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CL, 4/6/06: USM positive about evaluation
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http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060406/NEWS/604060398/1002/NEWS01

USM positive about evaluation

..."It's a very good committee - very pleasant, and the questions they've asked are extraordinarily reasonable," said USM President Shelby Thames. There may be some problems the university will have to fix, but it has five months to do so, he added. "I feel very good about things."...

...The SACS team was particularly interested in QEP details - particularly about faculty buy-in and assessment of the program's success, said William Kuskin, chair of the English Department who was a member of the QEP development committee....

...A financial report for the state university system, which is being finished up by the state College Board, has been the only snag so far, Exline said.

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Golden Girl

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I'm surprised that the SACS visitors released various aspects of their findings prior to the end of their visit; and that that the university released bits an pieces to the press while the visit was still ongoing.

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Angeline

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Golden Girl wrote:

I'm surprised that the SACS visitors released various aspects of their findings prior to the end of their visit; and that that the university released bits an pieces to the press while the visit was still ongoing.
SACS has not revealed a thing - all of the people quoted in the article are USM folks with obvious desires to put a positive spin on things.

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Golden Girl

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Angeline wrote:

SACS has not revealed a thing - all of the people quoted in the article are USM folks with obvious desires to put a positive spin on things.
After reading the article again I see you are right. It was not SACS that engaged the press in the midst of their visit. But I've never seen a univerity release such bits and pieces to the press in the midst of an accreditation visit.

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Angeline

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Yeah - the HA article on the topic makes it clear that this was a USM press release - Shelby trying desperately again to affect the outcome of an on-going event by appealing to the media.


>I am very confident that we have done the work that will merit re-accreditation," President Shelby Thames said in a press release.<


http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060404/SOUTHERNMISS/604040312/1050



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stephen judd

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Gee, wonder why we don't have some expressions of optimism about NCATE -- which is a pretty important accrediting visit as well.

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beentheredonethat

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Failure with NCATE can result in the program being disaccredited by the state. That would mean that all programs would lose licensure by the state. The State/NCATE partnership is very strong.


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Inside man

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20 discrepiancies noted by team,much better than average inspection.

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