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Middle States Accreditation – update at Town Hall, 2/19/2014

Middle States Accreditation – update at Town Hall, 2/19/2014. Middle States Accreditation: Update at Town Hall Meeting February 19, 2014. Middle States Accreditation – update at Town Hall, 2/19/2014.

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Middle States Accreditation – update at Town Hall, 2/19/2014

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  1. Middle States Accreditation – update at Town Hall, 2/19/2014 Middle States Accreditation: Update at Town Hall Meeting February 19, 2014

  2. Middle States Accreditation – update at Town Hall, 2/19/2014 To meet criteria for accreditation we must demonstrate that SBU meets/surpasses the 14 Characteristics of Excellence • Key standards include: • Standard 11 – Educational Offerings • Standard 12 – General Education • Most frequently identified concerns are with: • Standard 2 – Planning, Resource Allocation & Institutional Renewal • Standard 7 – Institutional Assessment • Standard 14 – Assessment of Student Learning • A large majority of universities now receive some form of mandated follow-up action

  3. Middle States Accreditation – update at Town Hall, 2/19/2014 Process to this point • Early 2011: Decision to do a comprehensive self-study (first in 20 years and first ever in era of high scrutiny) • Fall 2011:Provost charged Steering Committee… .. to begin preparing plan for self-study eventually to be submitted by the President for the University, (while making first of ≈ 90 presentations to campus groups) • Spring 2012:Steering Cmte. writes self-study plan (approved by Middle States, May 2012)

  4. Middle States Accreditation – update at Town Hall, 2/19/2014 Process to this point (continued) • Fall 2012: Working Groups created, start working (≈ 85 faculty, staff, students and administrators) • Spring 2013:Working Groups intensify their work (seeking data and input across campus) • Summer 2013:Begin to merge into one document (co-chairs and MS Coordinator try to put the document into one voice, while seeking input to fill in gaps)

  5. Middle States Accreditation – update at Town Hall, 2/19/2014 Process to this point (continued) • Sept.-Oct. 2013: First draft readied (then sent to Provost for review and editing for content and tone; sent by the Provost to the President for his review) • Nov. 2013:Input/editing by senior administrators(leading to document submitted to Dr. Kirwan) • Dec. 2013:Dr. Kirwan visits; clears way for team visit

  6. Middle States Accreditation – update at Town Hall, 2/19/2014 Process to this point (continued) • Jan. 2014: Draft posted for public input (numerous omissions and errors pointed out and rectified) Jan. 2014: Continued editing (responding to input from senior leadership across campus, coordinated by the office of the Provost) • Feb. 2013:Final senior review, final copyediting (Provost obtains final input from senior leadership; text undergoes final stylistic checks) Document mailed to team

  7. Document Typical Page (with many data hyperlinks) Middle States Accreditation – update at Town Hall, 2/19/2014

  8. The SBU Middle States Wiki Middle States Accreditation – update at Town Hall, 2/19/2014

  9. Middle States Accreditation – update at Town Hall, 2/19/2014 From here… • Next 6 weeks: Continued planning and outreach - complete electronic and physical data rooms - finalize logistics and schedule for visit - increase awareness of visit via e-mail, web postings, two more town hall meetings in March • March 30 – April 2Middle States Team Site Visit

  10. Middle States Accreditation – update at Town Hall, 2/19/2014

  11. Middle States Accreditation – update at Town Hall, 2/19/2014 Schedule for visit: • divided (like the team) by Middle States Standard • designed to: • give time to meet with all key groups • allow for flexibility (so team members have an opportunity to see anything or meet with anyone in the university, as they see fit) • give all SBU community members access to the team • allow team members private work time

  12. CONCURRENT SESSIONS Middle States Accreditation – update at Town Hall, 2/19/2014

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  15. The climate for accreditation has changed dramatically in recent years, but we hope (and expect) to do well Middle States Accreditation – update at Town Hall, 2/19/2014

  16. Middle States Accreditation – update at Town Hall, 2/19/2014 The Self-Study report is available at: http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/middlestates index.html

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