MIDDLE STATES COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION
2027 SELF-STUDY TIMELINE
2025
- Formation of the Steering Committee
- Formation of Working Groups
- Formation of Evidence Inventory Committee
- Development of Working Group-Specific Lines of Inquiry (LOI)
- Creating a Draft of the Self-Study Design (SSD)
2026
- January: Deliver Self-Study Design draft
- March 25: Self-Study Preparation Visit (SSPV)
- June 12: Submission of the final version of the SSD
- July: SSD acceptance
- Systematic collection, verification, and organization of evidence
- Analysis of qualitative and quantitative data
2027
- Continued analysis and verification of data and development of draft Self-Study text
- September 1: Submission of draft narrative chapters by Working Groups
- November: Team Chair Preliminary Visit
- Finalization and submission of the Self-Study Report and Evidence Inventory to MSCHE
2028
- Preparation for on-site visit
- Site visit to be scheduled before April 14
- June: Commission determines action