2025-2026 Reaffirmation of Accreditation
UPCOMING ACCREDITATION YEAR
2025-2026; site visit date of April 20-21, 2026
2025-2026 Reaffirmation of Accreditation
Timeline (Tentative)
- Establish the Steering Committee
- Begin communicating information about the accreditation process across the OSU campus
- Begin drafting individual reporting elements for each criterion. Identify support documents that will need to be provided via the HLC assurance system
- Hold regular subcommittee meetings
- Hold an open-ended discussion for criteria adherence across all the subcommittees
- Continue to draft individual reporting elements for each criterion. Further identify support documents that will need to be provided via the HLC assurance system
- Hold regular subcommittee meetings
- Hold an open-ended discussion for criteria adherence across all the subcommittees
- Subcommittees should have all reporting pieces drafted and all supporting documents identified
- Hold a public forum across all campuses to gather information and feedback as preparation for the visit
- Begin the editing process via the editors chosen in Fall of 2024
- Another public forum will be held across all campuses to gather information and feedback as preparation for the visit
- Support documents and criteria arguments will be updated in the HLC assurance system
- February 2025 – Rehearsal of the reaccreditation visit with practice external reviewers
- Begin planning for the HLC visit in the upcoming fall. Coordinate the itinerary across all campus locations
- Steering Committee and subcommittees finalize report entirely
- Begin uploading all documents to the HLC assurance system
- A public presentation of the report will be held
- HLC will administer a survey to students prior to their site visit
- The campuses will begin preparing in earnest for the upcoming site visit
HLC Criteria
- Criterion 1: Mission
- Criterion 2: Integrity – Ethical and Responsible Conduct
- Criterion 3: Teaching and Learning – Quality, Resources, and Support
- Criterion 4: Teaching and Learning – Evaluation and Improvement
- Criterion 5: Institutional Effectiveness, Resources and Planning