UT System Workshop

Aligning Institutional Planning and preparation for SACS Reaffirmation and Accreditation

October 25, 2005

 

Rationale and Purpose:

• SACS has published new principles which are not yet well understood by reviewers or institutions.
• We have heard that as much as 60 percent of the recommendations SACS makes on reaffirming an institution's accreditation will be based on its "institutional effectiveness" plan.
• The UT System would like to convene institutions that have recently or will soon undergo a SACS comprehensive evaluation, share knowledge and experience.

Topics:Interpreting and implementing SACS review requirements:

• What are current/anticipated SACS requirements for reaffirmation of accreditation (e.g., Institutional Effectiveness plan, Quality Enhancement Plans, learning assessment, etc.)?
• What is recent UT System institution knowledge and experience about new principles?
• What are or will UT System institutions doing to meet these requirements?
• This is always an iterative process for the accrediting agency and institutions. Together, we can share best practices and speed up our learning.

Alignment with planning and SACS preparation:

• How are UT System institutions aligning their preparation for SACS with their internal strategic and/or long-term planning processes and with the System’s Compact Process?
• What are some examples of new approaches to planning among UT System institutions?

Participants:

• Provosts / chief academic officers
• Administrators responsible for leading SACS preparation
• Administrators responsible for leading institutional strategic planning and Compact development
• Faculty representatives
• UT System administration representatives

 

Presentations from the Workshop:

	PowerPoint	PDF of Handout
Anticipating and Responding to SACS requirements
Suzanne LaBrecque, Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of North Texas	PPT	PDF
Student Learning Assessment
Pam Haws, Assistant Vice President and Director for Institutional Research and Planning, UT Arlington	PPT	PDF
Ana Maria Rodriguez, Associate Vice President, Undergraduate Studies, UT Pan American	PPT	PDF
Accreditation – Current Issues and New Directions
Margaret Sullivan, Director of Consulting Network, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools	none	none
Aligning SACS preparation and planning
Neal Armstrong, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, UT Austin	PPT	PDF
Rudy Guerrero, Assistant Vice President for Planning, UT Medical Branch	PPT	PDF
Adrienne Lang, Vice President for Center Programs, UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center	PPT	PDF
Steven Riter, Vice President for Information Resources and Planning, and Roy Mathew, Director for the Center for Institutional Evaluation, Research and Planning, UT El Paso	PPT	PDF
The Quality Enhancement Plan
Margaret Sullivan, SACS	none	none

 

 

Other Materials:

 

UT System Strategic Planning Framework (Proposal for 2005-06)

 

SACS Principles of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality Enhancement (PDF)

 

SACS web site