• Identify Self-Study goals
  • Identify Self-Study co-chairs, Steering Committee, and Working Groups
  • Working Group leads begin inviting key stakeholders to participate in Self-Study

  • Complete the 2024 Self-Study Institute
  • Attend Middle States Conference - Philadelphia, PA
  • Initial planning and scheduling of a video call with MSCHE Vice President liaison to discuss the Self-Study Design.
  • Decision on hosting a fall or spring Self-Study team visit (fall selected).
  • Working Groups provide co-chairs with a list of necessary documents, data, or additional resources.
  • Begin drafting Self-Study Design.

  • Host Self-Study Preparation one-day visit with MSCHE VP liaison (April 1, 2025)
  • Acceptance or revision of Self-Study Design.
  • Working Groups begin drafting report and share updates with the Steering Committee.

  • Working Groups continue drafting report and share updates with the Steering Committee.
  • First draft report due from the Working Groups: August 1st, 2025

  • Working Groups hold open forums with the campus community to receive feedback.
  • Final draft is due from Working Groups: December 1st, 2025
  • Attend Middle States Conference – Philadelphia, PA: December 10-12, 2025

  • Self-Study draft written and shared with President’s Cabinet: February 1st, 2026
  • Steering Committee open forum with entire community to receive feedback and revise draft.
  • MSCHE assembles the Self-Study co-chairs and evaluation team and selects visit date.

  • Self-Study Draft sent to campus for comment: March 1st, 2026
  • Self-Study draft sent to Team Visit Chair two weeks before Team Chair preliminary visit: May 15th, 2026
  • Preliminary visit by Middle States team chair (3-4 months before team visit).
  • Steering Committee finalizes draft based on Team Chair visit.

  • Submit/upload Final Self-Study and data six weeks before visit: August 1st, 2026
  • Self-Study visit (Sunday night – Wednesday morning).
  • Team Draft Report within 14 calendar days of the conclusion of the team visit.
  • Institution’s corrections to draft within five calendar days of receipt of the draft report.
  • Team Final Report within five calendar days of receipt of the corrected draft.
  • Formal Institutional Response within seven calendar days of the final report being uploaded.
  • Self-Study Team Chair uploads confidential brief to the MSCHE portal within five days of institutional response.
  • 1-2 months after brief is submitted to MSCHE, the Team chair attends the meeting of the Commission’s Committee on Evaluation reports.
  • Committee recommends action to MSCHE.
  • Attend Middle States Conference