Accreditation Implementation Schedule and Procedures
| MONTH | SCHEDULE |
|---|---|
| By June | ①The applicant junior college implements a self-study program based on JACA’s Junior College Standards. ②The applicant junior college submits its self-study report to JACA (Deadline : June 30). |
| July August |
● (Beginning or middle of July) Workshops for the members of third-party evaluation groups and for the evaluation team leaders. ③Document check : Teams for third-party evaluations review submitted self-study reports. |
| September October |
④Site-visits : Teams for third-party evaluations conduct site visits. |
| November | ⑤(Beginning of November) Teams for third-party evaluations prepare accreditation reports and submit them to the Committee for Third-Party Evaluations. ⑥(End of November) The subcommittees for third-party evaluations examine the accreditation reports submitted by the teams for third-party evaluations. |
| December | ⑦ (End of December) The Committee for Third-Party Evaluations notifies each applicant junior college with a draft of the accreditation results. |
| January | ⑧ Hearing session (by the end of January) : the applicant junior college may contest the draft of the accreditation result. ⑨ (End of January to beginning of February) The Committee for Validation and Examination of Third-Party Evaluations examines the appropriateness of any applicant junior college’s objection. |
| February | |
| March | ⑩ (End of March) The final results of the accreditation are given to the applicant junior colleges and announced to the public. |
Flow chart of a third-party evaluation
