Process Update

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Reaffirmation of Accreditation
Process Update Prepared for the Accreditation
Steering Committee Concordia University
Texas February 15, 2008
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Todays Agenda

• Opening Prayer
• Chairs Opening Remarks Tom Cedel
• Overview Discussion about On-Site Visit Gary
  Belcher
• Due Date Milestone Summary
• Access to reports
• On Site Committee Membership
• On-Site Preliminary Agenda
• Quality Enhancement Plan Don Christian
• QEP Summary
• Socializing the QEP to the Concordia Community
• Decision Items for the On-Site Visit Tom and
  Gary
• Things to do
• SWOT Analysis
• Closing Thoughts - Tom

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Due Dates Milestone Events

• Compliance report submitted Aug 31st
• Off-site Committee review completed Sep 2007
• Results of the off-site committee review received
  Nov 26, 2007
• Focus report (optional) -- our amplification for
  areas not assessed by the off-site committee as
  in compliance Feb 4th 2008
• Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) sent Feb 4th 2008
• On-site visit March 18th-20th, 2008
• Rebuttal period TBD, but typically within a few
  weeks of the on-site visit
• SACS-COC review December 5th - 8th, 2008
• Results of Reaffirmation will be announced Dec
  8th, 2008

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Compliance Report Focus Report(including
Off-site results) Quality Enhancement Plan

• Fully accessible in WebCT via Concordia
  homepageselect WebCT under the faculty or
  current student tabs (user guide provided at the
  end)
• Your Student ID CTX (all capital letters)
• Your Password review (all lower case
  letters)

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On-site Committee

• Committee Chair Dr. Linda Salane, Columbia
  College, SC
• Members
• Dr. Beverly Farrell, Our Lady of the Lake
  College, LA
• Ms. Mary Harrington, University of Mississippi
• Dean Eric Hartman, University of the South, TN
• SACS Rep Dr. Joseph Silver, Sr.
• QEP Evaluators
• Dr. Kenneth Haugk, Executive Dir, Stephen
  Ministries
• Dr. Evans Whitaker, Pres., Anderson Univ, SC

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On-site Agenda

• Tuesday, March 18
• 200-300 Committee meets with the Steering
  Committee
• 300-330 Dr. Salane Dr. Silver meet with Dr.
  Cedel
• 300-500
• Committee examines the 15 areas turned over by
  the Off-site Committee
• Committee reviews the 15 areas now required for
  SACS compliance with DOE
• Committee begins review of the QEP with Dr.
  Christian Dr. Brigham
• Interviews as desired by the committee
• 500 Committee departs campus
• 630 Dinner

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On-site Agenda

• Wednesday, March 19
• 830-930 Committee meets in executive session on
  campus
• 930-1030 Committee meets with our QEP Committee
  for Q A
• 1030-1200 Interviews with focus groups
  identified prior to visitwill include faculty,
  administration, staff and students to examine
  focus, capacity, assessment and involvement with
  QEP
• 1200-100 Lunch
• 100-300 Committee meets in executive session on
  campus
• 300-430 Committee resolves outstanding issues
• 630 Dinner

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On-site Agenda

• Thursday, March 20
• 915-930 Dr. Salane Dr. Silver meet with Dr.
  Cedel
• 930-1030 Exit Conference

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QEP

• Initiative 1 The Physical Learning Environment
• Multi-use spaces
• Design of spaces
• Sufficient technology
• Initiative 2 Staff Development around Leadership
• On-going leadership training
• Leadership mentoring program
• Recognizing and celebrating leadership
  development
• Initiative 3 Intentional Leadership Pieces
• Leadership seminar program
• Redesign SLA
• Center of Leadership

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Socializing the QEP

• Open Forums (30-45 minutes each)
• In conjunction with compliance report?
• Through the Presidents office
• 3-4 of these over next three weeks
• Meetings
• With administrative and academic councils
• With departments and administrative groups
• With west campus personnel
• Classroom Visits
• Week of March 3-7
• 5-minute talk on what the QEP is
• 4-5 people who can do this

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Socializing the QEP

• Print Material
• Flyers lining out the main points
• Posters around campus
• Article in Connections
• E-mail blitz March 5 and March 17
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• Other questions to answer
• Off-site communication plan
• Communicating with non-traditional students
• Who takes ownership of working the plan?

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Things to Do

• Detailed reading of the Compliance Report, Focus
  Report, and QEP
• Depth of knowledge on 15 areas addressed in the
  Focus Report
• Particular attention to 2.5, 2.8, 4.1, and 4.5
• Solid knowledge in
• 2.10 3.2.8 3.3.1 3.4.3 3.4.11 3.10.3,
  3.11.3 and 4.1 thru 4.7
• Complete understanding of the QEP, including
  budget assessment
• Select hotelplan for dinners, transportation,
  working accommodations on campus, and focus
  groups
• IT support for the committee

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SWOT Analysis

• Strengths
• Approach we have taken and hard work to get where
  we are
• Best-construct narratives in the Compliance and
  Focus Reports
• Weaknesses
• 3.3.1 and 3.5.4 (partial compliance)
• Measurement of Student Achievement
• Library and Student Affairs staffing
• Academic Program Coordination
• QEP knowledge
• Opportunities
• Hospitality First Impressions/Personal
  Relationships
• New campus and the Strategic Future
• Threats
• Faculty Roster
• Assessment Plans
• QEP budget assessment plan

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Closing Thoughts

• Weve drawn a balanced, professional on-site
  team, predominately from peer institutions in
  terms of governance, size, and mission
• Weve strongly argued a case for compliance in 78
  of 80 areas, and have made progress in the
  remaining 2.
• Tone of the on-site is going to be set by
  interaction with the leadership team, faculty,
  staff and students
• Our challenge is to be better informed about US
  than the committee isthey have already made more
  than 80 visits into the WebCT content!

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Thank You

Off-site Review
Compliance Report

Focus Report QEP
On-site Visit

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Navigating WebCT
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Select the course Accreditation 2008
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