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NEASC Self-Study Timeline October 2004 President and Academic Dean attend the NEASC Self-Study Workshop. President appoints Academic Dean as the Self-Study Chair. Board of Trustees Meetings - Academic Dean informs Board members of NEASC standard changes. Faculty Development Seminars - Academic Dean informs faculty of NEASC standard changes. December 2004 President and Academic Dean attend NEASC Annual Meeting. Members of the UCB community (Board, administration, staff and faculty) receive copies of newly adopted standards. January 2005 Self-Study Chair prepares NEASC Standards Audit. February 2005 Board of Trustees receive and discuss the NEASC Standards Audit at quarterly meeting. Leadership Team, staff and faculty receive NEASC Standards Audit. March 2005 UCB community responds to NEASC Standards Audit. May 2005 Faculty Development Seminar - faculty continue discussions about NEASC and assessment.   Time devoted to Strategic Planning - workshop conducted by consultant Cynthia Parker, Interaction Institute for Social Change. Administration and staff reviews and revises Urban College publications. June 2005 Self-Study Chair, faculty member and staff member attend the NEAN Assessment Meeting in Keene , New Hampshire . President appoints preliminary Self-Study Steering Committee. Team develops NEASC Standards Supporting Documents Matrix July 2005 Steering Committee team creates templates for each chapter of the Self-Study Report. Team develops rough drafts of initial Self-Study report chapters. August 2005 Team distributes remaining Self-Study chapters to writers. Team receives chapter input from members of the Self-Study Steering Committee. Collection of supporting documents begins. First draft of Introduction Chapter distributed to Leadership Team. September 2005 Team analyzes NEASC Standards Audit . Team develops Comprehensive Survey ; based on audit results. Urban College community attends Strategic Planning retreat. October 2005 Team conducts Comprehensive Survey (administration, staff, faculty, alumni and current students). Team analyzes data from Community Survey . Self-Study Steering Committee members review Prefatory Material draft, Community Survey materials and supporting document matrix. November 2005 Self-Study Steering Committee reviews chapter drafts. Team designates document room. Team rewrites draft chapters. December 2005 Committee distributes chapter drafts to entire UCB community. Team rewrites Self-Study draft. Review of Self-Study draft by entire UCB community NEASC Visiting Team Chair visits UCB to discuss protocol, visit and document room. January 2006 Team revises Self-Study Report and distributes second draft to entire UCB community. Team distributes draft three to the Steering Committee, Leadership Team and Board of Trustees. Urban College of Boston submits 2006 Self-Study Report to NEASC and visiting team members. February 2006 Urban College prepares campus for NEASC visit. March 5-8, 2006 NEASC Accreditation Team visits.