The SACS Reaffirmation Process Overview and Update

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The SACS Reaffirmation Process Overview and Update
Clayton College State UniversityA Senior
Member of The University System of Georgia
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The SACS Reaffirmation Process
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Prepare and Submit the Compliance Report - August
8, 2003
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Receive the Verbal Off-Site Committee Report -
October 17, 2003
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Prepare the Focused Report - October 18, 2003
February 3, 2004
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Submit the Focused Report and Quality Enhancement
Plan February 9, 2004
Receive the On-Site Committee - April 12-14, 2004
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Preparations for the On-Site Committee Visit

• Roster of Instructional Staff, Spring 2004
• Logistics Committee
• Transportation
• Housing
• Clerical Support
• Meeting Rooms
• Meals
• Visit Itinerary
• Technology Committee
• Notebook Computers
• Printer Access
• Network and Internet Issues

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The Itinerary for the On-Site Committee Visit
April 11-12 Committee Members Arrive at Eagles
Landing Inn April 12, 100 p.m. Off-Campus
Organizational Meeting April 13, 900 a.m.
On-Campus Meeting with Clayton State Leadership
Team April 13, 1000 a.m. 500 p.m. On-Campus
Interviews and Meetings April 14, 900 a.m.
100 p.m. On-Campus Interviews and
Meetings April 14, 100 p.m. Exit Interview with
President April 14, 130 p.m. Exit Interview
with SACS Team
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The On-Site CommitteeApril 12-14, 2004
Dr. Carl A. Backman (Chair) Associate Vice
President for Academic Affairs The University of
West Florida Dr. Leslie E. Barnes-Young Director,
Academic Advising Retention Francis Marion
University Dr. Alan V. Bielen Assistant Director
Facilities Services Florida Gulf Coast
University Dr. Shirley F. Manigault Director of
Honors Program Winston-Salem State University
Dr. Blanche L. Premo-Hopkins Associate Professor
of Philosophy University of South Carolina -
Aiken Dr. Warren P. Self Vice President for
Academic Affairs Radford University Dean Myrtle
H. Williams Associate Provost St. Petersburg
College, Florida
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The On-Site CommitteeApril 12-14, 2004
Dr. David A. Carter (SACS Liason) Associate
Executive Director Commission on Colleges
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Dr.
James E. Watkins (Observer) Vice President of
Academic Affairs Sullivan University
Dr. Julia Pet-Armacost (Consultant) Assistant
Vice President for Information, Planning, and
Assessment University of Central Florida Dr.
Gwendolyn Dungy (Consultant) Executive Director
National Association of Student Personnel
Administrators
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The Quality Enhancement Plan Themes and Goals

• Student Success and Faculty Development

Goal 1 To establish ongoing faculty development
programs related to student success. Goal 2 To
implement instructional strategies that promote
student success.

• Intervention and Faculty/Staff Involvement

Goal 1 To establish institutional policies,
procedures, and priorities that maximize student
success. Goal 2 To implement methods for early
detection and remediation of at-risk
students. Goal 3 To involve faculty, staff, and
students in providing academic assistance for
at-risk students.

• Mentoring and Advisement

Goal 1 To improve the knowledge level of
advisors Goal 2 To improve freshman
advisement/orientation Goal 3 To improve the
uses of technology in the advisement of
students. Goal 4 To enhance student success
through increased faculty-student interaction
outside classroom.
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The Quality Enhancement Plan Educating the
Community

• Administrative Council Presentation

• Faculty Meeting Presentation

• Department Head Meeting Presentation

• Deans Meeting Presentation

• Provosts Web Site

• Unit Presentations