Middle States Reaccreditation Semester-by-Semester Timeline:
Fall 2025
- Select Self-Study Co-chairs
- Attend Middle States Self-Study Institute (co-chairs)
- Appoint and charge Steering Committee
- Establish intended outcomes for self-study
- Form and charge work groups; work groups establish lines of inquiry for each standard
Spring 2026
- Establish Institutional Priorities for Self-Study
- Draft self-study design
- Invite members of community to open session with MSCHE Vice President Liaison
- Self-Study Preparatory Visit by MSCHE Vice President (April 14th)
- Submit self-study design to MSCHE for approval
- End-of-semester progress report to key stakeholder group
Fall 2026
- Gather and compile documentation for work groups and evidence inventory
- Draft work group reports (templates) work groups begin studying their standard and exploring their lines of inquiry
- End-of-semester progress report to key stakeholder groups
- Spring 2027
- Submission of work group reports
- Begin drafting self-study
- Identify team chair and dates for team visit (with Middle States)
- End-of-semester progress report to key stakeholder groups
Fall 2027
- Share draft of self-study report with university community
- Host Team chair preliminary visit
- Finalize self-study
- Compile and upload evidence inventory
- Submission of self-study to MSCHE and evaluation team chair
- End-of-semester progress report to key stakeholder groups
Spring 2028
- Invite members of Temple community to participate in evaluation visit
- Host evaluation visit (February/March TBD)
- Receive team report
- Respond to team report
- Receive notification of accreditation status (June 2028)
- Campus-wide announcement and celebration of reaccreditation (summer/fall 2028)