Thursday, February 17, 2011

Accreditation Visit

This week is our accreditation visit for the college from ACICS.  Four years ago it was a gut wrenching experience and we had a ton of work after the visit to correct all the deficiencies.  It took us almost a full year. This time we are a universe of difference in terms of readiness.  Yesterday was the first day and they gave us a preliminary update yesterday evening.  They found some deficiencies with one issue being something it will take a little while to fix, but nothing major and while we will likely get a couple of citations (they wouldn't be doing their job if they didn't come up with things we should do differently/better) it will be no where near the final report of last time.  We have another full day today so in baseball terms its just the bottom of the fifth and the score is tied or maybe we are a little ahead.  When I got home last night I was so stressed I had to wake Arianna and get some smile therapy.  In my defense she was already sort of stirring (though Katie didn't buy that).  They finish up tomorrow afternoon and we should have a good idea of what work we will have to complete once they file their report.