• Site visit team
• University participation
• Next steps

Site visit team
The self-study process outlined on this Website and the preparation of a written report will be followed by a visit to Loyola by a team of consultant evaluators. Loyola's site visit will take place April 11-13, 2005.

Appointed by The Higher Learning Commission of NCA in consultation with Loyola, the team will be comprised of administrators and faculty from other colleges and universities that are members of NCA. It may include as many as 10 to 12 people. We can expect that individual members of the team will visit each of Loyola's Chicago-area campuses, including the Medical Center Campus.

University participation
Team members will want to have conversations with representative members from all segments of the Loyola community: administrators, staff, faculty and students. Some of these conversations will occur in small group settings or in individual meetings. Others will be larger, open forum events at which all are welcome.

In the case of faculty, staff and students, the availability of a typical cross-section of each population will be sufficient to meet the needs of the consultant evaluators. But in the case of university leaders, the availability of all will be essential. This means that vice presidents, deans, department chairs, directors and managers should expect to be directly involved in the site visit. The same can be said of members of UPCs, and faculty, staff and student councils, and the like.

Next steps
At the end of their visit, the team members will summarize their findings in a preliminary report, which will include their recommendation regarding reaccreditation. This preliminary report will be presented in an exit interview with the President.

Later, the consultant evaluators will craft a final team report, which is part of the official evaluation process. The final report is submitted to The Higher Learning Commission of the NCA. It is the Commission which makes the final determination regarding reaccreditation.