Because NCA is changing the "Criteria for Accreditation" and eliminating the old General Institutional Requirements, institutions in the 2003 - 2004 cycle are preparing their Self-Study under the old guidelines. Institutions in the 2004 - 2005 cycle may use either the old or new guidelines, and those institutions in the 2005 - 2006 cycle (including NDSU) will follow the new guidelines.

For more information about the NCA's guidelines, see  http://www.ncacihe.org/

The site-visit for Concordia College is scheduled for November, 2003 and their reaccreditation information is available for public access. The URL for their information is: http://www.cord.edu/dept/registrar/catalog97/ataglance.html

The University of Colorado's site-visit was in April, 2000.  They were writing to the old Criteria and their reaccreditation Web-page has a different look.  The link to their site is:http://www.colorado.edu/Chancellor/SelfStudy/index.html

The University of Oklahoma was one of the relatively few institutions reaccredited during the 2001 - 2002 cycle that were not required to have a focused visit or write a focused report.  They may have been among the first to make a Virtual Resource Room available.  The link to their information is:
http://www.ou.edu/ncaselfstudy/


The University of Wyoming is another institution that addressed the old Criteria.  Only their Self-Study document is readily available and the HTML version has active links to additional material.  The link for their Self-Study document is:
http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/NCA/Selfstudy/self.htm

The University of Arizona's site-visit was in February, 2000 and their approach may be of interest.  Please note that their Self-Study document is rather large. http://www.library.arizona.edu/nca/overview2.htm


The links and short descriptions shown here are only a few of the many examples that are available.  To conduct a search, use the following keywords: 
NCA + "Self-Study" often provide numerous "hits".  Happy hunting!!!

Updated: May 30, 2006 3:27 PM

The following links also relate to accreditation:

  Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association  (NCA-HLC)

  Council For Higher Education Accreditation   (CHEA)

  U.S. Department of Education  

  National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC)

  Educational Resources Information Center   (ERIC)

  North Dakota University System  (NDUS)

 

Documents of Interest

  The Higher Education Act (1998)

 

Last update: June 15, 2006 10:30 AM