Working Groups Start Writing their Chapters
March 2025
Throughout the Spring semester, the Working Groups are going through an iterative process to draft chapters of the Self-Study Report corresponding to their Standard of Accreditation. They are using the documents submitted by the campus community to address all the criteria that Middle States has laid out as guidance.
Working Groups Start Analyzing Evidence
February 2025
As the Spring Semester starts, the seven Working Groups are taking an inventory of what documents have been submitted through our Evidence Collection process. They are cross-referencing the documents with the guidelines set forth by Middle States. If they find any points that need additional evidence to back up their arguments, they will be reaching out to the campus community. We appreciate your help in ensuring that we can substantiate to Middle States that we satisfy all the Standards of Accreditation.
Inaugural Assessment Showcase was a Success
December 2024
The Queens College community had an excellent showing for our inaugural Assessment Showcase on Friday, December 6, 2024. It brought together faculty and administrative staff for an informative and entertaining event. There were presentations by the Office of Institutional Effectiveness, and about the impact of tutoring in the Learning Commons, Writing Outcomes in English 110, Alumni Outcomes, and student learning outcomes in the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, interspersed with plenty of fun activities and giveaways. The poster session after lunch gave academic departments and administrative offices a chance to discuss and get feedback on their Assessment Plans.
Evidence Collection Letters Go Out
November 2024
Evidence Collection Letters have gone out across campus to all department chairs and unit heads. These letters detail the documents that each office is tasked with collecting based on the guidelines set forth by Middle States. Each letter contains a link to a Web Application where you can submit the appropriate evidence. This Web App was developed in collaboration between the Steering Committee and the Office of Information Technology.
Working Groups Start Collecting Evidence
October 2024
From September through December 2024, the seven Working Groups are collecting evidence from all academic departments and administrative units on campus based on the guidelines set forth by Middle States. This is in preparation to answer the Lines of Inquiry the Working Groups developed to form the basis for the Self-Study Report. We appreciate everyone’s help in providing this information to our Working Groups.
2024-2025 Middle States Luncheon
September 2024
All of the community members involved in the Middle States re-accreditation work met for lunch on September 4, 2024. It was a time to get reinvigorated for the work to come this year in this important Queens College community initiative.
Assessment Fest Held
August 2024
Representatives from across campus were invited to the two-day Assessment Fest, facilitated by Keston Fulcher from James Madison University. Monday’s focus was Academic Assessment while Tuesday’s focus was Administrative Assessment. It was a great day to collaborate and build our campus assessment capabilities.
Self-Study Design Approved by Middle States
July 2024
After receiving feedback on the initial draft of the Self-Study Design document from our Middle States Vice President Liaison Ryan Hartnett, the Working Groups and the Executive Steering Committee revised the document and submitted it to Middle States. We received word that our final Self-Study Design document was approved by Middle States in July.
Self-Study Preparation Visit
May 2024
On Monday, May 6, 2024, Queens College hosted Middle States Vice President Liaison Ryan Hartnett. Dr. Hartnett met with President Frank H. Wu, Interim Provost Patricia Price, CUNY representative Anne Lopes, members of the steering committee, and members of the Queens College community. This visit is an important milestone for the accreditation cycle through which Queens College showed our accreditors that we are on track to successfully complete our Self-Study.
Self-Study Design Complete
April 2024
The process for how the Self-Study will take place at Queens College has been assembled into the Self-Study Design document. It is the result of months-long work by the Executive Steering Committee with contributions from the 70 community members serving on the Working Groups.
Working Groups Meet and Start Drafting Lines of Inquiry
March 2024
From February through April 2024, the seven Working Groups are developing the Lines of Inquiry that form the basis for the Self-Study Report. These research questions are synthesized by considering the Working Group’s Standard of Accreditation and the Institutional Priorities that are common across all Working Groups.
Middle States Newsbreak Launched
February 2024
The Self-Study Process now has a newsletter: Middle States Newsbreak. This publication will be sent to faculty and staff three times a semester to update the campus on our progress towards re-Accreditation. Access archived issues of the Middle States Newsbreak here.
Self-Study Kick-Off Event Held
February 2024
On Monday, February 5, 2024, Queens College kicked off the Self-Study Process by hosting a lunch for all the Working Group members and members of the Operational Excellence Team. President Frank H. Wu celebrated this milestone and thanked the participants for serving as their service. The participants learned about the Self-Study Process and had a chance to get to know everyone involved.
Operational Excellence Team Members Identified and Invited to Serve
January 2024
The work of the Self-Study interacts with the campus community in many ways. We have identified data analysis, communication, information management and technology, and administrative support as key areas in which dedicated personnel will be crucial to the success of the Self-Study Process. The Executive Steering Committee has contacted prospective members of this Operational Excellence Team members and invited them to serve.
Working Group Members Identified and Invited to Serve
January 2024
The work of the Self-Study is broken down by the Standards of Accreditation with one Working Group for each of the Standards. These working groups consist of ten members of the Queens College community, led by two Working Group Co-Chairs: one member of the faculty and one member of the professional staff. The Working Group Co-Chairs and the Executive Steering Committee worked together to identify prospective Working Group members and invited them to serve in this essential role.
Executive Steering Committee meets with MSCHE VP Liaison
January 2024
Our accrediting agency, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, regularly checks in with each campus undergoing re-accreditation to ensure that the process is progressing in regular order. Our VP Liaison, Robert Bonfiglio, met with the Executive Steering Committee on January 4, 2024. This meeting went well and we were assured that Queens College is prepared and on schedule.
First Meeting of the Steering Committee
December 2023
The members of the Self-Study Steering Committee met for the first time on December 11, 2023. It was a chance to discuss the Self Study Process and get to know each other. The Steering Committee is comprised of the Executive Steering Committee and the fourteen Co-Chairs of the Working Groups.
Queens College attends MSCHE Conference
December 2023
A delegation from Queens College attended the 2023 MSCHE Conference in Philadelphia, PA. This conference provides attendees with the opportunity to learn best practices for the Self Study Process from other institutions. Seen here are Christopher Hanusa, Nathalia Holtzman, Patricia Price, Susan Davis, and Jerima Dewese.
Working Group Co-Chairs Identified and Invited to Serve
November 2023
An essential piece of the Self-Study is the role of the Working Group Co-Chairs. They coordinate the work of their Working Group, they submit drafts of reports on schedule, they communicate across the working groups as representatives to the Steering Committee, and represent their group to the campus community. These members of the Queens College Community have been identified and invited to serve in this essential role.
Launch of Self-Study Website
November 2023
We launched this website to keep everyone up to date on our progress toward Re-Accreditation in 2026.
MSCHE Self-Study Institute
October 2023
The Executive Steering Committee shown here, consisting of Nathalia Holtzman, Patricia Price, and Christopher Hanusa, attended the MSCHE Self-Study Institute, a five-week training bootcamp to learn about the expectations for the Self-Study Process.
