Timeline and schedule          

July 1–September 14
Baseline information gathering

August 3–September 9
Team formation and organization

• August 3—
  Proposed internal review team endorsed by IHETS Management Committee
• August 12—
  Proposed internal team approved by IHETS Board of Directors
• August 19—
  External review team members approved by chair of board and confirmed for participation
• August 22—
  Internal review team members contacted and confirmed for participation
• August 31—
  Internal review team meets for orientation, prepares charge to external review team, reviews self-study outline and survey questions*
• September 9—
  Subcommittees formed and preliminary work plans due
  
  

August 15–October 5
Self-study document developed by IHETS staff and member committees with guidance from internal review team

• September 6—
  On-line survey released; responses due 9/13/05
• September 12—
  Internal subcommittees named; draft work plans reviewed**
• September 16—
  Survey, discussion, comment input assembled
• September 16–October 5—
  Document writing and editing
• September 30—
  Internal review team meeting at 10 a.m. for final review of document; subcommittees meet
• October 6—
  Self-study document forwarded to external team
  
  

October 1–26
Prepare for and conduct external review team visit

• October 23–26—
  External review team visit
• October 25 —
  External review team meets with President Benjamin
• October 24—
  Opening meeting with internal team at 9:30 a.m.
• October 26—
  Exit report from Louis Fox, chair, external review team at 3:30 p.m.
  

November 1–December 15
Internal review team analysis with input from external team exit report and written report, when available

• November 7–December 19—
  Weekly internal team meetings each Monday at 4 p.m.
• December 1—
  External team written report due
• December 8—
  Subcommittee reports due
• December 15–January 5 —
  Internal team synthesizes reports, agrees on recommendations
  
  
• December 20–January 5
  Report draft(s) prepared, dirculated, and discussed with internal review team
  
  
• January 12
  Internal team meeting to discuss and approve final report, 1:30 to 5 p.m.
  
  
• January 13
  Report circulated to IHETS Board of Directors
  
  
• January 25
  IHETS Board of Directors working session; final report and recommendations delivered, 9:30 a.m. to noon
  

  * Meetings of the committee as a whole are italicized.
** Subcommittee meetings will occur between September 12 and December 8; dates will be added when scheduled.