| January 2025 | Accreditation Liaison and Provost charge to kick-off the 2026 comprehensive review process |
| Establish team structure and process |
| Provide guidance for developing an evidence-based assurance argument |
| January – May 2025 | Criteria teams complete first draft writing to the specific criteria assurance arguments by May 30, 2025 |
| Criteria teams collect initial evidence for each criteria by May 30, 2025 |
| First drafts of the federal compliance filing by May 30, 2025 |
| June – July 14 2025 | Review period for the assurance argument, federal compliance requirements, and evidence |
| September- November 2025 | Assurance Argument second draft September 8, 2025 |
| Feedback second draft October 10, 2025 |
| December 2025 | Final draft for editing and checks, December 19, 2025 |
| January 2026 | Assurance Arguments posted for feedback January 15, 2026 |
| February 2026 | Final feedback incorporated and final review commences February 27, 2026 |
| March 2026 | Student Opinion Survey, anticipated |
| April 2026 | Lock all assurance review filing materials in the HLC system, no later than April 20, 2026 |
| May 2026 | HLC site visit on May 18-19, 2026 |