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