The University of Texas at Arlington
SACS Reaffirmation 2007
Project Timeline

Fall 2004/Spring 2005

• President and Provost identify SACS Leadership Team
• President and Provost introduce QEP process to deans, chairs and faculty
• President and Provost hold strategic conversations with deans, chairs, faculty, and staff
• President and Provost host Planning Retreat for deans (April 2005)

Summer 2005

• Provost and deans complete initial stages of work on university strategic plan
• Leadership Team attends SACS orientation in Atlanta (June 2005)
• SACS Liaison submits “Institutional Summary Form” to SACS (June 2005)
• Provost identifies Compliance Certification Coordinator (June 2005)
• Provost identifies QEP Coordinator (June 2005)

Fall 2005

• Campus community gives input on QEP topic (September/October 2005)

- Faculty online survey using potential topics identified through strategic conversations in Fall 2004
- Faculty Focus groups
- Unit Faculty Meetings /Presentations
- Deans Council
- Faculty Senate
- Undergraduate Assembly
- Student Congress

• Campus community reviews draft of university strategic plan (September/October 2005)
• Compliance Certification Coordinator identifies Compliance Certification Subcommittee Coordinators (September    2005)
• Compliance Certification Coordinator selects and hires webmaster (September 2005)
• SACS webmaster begins developing web site for reaffirmation project
• Compliance Certification Coordinator and assistant add Fall 2005 faculty and graduate students to Faculty Roster to be submitted to SACS in Fall 2006 (December 2005 – February 2006)
• QEP topic identified (November 2005)
• Deans and QEP Coordinator identify QEP team members (December 2005)
• Compliance Certification Subcommittees complete initial drafts • of reports for each core requirement and comprehensive standard (December 1)
• SACS Leadership Team attends annual meeting of SACS/COC (December 2005)

Spring 2006

• SACS Leadership Team schedules dates for Staff Consultant visit
• President, Provost and Deans complete of final version of university strategic plan (February 2006)
• QEP Steering Committee submits RFP to solicit pre-proposals for QEP projects from UTA Academic Community (February /March 2006)
• Internal Audit conducts checks of unit documentation of faculty credentials
• Compliance Certification Coordinator conducts workshop on writing faculty justification statements
• Compliance Certification Coordinator and Support Team develop online reference library for Compliance Certification document
• QEP Coordinator observes On-Site Review at Middle Tennessee State University (March 21 – 23, 2006)
• QEP Steering Committee submits draft outline of QEP to UTA Academic Community for comment (April 2006)
• Compliance Certification Subcommittees complete second drafts for each core requirement and comprehensive standard (April 1)
• Compliance Certification Subcommittees complete final drafts for each core requirement and comprehensive standard (May 31)
• Compliance Certification Coordinator and assistant add any new Spring 2006 faculty and graduate teaching assistants to Faculty Roster to be submitted to SACS in Fall 2006 (April/May 2006)
• QEP Team identifies potential QEP reviewers (May 2006)
• SACS Leadership Team selects SACS Editor

Summer 2006

• Staff Consultant visits
• QEP Team completes initial draft of QEP (August 2006)
• QEP Coordinator contacts potential QEP reviewers
• Compliance Certification Coordinator, assistant and webmaster complete online reference library for Compliance Certification document (August 2006)
• Compliance Certification Team, SACS editor and webmaster complete electronic version of Compliance Certification document (August 2006)
• Compliance Certification Coordinator and assistant add any new Summer 2006 faculty and graduate teaching assistants to Faculty Roster to be submitted to SACS in Fall 2006 (July/August 2006)

Fall 2006

• QEP Steering Committee submits draft to UTA Academic community for comment (September 2006)
• Compliance Certification document due to SACS (September 8, 2006)
• Liaison sends email to SACS staff members indicating preferred method of receiving findings from Off-Site Committee, e.g., email, US Post, conference call review at COC office in Decatur, GA (October 2006)
• SACS Off-Site Committee reviews Compliance Certification (November 6-9, 2006)
• SACS discloses findings from the Report of the Off-Site Review Committee (after November 20, 2006)
• QEP Team completes final version of QEP document (December 1, 2006)
• Compliance Certification Coordinator and SACS Leadership Team begin preparation of Focused Report (December 1, 2006)
• UTA representatives attend SACS Annual Meeting in Miami (December 9 – 12, 2006)
• SACS Leadership Team submits to SACS the names of individuals confirmed to serve as QEP reviewers (no later than December 31, 2006)

Spring 2007
• QEP Document sent to SACS (January 15, 2007)
• Certification Compliance Coordinator and SACS Leadership Team submit Focused Report and to SACS (January 15, 2007)
• SACS On-Site Review Committee conducts visit (February 26, 2007 – March 2, 2007)
• SACS Leadership Team receives report of On-Site Review Committee
• SACS Leadership Team prepares and submits response to report of On-Site Review Committee

Fall 2007

• Commission on Colleges reaffirms UTA accreditation at Annual Meeting in New Orleans (December 8 – 11, 2007)