<p> Institutional Self-Study and Preparing for HLC Site Visit Overall Timeline and Action Plans (First developed 08/2013; updated 08/2015) Timeline Quality Assurance Activities Current Status Fall 2013 Open Pathway electronic portal training and set-up Completed: HLC portal is open and set up.</p><p>Spring 2014 Establish a core project team that will lead the gathering of Completed: evidence and upload to the electronic portal on an on-going (1) project team established basis (per HLC Open Pathway requirement). Members of the (2) team met on 04/24 steering committee can later on become the Self-Study (3) review Open Pathway and HLC criteria begins criterion team leaders.</p><p>Summer 2014 Team meets 1-2 times and begin to discuss broader strategy Team met on August 27 Fall 2014-Spring . Project team continues to meet Completed: 2015 . Begin to form criteria teams . Team met on September 25 . Training of criteria teams . Electronic portal access assigned . Team met twice during winter term . 8 team members for attending HLC conference March 28-31; Highlights submitted to the Provost . Summer 2015 work plan drafted . Summer 2015 . Select and Identify criterion team members Completed . Prepare for kicking off self-study process . Team members identified . A kick-off event was planned . Steering Committee Discussed overall communication, file sharing, and team work plans.</p><p>Fall 2015-Summer Self-Study begins Self-study kick-off event: 9:00-11:00am, Friday, 2017 (2 years) September 18, Welch 205.</p><p>October 2017 Quality Assurance Report in place; campus review begins</p><p>November 2017 All documents in place; submit to HLC</p><p>October/November Mock site visit (as needed, invite 2-3 HLC peer reviewers Possible dates: October 20th, 27th, or November 10th of 2017 from nearby institutions for a 1-day mock visit) 2016. December 2017 Establish a team for coordinating site visit logistics</p><p>November 2017- Preparing for site visit; final touch-ups March 2018</p><p>3 days between HLC Site Visit March-May 2018</p>