Principal committees are appointed and charged. Director develops the self study manual. Director requests feedback on self-study manual from the Steering Committee. Self-study officially begins on March 20, 2000. Director refines the self-study manual.
Director visits units to discuss plans and institutional effectiveness issues.
Steering Committee approves self-study manual. Principal committees develop plans for performing their parts of the self-study and for reporting their findings in phases over the next year. Selected committee members attend the AAHE Assessment Conference in Charlotte. Preliminary background data are collected for principal committees. The faculty survey is administered.