4-22-04 NCA Update
CA Self-Study Report Draft Available for Comment A draft of the self-study
report UNC is preparing as part of its NCA accreditation review is available
online for the campus community. A team of consultant evaluators from the Higher
Learning Commission of the North Central Association (NCA) will be on campus
Sept. 20-22. The draft self-study report has been written with input from the
NCA Steering Committee, criterion subcommittees and writing team. The report
is under revision to sharpen its focus, increase evaluative comments about the
university's fulfillment of NCA criteria, update the document with developments
from Charting the Future, reduce redundancies, eliminate errors, add index codes
and verify Web sites, create a consistent style, and improve the document's
readability. Editing will continue until the document is ready for submission
this July. A link to the intranet PDF document is available on UNC's NCA self-study
Web site at www.unco.edu/nca. Your comments and suggestions are welcome. Please
send any comments on the draft report to <debra.fliethman@unco.edu>
by May 8, 2004.
1-12-04 NCA Update
The NCA Writing Team is nearing completion of a draft Self-Study Report to share with campus. Several meetings to collect input on the draft are scheduled. The Steering Committee will meet for an update from noon-1 p.m. Jan. 21 and to discuss the draft from noon-1 p.m. Feb. 2, both in Tobey-Kendel's Peggy Haines Room. Two brown bag lunch forums, open to all of campus and the community, are scheduled for noon-1 p.m. on Feb. 10 and 11 in the University Center, Columbine A. Cookies and drinks will be provided. The NCA site team will be at UNC Sept. 22-24.
2-24-04 NCA Update
A draft of the NCA self-study report is being edited in preparation for
its review by the UNC campus. The NCA Writing Team has completed a narrative
draft and is presently taking recommendations from other members of the
NCA Steering Committee. The Writing Team anticipates that the draft will
be available for campus review in March. The draft document will undergo
a series of revisions until it is ready for submission to NCA. A team
of NCA consultant evaluators will be on campus Sept. 20-22, 2004. Two
brown bag lunch forums, open to the campus and community, are scheduled
for noon-1 p.m. on Feb. 10 and 11 in the University Center, Columbine
A. Cookies and drinks will be provided.