Team Visit
September 18 through 21, 2022
Overarching Principles
- Create the self-study within a shared governance framework
- Use existing faculty and administrative committees where possible
- Engage the entire campus and give frequent updates: refer to the website
Process Overview
- Assignment of Co-Chairs (faculty and VPs)
- Formation of Standards Committees
- Preparation of Description-Appraisal-Projection (DAP) forms
- Individual Standards’ DAP reviewed for feedback by President’s and Provost’s Advisory Committee and Deans’ Council
- Revision of standards based on feedback (Special Advisor and Assistant Provost working with appropriate committee)
- Review of collated draft standards by Academic Cabinet, Faculty Council, President’s Council
- Preparation of full narrative draft (Special Advisor and Assistant Provost)
- Compilation of statistical data (Institutional Research and Enrollment)
- Updates to Board of Trustees Academic Affairs Committee (Provost and deans)
- Editor reviews and standardizes draft narrative
- Review by Academic Cabinet and President's Council
- Review by Board of Trustees
- Post full draft on password-protected website for community review
- Submission of draft to NECHE for feedback
- Revisions made and final submission to the Commission
DRAFT Timeline: Spring 2021–Spring 2022
Fall 2020
- Prepare packets of materials by standard (2018, 2013 self-studies) — Accomplished
- Review NECHE letters and identify issues; focus on assessment efforts — Accomplished
- Discuss with Faculty Council and President’s Council — Accomplished
- Appoint Special Advisor to the Provost — Accomplished
Spring 2021
- Brief President’s Council, Identify Committees and Chairs, Create Website
- Work out timeline with DAPs, draft reviews, collation, narrative, identify writer/editor
Community Update
September 2021
- Provost Whelan and Special Advisor to the Provost Koundoura meet with SGA and GSA and ask for feedback on Standards 3,4,5
- Standards’ Data First Forms shared with staff for feedback
- Provost Whelan and Special Advisor to Provost Koundoura present NECHE Standards progress to Faculty Council and update Faculty Assembly
- Draft DAP’s sent to Presidential Advisory Committee for review and feedback
Key Committee update
October 2021
- Draft DAP’s sent to Presidential Advisory Committee for review and feedback
November 2021
- Draft DAP’s sent to Presidential Advisory Committee for review and feedback
December 2021
- Draft DAP’s sent to Presidential Advisory Committee for review and feedback
- Provost updates the Board of Trustees Academic Affairs Committee
- Revised drafts of DAP submitted to Special Advisor by committees
Draft of Self-Study Narrative Written, Reviewed, Updated, Shared with community
December 2021 through January 2022
- Self-Study Narrative drafted by Special Advisor to Provost
January 2022
- President’s Council and Faculty Council review draft
February 2022
- Self-Study Narrative updated
- Self-Study Narrative posted to Emerson protected site for comments by faculty, staff, students; Data-First and E-series forms updated
March 2022
- Internal comments period closes
Final Draft of Self-study
April 2022
- Request review of the draft by NECHEstaff
- Self-study updated; near final draft sent to Presidential Advisory Committee and Cabinet; near final draft sent to Board of Trustees for review in May meeting
May 2022
- All data links checked and formatting of self-study completed
June 2022
- Deadline for final self-study and supporting materials; Visiting team Chair preliminary visit
August 2022
- Self-Study, accompanying materials, affirmation of compliance, supporting documents, and appendices sent to NECHE (4 paper copies and single searchable PDF) and to each member of the visiting team
- Emerson accreditation announcement providing opportunity for public comment
Site Visit, Report, Response
September 18 to 21, 2022
- NECHE Comprehensive Evaluation Site Visit
October to November
- Draft report from visiting team chair sent to NECHE. Draft reviewed and sent to Emerson College President
November to December
- Emerson response to visiting team report
Winter 2022 to Spring 2023
- Public Comment; NECHE Review & Decision
