· Self-Study Director and Steering Committee are selected and review basic SACS

· Documents. Director chairs committee.

· Self-Study subcommittees are selected and familiarize themselves with the relevant section(s) of the Criteria. Often Steering Committee members chair the subcommittees.

· Staff liaison officer (Dr. Ron Sheehy) from SACS visits (Nov. 6) to review preparedness and discuss the accreditation process with committees and the campus community.

· Self-Study Director attends SACS annual conference in December and participates in session for self-study directors.

· Self-Study Director joins a visiting review team as an observer at a similar institution that is undergoing its reaffirmation review.

· Instructions and timetables are prepared for the self-study subcommittees.

· Self-Study committees conduct inquiries, based on the must statements of the Criteria, into all facets of university activities.

· They then complete their committee reports and submit them to the director.

· Steering committee and director review reports and discuss with subcommittees as need be.

· Overall institutional Self-Study Report is compiled, edited, and distributed internally.

· Units respond to the report, indicating what has been done or is in progress to address recommendations and suggestions of the committees.

· Overall response document is compiled and edited and serves as an addendum.

· SACS names tentative visiting team and chair (institution may respond to selections).

· Self Study, Addendum, Planning/Assessment documents, and basic institutional documents (catalog, etc) are sent to each member of the visiting team and SACS liaison staff (probably earlier to staff and visiting committee chair).

· Logistical preparations are made for the visiting team’s transportation, lodging, interviews, and work space (the chair will probably visit the institution prior to the team visit).

· The team completes its draft report, including any recommendations based on the must statements, shares it orally in summary with the campus, and later provides a written document.

· The institution provides a written response to the report, indicating what it is doing and has in prospect to do to address any recommendations.

In December of 2003 at an assembly of representatives of institutions from throughout the SACS region, the Commission on Colleges will announce the status of UHV’s accreditation.