Compliance Certification Timeline
To develop the Compliance Certification report, the following timeline was established.
Spring 2017
- Institutional Effectiveness staff prepares proposed strategy for Compliance Certification completion
- President’s Cabinet reviews process and timeline
- President’s Cabinet names the Leadership Team
Summer 2017
- Institutional Effectiveness staff prepares preliminary compliance narratives
Fall 2017
- Leadership Team finalizes strategy and assignments for completing Compliance Certification narratives
- Owners of Compliance Standards prepare preliminary Compliance Certification narrative drafts
Spring 2018
- Members of Leadership Team participate in Class Orientation session (January 26th)
- Owners of Compliance Standards complete preliminary Compliance Certification narrative drafts
- Leadership Team meets with Quality Enhancement Plan consultant
Summer 2018
- External consultant reviews Compliance Certification narratives
Fall 2018
- Leadership Team hosts visit from SACSCOC Vice President, Dr. Baird Owners of Compliance Standards edit narratives based external review feedback
- SACSCOC Liaison participates in Class of 2021 Orientation session
Spring 2019
- Owners of Compliance Standards ensure that required documents are updated (i.e., policies, organization charts, handbooks)
- Owners of select Compliance Standards edit narratives based on external feedback (Library and Learning/Information Resources & Financial and Physical Resources)
- Owners of Compliance Standards provide preliminary documentation
- Technical support staff work with owners of standards to develop rosters of faculty/staff and data tables
Summer 2019
- Leadership Team addresses unresolved issues with the Compliance Certification Report
- Institutional Effectiveness tests print and electronic versions of Compliance Certification Report
Fall 2019
- Owners of Compliance Standards finalize all Compliance Certification narratives
- Owners of Compliance Standards provide all documentation (except for 2019-2020 data)
- Owners finalize rosters and data tables
Spring 2020
- Owners of Compliance Standards add spring data and finalize documentation
- Institutional Effectiveness reviews and finalizes Compliance Documentation
Summer 2020
- Editor provides technical review of all narratives and documentation
- Owners of Compliance Certification standards sign-off on final version
- Institutional Effectiveness publishes electronic versions of Compliance Certification Report
- Institutional Effectiveness drafts correspondence for submission of Compliance Certification Report
Fall 2020
- Institutional Effectiveness submits Compliance Certification documents to SACSCOC
- President receives results of SACSOC off-site review
- Owners of Compliance Standards prepare Focus Reports on Compliance Standards not deemed “in compliance” by the SACSCOC off-site review team
Sping 2021
- Owners of Compliance Standards finalize Focus Reports on Compliance Standards not deemed “in compliance” by the SACSCOC off-site review team
- Institutional Effectiveness submits Focus Reports and Quality Enhancement Plan six weeks prior to scheduled on-site review (approximately February 12)
- Leadership Team prepares for on-site review
- Leadership Team and QEP Development Team hosts on-site review (March 30 – April 1)
Summer 2021
- Draft and vet monitoring reports for Compliance Certification, as necessary
Fall 2021
- Submit monitoring reports for Compliance Certification, as necessary
- Receive results of review at SACSCOC Annual Meeting
Spring 2027
- Submit Fifth-Year Interim Report