UMD
Colleagues,
As
you know, the Higher Learning Commission will have an evaluation team on campus
Monday and Tuesday (April 16-17). Every ten years higher education institutions
must undergo a comprehensive review to certify reaccreditation and eligibility
to receive and distribute federal financial aid (among other things). This
ten-year review comes after the university has prepared an assurance argument, what we
used to call a self-study, and a federal compliance packet. This process of
collecting institutional information and verifying supporting evidence
generally takes a year or more.
UMD
has been ably led in this process by Dr. Jennifer Mencl, a group of faculty and
staff serving in coordinating roles for the preparation of the documents, and
other groups working on the various criteria. I very much appreciate the
tremendous work that Dr. Mencl and the team have done to get UMD prepared for
what we anticipate to be a very productive and positive site review.
I
encourage you all to participate as you can in the various meetings and open
forums that are part of the site visit. If you wish to learn more about the
process and read our documents, they are available at http://d.umn.edu/
Best,
Lendley C. Black
Chancellor
