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Fall 2007 - after fall break
- Final implementation of Digital Measures Activity Insight; faculty members and department chairs enter information for fall semester faculty rosters.
- Full implementation of WEAVEonline; department chairs and unit administrators enter academic assessment plans and unit alignment plans.
- Final linking of the syllabi database, transcript database (if necessary), and other databases as needed for SACS reporting and review purposes.
- Compliance committees continue to gather data and conduct analyses for the Compliance Certification.
- Collection of key documents for submission:
- Faculty rosters for fall semester submitted via Digital Measures. (November 26 deadline)
- Revised/updated drafts of academic program assessment plans for fall 2006 - spring 2008 are completed and ready to be entered into WEAVEonline by Feb. 1. (WEAVEonline available now!)
- Unit alignment plans to be entered into WEAVEonline at an as yet indefinite date after WEAVEonline's final implementation.
- The chief writer/editor, with the guidance of the SACS Leadership Team, drafts portions of the Compliance Certification as the committees submit their analyses and conclusions.
- Final selection of NKU's QEP topic will be followed by the selection/recruitment of a QEP Development Team whose members will be invited to participate because of their expertise related to the QEP topic. (QEP topic selected November 12.)
- Vice Provost Moynahan, SACS Liaison Lepper, Faculty Coordinator Robertson, QEP Team Chair Zachery, Compliance Audit Chair Marquis, and SACS Analyst Kiskaden attend the SACS annual meeting in December.
Spring 2008
- Continuation of work on the Compliance Certification and the QEP.
- Collection of key documents for submission including:
- January 28 - Course syllabi for spring semester submitted via Digital Measures
- Feb. 1 - Assessment plans for academic programs and other departments submitted via WEAVEonline.
- March 3 - Faculty rosters for spring semester submitted via Digital Measures
- April 11 - Compliance committees complete their analyses and turn the last of their compiled information and documentation over to the SACS report writer for preparation of the Compliance Certification.
Summer 2008
- Completion of writing and editing of Compliance Certification document by the writer.
- Review of the Compliance Certification by the committees and final polish editing.
- July 1 - Departmental submission via WEAVEonline of follow-up reports based on their 2006-08 academic program assessment plans.
- July 1 - Submission via WEAVEonline of new academic program assessment plans for the period of fall 2008 through spring 2010.
- Aug. 15 - Draft version of the QEP is completed and ready for campus-wide distribution and discussion.
Fall 2008
- Collection of key documents for submission including:
- Sept. 1 - Course syllabi for fall semester submitted via Digital Measures
- Sept. 1 - Faculty rosters for fall semester submitted via Digital Measures
- Sept. 8 - Compliance Certification shipped to SACS to arrive by the Sept. 10 due date.
- Nov. 3-6 - Off-site review of NKU's Compliance Certification in Atlanta.
- Nov. 17-21 - Conference call with the SACS staff regarding the findings of the Off-Site Review Team.
- Nov. 21 - QEP Abstract due to SACS. (New requirement added during Atlanta orientation, 6/11/07.)
- Final editing and internal review of the Quality Enhancement Plan.
- Preparation of a follow-up Focused Report to response to the Off-Site Review Team's findings.
- Preparation for the campus visit of the On-Site Peer Review Team.
Spring 2009
- Jan. 9 - Submission of the Quality Enhancement Plan and Focused Report.
- Jan. 15 - Identification of the lead evaluator for the QEP and the On-Site Review Team.
- Feb. 23-27 - On-Site Peer Review Team visits the NKU campus.
- Receipt of report from the On-Site Peer Review Team.
Summer 2009
- Preparation and submission of follow-up responses to the On-Site Peer Review Team's report.
December 8, 2009
- SACS Commission on Colleges announces its final determination regarding reaffirmation of NKU's accreditation.
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Fall semester 2007 - before fall break
- Installation, testing, and data-loading of Digital Measures Activity Insight software for collecting and reporting information about faculty activities (Completed).
