Middle States Periodic Review Report Campus View SUNY Cortland PRR Committee SUNY Cortland Cortland, New York
Organizing for the Task l Identify Co-Chairs l Attend PRR Workshop l Read up on the PRR l Meet with President to review preliminary plans l Create timeline l Identify PRR Team Spring/Summer 2006
Essential Reading for PRR Committee: l Handbook for Periodic Review Reports l Characteristics of Excellence l Most recent campus Self-Study Report l Report of the visiting team following the most recent Self-Study
The PRR Committee l Composition: - Expertise in areas covered by PRR - Campus-wide representation - Administrators, Faculty, Staff - 17 team members plus consultants
PRR Committee Members l Nancy Aumann & Virginia Levine, Co-Chairs l Joy Hendrick, Seth Asumah l Joan Sitterly, Janet Duncan, Doug DeRancy l Dorothea Fowler, John Shirley, Gradin Avery l Joe Governali, Marley Barduhn, Mary McGuire, Katie Boyes l David Ritchie, Bruce Mattingly, Mary K. Murphy l Consultants: Mel King, Nasrin Parvizi, Paula Warnken, Carol Van der Karr, Yvonne Murnane, Shawn Van Etten
Introduction to the PRR
The Middle States Accreditation Ten Year Cycle: Self Study and Evaluation Visit 2002 Periodic Review Report 2007 Next Self Study and Evaluation Visit 2012
Definition of a PRR l a retrospective, current, and prospective analysis of an institution l a progress & planning report
PRR Goals l To help institutions gauge their progress in the achievement of goals & objectives l To enable the Commission to assess the current status, as well as the future prospects, of institutions l To fulfill the Commission’s accountability to the academic community and to the public
Components of the PRR: l Chapter 1: Executive summary
Components of the PRR: l Chapter 2: Institution’s response to recommendations from the previous visiting team report
Components of the PRR: l Chapter 3: Major challenges and opportunities facing the institution
Components of the PRR: l Chapter 4: Projections and analysis of enrollment and finance for the next five years l Assumptions and data on past enrollment and fiscal trends
Components of the PRR: l Chapter 5: Evidence of: - Outcomes assessment - Linked institutional planning and budgeting l Evidence that the results of such processes are being utilized
Components of the PRR l Chapter 6: Institutional Planning and Resource Allocation
Timeline for PRR Committee l Summer 2006 Identify Committee l Sept-Dec 2006 Full and subcommittee meetings l Oct 12, 2006 Sub-committees submit chapter outline l Oct 2006 Co-chairs provide feedback
Timeline, cont. l Nov 2-Dec 1, 2006Three Chapter Drafts due l Jan-March 2007Co-Chairs draft full document l March 2007 Committee Review
Campus Review of PRR: l March 19 –April 13: Campus Input #1 l April: Committee revisions l April 23-May 4: Campus Input #2 l May 2007: Final PRR Committee review/duplicating
l Submit PRR package to Commission office and to external reviewers JUNE 1, 2007
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