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

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

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)

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)

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

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

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

Document Typical Page (with many data hyperlinks)

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

The SBU Middle States Wiki

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 2 Middle States Team Site Visit

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

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

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

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

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, 2/19/2014

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

The Self-Study report is available at:

http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/middlestates

index.html