Timeline
The following is the timeline for the self-study process.
| Event or Action | Date |
| Self-study process began with strategic planning initiative | 2003 |
| NCA Self-Study Steering Committee chair appointed by Chancellor | January 2007 |
| NCA Higher Learning Commission liaison visited UALR, met with campus leadership groups. | Spring 2007 |
| Eleven-member NCA Self-Study Steering Committee appointed by chair | Summer 2007 |
| Subcommittee members appointed to work on gathering examples of evidence supporting criteria | Summer 2007 |
| Report writing team appointed | Fall 2007 |
| NCA Self-Study Steering Committee and subcommittee chairs met frequently | 2007 - 2008 |
| NCA Self-Study Steering Committee chair, communications director, and report writing team chief attended NCA Annual Meeting in Chicago | Spring 2008 |
| NCA Self-Study Steering Committee and subcommittee chairs met to review information gleaned from NCA annual meeting | Spring 2008 |
| Face-to-face and virtual round-table discussions involving faculty, staff, and students were conducted | March 2008 |
| Subcommittees gathered data, conducted interviews, analyzed findings, and submitted examples of evidence to report writing team | Spring - Summer 2008 |
| Report writing team identified areas in which additional information was needed | 2008 - 2009 |
| NCA Self-Study Steering Committee and campus leadership reviewed report drafts | 2008 - 2009 |
| Faculty Senate reviewed draft and provided feedback to the report writing team | April 2009 |
| Provost sent email to faculty, staff, and students requesting feedback | June 2009 |
| Report writing team reviewed comments from constituents; prepared final Self-Study Report | June 2009 |
| Planning for team visit began | July 2009 |
| All constituents notified of NCA visit and final report availability | August 2009 |
| Self-study report finalized and submitted to NCA re-accreditation team | September 2009 |
| Re-accreditation team visit | November 2-4, 2009 |
Updated 10.27.2009