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Timeline

Spring 2004 Steering Committee selected.
Steering Committee chairs appointed.
Steering Committee convened.
Self-study model and approach chosen.
Summer 2004
Subcommittees convened.
Draft self-study design developed.
Steering Committee reviews draft self-study design.
Coordinating Committee reviews draft self-study design.
Fall 2004
Self-study design submitted to Middle States.
Middle States representatives conduct initial visit  to UMUC.
Subcommittees work on draft chapters for the self-study document.
Chairs convene public discussions on the self-study process.
Provost and his staff meet with faculty, staff, and others concerning the self-study process both stateside and overseas.
Resource room and self-study library developed.
Informative articles published on the self-study process in UMUC's newsletters and via e-mail.
Spring 2005
Subcommittees develop their draft self-study chapters.
The visiting team chair is selected.
Steering committee reviews draft self-study chapters from the subcommittees.
Coordinating committee reviews draft self-study document.
Subcommittees revise the draft chapters submitted based on feedback.
Summer 2005
Subcommittee chairs revise self-study chapters.
Self-study chapters reviewed by the steering and coordinating committees.
Draft self-study released to UMUC community for discussion/input.
Fall 2005
Self-study report reviewed/approved by steering and coordinating committees.
Submit approved, final self-study to the visiting team chair.
Revisions to self-study made as advised by the visiting team chair.
December 22, 2005
Final self-study document submitted to the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and to the UMUC Middle States Visiting Team.
February 17, 2006
Orientation for Middle States Visiting Team members traveling overseas.
March
3 - 14, 2006
Two members of the Middle States Visiting Team visit select UMUC Asia educational sites in Japan and South Korea.
March
5 - 11, 2006
Two members of the Middle States Visiting Team visit select UMUC Europe education sites in Germany and Italy.
April 2-5, 2006

Middle States Visiting Team arrives to conduct the self-study review and develop its report on UMUC's re-accreditation.
April 5, 2006
Middle States Visiting Team Chair delivers an oral report of the Team's findings to the UMUC's faculty, staff, and students.
June 22, 2006
The Middle States Commission on Higher Education holds its June meeting and  considers UMUC's accreditation status.

 

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