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Self-Study Process Overview
The Self-Study Report, a reflective institutional analysis, demonstrates how the College fulfills the accreditation criteria and formally requests continued accreditation from the Commission. The College first received accreditation in 1972, and was last awarded a ten year accreditation in 1997, following an evaluation visit.
To ensure that the self-study process was a valuable learning experience, the Steering Committee defined its purpose with the following mission statement:
John A. Logan College's Self Study Report will provide direction for the future of the College and its student and employee communities. We will conduct an authentic study that accurately reflects our strengths and challenges. We will ensure that the results are sustained long after the team visit. The entire campus will be engaged in this process, and we will all celebrate in and learn from the results.
The self-study process began in 2003 with a committee review of the College Mission and Goals. In Fall Semester 2004, a steering committee and five criterion committees, representing a wide variety of personnel, were created to examine the College in relation to the Higher Learning Commission's criteria for effective institutions. Information was collected from a wide range of reports, surveys, interviews, focus groups and existing college reports and documents. During the spring and fall of 2005 and 2006, employees participated in staff development sessions by discussing identified evidence and by submitting written comments and suggestions.
This process allowed the College to examine itself in relation to the accreditation criteria and to providence evidence to support college strengths, as well as to identify challenges for the future. Committees gathered and analyzed information and submitted their findings, which were reported in multiple drafts of the report. Over a two year period, more than 150 employees have served on committees and have contributed information and multiple drafts of chapters were made available to the steering committee and criterion groups for comment.