- Installation and initial testing of WEAVEonline software for assessment and strategic planning (Completed).
- Completed recruiting compliance committee members and got all seven committees to work gathering data and conducting analyses for the Compliance Certification (Completed).
- Electronically collected more than 2,200 course syllabi for fall semester on schedule by August 31. (This database of syllabi will, at a later date, be linked to Digital Measures.)
- Opting for early retirement, Dr. Michael Turney left the position of faculty coordinator for SACS reaffirmation.
- Dr. Douglas Robertson accepts position of faculty coordinator for SACS reaffirmation.
Summer 2007
- June 11 - Members of NKU's SACS Leadership Team met with SACS officials in Atlanta to receive final guidelines and deadlines for NKU's reaffirmation.
- Continued to select and recruit compliance committee chairs.
- Continued collecting and reviewing past-due documents initially requested during fall 2006 and spring 2007, including course syllabi, faculty rosters, and academic department's program assessment plans.
- Provided individual feedback and hands-on "consulting services" to department chairs and others who requested help with their faculty rosters, syllabi, and/or assessment plans.
- Developed "toolkits," FAQs, a SACS SharePoint site, and other online resources to assist committee members, department chairs, and other administrators in preparing SACS-related materials such as faculty rosters and assessment plans.
- Prepared templates, identification and authorization of users and access levels, and worked with the vendors to adapt Digital Measures Activity Insight and WEAVEonline software to meet NKU needs.
Spring 2007
- A lively and well-attended "First Friday" celebration launched campus-wide discussions of possible QEP topics. Additional suggestions and comments were shared via Blackboard and e-mail throughout the first half of the semester. A series of open public discussions were then held before the QEP Theme & Concept Committee narrowed the final topic choices to five and presented them to President Votruba.
- Continuing conversations with other recently-reaffirmed SACS institutions helped refine and shape NKU's procedures for completing our Compliance Certification and led us to the software options that are now being implemented. Digital Measures Activity Insight will be used to prepare Faculty Rosters, and Centrieva's WEAVEonline will be used for both strategic planning and academic program assessment.
- The first round of collecting key documents such as faculty rosters and departmental assessment plans that will henceforth be collected on a recurring basis for Compliance Certification was successful for some but not all academic departments.
- Faculty rosters that were submitted were reviewed and returned to the departments to help them identify and correct potential weaknesses in their reporting of faculty credentials and future faculty hiring.
- Inter-divisional discussions were initiated to further integrate university-wide strategic planning, admininstrative unit planning, and assessment planning related to student learning outcomes.
- Additional committee chairs were recruited to serve on compliance committees.
- Membership of the SACS Leadership Team was finalized.
Fall 2006
- Dr. Michael Turney, professor of communication, assumed the role of NKU faculty coordinator for SACS reaffirmation.
- Presented overviews of SACS Reaffirmation and the QEP process to various faculty, staff, and administrative groups.
- Established an appropriate committee structure for Compliance Certification (7 committees) and the QEP (3 committees), and then recruited chairs for each committee.
- Began to develop member recruiting lists in consultation with the committee chairs.
- Attempted to collect "trial run" documents similar to those that will be needed for Compliance Certification for preliminary review and internal analysis, as well as to test collection procedures and determine potential problem areas.
- Academic Program Assessment Plans in draft form
- Course syllabi with student learning objectives from fall 2006
- Faculty rosters for fall 2006
- Began accepting suggestions for QEP themes and concepts.
- Fine-tuned a Blackboard "class site" to be used for campus-wide discussions of QEP ideas.
- Reformatted and continued to expand the NKU SACS Reaffirmation Web site.
- Vice Provost Moynahan, SACS Liaison Lepper, and Faculty Coordinator Turney represented NKU as participants in the SACS Annual Meeting in December.
Spring/summer 2006
- Began introducing the new SACS reaffirmation processes
to the university community.
- Preliminary development of a Web site and online support system for the
reaffirmation of accreditation project.
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