intensive
work on MCC's examples of evidence for each criterion.
Begin writing. |
| January 15, 2004 |
Self-Study Committee Luncheon:
Keynote address by Ms. Mary Breslin, MCC Higher Learning
Commission liaison. |
| Spring 2004
|
Annual NCA
meeting in Chicago attended by MCC team including
representatives from steering committee.
Submit chapter working papers to resource team by
end of semester. |
| Summer 2004 |
Work on Self-Study
Report. |
| Fall 2004 |
Review completed
Report draft; revisions, updates and final edits. |
| December 2004 |
Report to
printer.
Prepare call for Third Party Comments. |
| January 2005 |
Submit final
Self-Study Report to Higher Learning Commission and
to visiting team. |
| January 2005 |
Enhance college-wide awareness
and launch preparations for the March visit. |
| January - February 2005 |
Create Resource Room Subcommittee,
prepare materials, arrange displays and set up resource
room. |
| February 2005 |
Make final visit arrangements. |
| March 7-9, 2005 |
Higher Learning
Commission Visit. |
