Year	Month	Date, if applicable	Task
2000	AUGUST		Appointment of Self-Study Director
			Appointment of Steering Committee (to include resource people)
			Designation of space for Self-Study Office
			Develop FY 2000-01 budget (budgets for 2001-02 and 2002-03 will be developed later)
			Notify SACS representative John Dwyer of appointment of Self-Study Director
			President submits Director’s name for Visiting Committee Registry
			Discuss with Tim Smith, Computer Services resource person, the development of a SACS web page.
			President announces Directors for Self-Study at Annual Faculty/Staff meeting
			Directors develop Self-Study timeline
2000	SEPTEMBER		Director contacts John Dwyer for date for “kick-off” orientation meeting in November
			President notifies Steering Committee members of their appointments
		19	Initial Steering Committee meeting – President charges Committee
		25	Complete registrations for Steering Committee members to attend Regional SACS meeting in October and for SACS annual meeting in Atlanta, December 3 – 6
2000	OCTOBER		Steering Committee members nominate candidates for Sub-Committee Chairs
			Sub-Committee Chairs are named and notified by the President
			Steering Committee meets with Sub-Committee Chairs to provide their charge and to orient them to the task at hand
			Sub-Committee members are appointed by Steering Committee with input from Sub-Committee Chairs
			Steering Committee develops preliminary procedures for an initial “must statement audit compliance” by all JSU units (this serves as the “find and fix” phase of the Self-Study)
		12	Steering Committee members attend Regional SACS meeting
			Prepare Self-Study Manual

2000	NOVEMBER		(early in November) Meeting of all JSU unit heads for orientation to the procedures and format for the Audit Report.  (Audit Reports due to Steering Committee no later than December 15th)
		16	“Kick-Off” Orientation by John Dwyer for President, President’s Cabinet, Steering Committee, and University Forum (with Dean’s and Department Heads included).
			Principal Committees meet to plan strategy and identify needs
		23	SACS Web Site up and running
2000	DECEMBER	3 - 6	Attend SACS Annual Meeting in Atlanta
		15	Audit Reports due from all JSU units
2001	JANUARY		Steering Committee and Principal Committees review Audit Reports.  Units are notified of deficiencies and must remediate any identified deficiencies.
2001	JANUARY - MARCH		Principal Committees and Sub-Committees develop unit Self-Study procedures and format.
2001	APRIL		Orientation of unit Self-Study procedures and format
2001	APRIL – NOVEMBER		Units conduct Self-Studies
2001	NOVEMBER	15	Self-Study Reports due from all JSU units
2002	NOVEMBER 2001 – APRIL 2002		Sub-Committees review unit Self-Studies and write initial draft of their reports.  Principal Committees review initial drafts written by Sub-Committees and write report to present to Steering Committee.  Steering Committee reviews reports from Principal Committees.  Edits, revision, etc. will take place during these reviews.
2002	MAY 2002 – AUGUST 2002		Editors review and revise as necessary
2002	SEPTEMBER		Draft prepared for distribution to University community via SACS web site.
2002	OCTOBER		Revisions are made to Report based on feedback from review by University community
			Get feedback from units regarding deficiencies that have been remediated.
2002	NOVEMBER		Steering Committee completes final Self-Study Report
2002	DECEMBER		Prepare Addendum to Self-Study Report based on feedback from units.

2003	JANUARY		Contact chair of Visiting Committee and make arrangements for campus visit
			Mail Self-Study Report and appropriate documents to Visiting Committee members
2003	JANUARY – FEBRUARY		Make final arrangements for visit
2003	FEBRUARY	24-27	Visiting Committee on campus
2003	MARCH – JUNE		Develop response to Visiting Committee Report