2028 Reaffirmation Working Groups
Committee Description: The extensive reaffirmation process involves the entire campus community, including UT Dallas faculty, staff, and students as well as alumni and community partners who support the University. The following working groups were formed to prepare the University’s Compliance Certification Report, Quality Enhancement Plan efforts, and prepare for the off- and on-site reviews.
Mission, Governance, and Administration Working Group
Committee Description: This committee is responsible for reviewing UT Dallas' compliance with the SACSCOC Principles, but also the UT System Board of Regents' compliance. Both the UT System and the Board of Regents play an integral role in UT Dallas' operation, and to the extent they provide the framework for UT Dallas' performance, their performance is also a factor. Additionally, this committee will review UT Dallas' mission statement, how that mission statement translates into action, and the role of the faculty and the administrative staff in leading the institution.
Link to the Mission, Governance, and Administration Working Group pageFaculty and Academic Administration Working Group
Committee Description: This committee will review a variety of issues related to the faculty at UT Dallas including demonstrating that it had an adequate faculty as well as a faculty that had members qualified to teach in the areas they were assigned. As a part of this review process, this committee will review the University's credentialing process, which includes the verification of foreign credentials. Additionally, the transcripts of every faculty member who received a graduate degree at an institution outside the United States will be reviewed by an outside agency to ensure the credentials were equivalent to similar credentials earned at accredited universities in the U.S.
Link to the Faculty and Academic Administration Working Group pageStudent Success Outcomes, Assessment and Support
Committee Description: This committee will review the adequacy of UT Dallas' support systems for student achievement. The committee will examine the Eugene McDermott Library, its holdings, its budget, its staff, and its program mission and goals to determine whether or not the Library met the needs of the UT Dallas student population and faculty. Additionally, it focuses on student rights and responsibilities, the integrity and confidentiality of student records, and the effectiveness and quality of student affairs programming. In addition, this committee will review the adequacy of the University's assessment of educational programs and courses and institutional effectiveness efforts.
Link to the Student Success Outcomes, Assessment and Support pageCurriculum Design and Educational Policies and Practices Working Group
Committee Description: Committee Description: This committee's focus is to ascertain the University's compliance with the SACSCOC goals associated with general, undergraduate, and graduate education. This compliance requires an examination of the education components as a part of the undergraduate and graduate programs. This committee will also focus on the evaluation of transfer coursework and the academic policies that contributed to "good educational practice."
Link to the Curriculum Design and Educational Policies and Practices Working Group pageUniversity Financial, Information Technology and Physical Resources Working Group
Committee Description: Committee Description: This committee ensures that the University meets the guidelines for fiscal soundness and stability, financial aid administration and regulation, sponsored research programs, and physical facilities. As a part of the committee's work, this group also focuses on environmental health and safety issues as well as campus security. This committee will review the entire information technology infrastructure, including the computer labs, the wireless network, email systems, and even the UT Dallas web portal to identify the degree to which UT Dallas' information technology infrastructure services not only met the needs of students but also provides adequate safeguards against security vulnerabilities and online threats.
Link to the University Financial, Information Technology and Physical Resources Working Group pageInstitutional Planning and Success Metrics Working Group
Committee Description: This committee will be responsible for discussing the University's institutional planning efforts and its alignment to the mission of the institution. The committee will determine how these planning efforts are broadly integrated into school/unit/division work plans and how progress is measured. The committee will also review progress on student achievement targets.
Link to the Institutional Planning and Success Metrics Working Group pageLeadership Team
Committee Description: The UT Dallas SACSCOC Leadership Team oversees the 2028 reaffirmation process by providing leadership and resources to the campus community tasked to conduct the internal self-study review. The Leadership Team will ensure the completion and submission of two key documents to SACSCOC: the completed Compliance Certification Report (CCR) and the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP).
Link to the Leadership Team pageQuality Enhancement Plan (QEP) Topic Selection Working Group
Committee Description: The QEP Topic Selection Committee is responsible for reviewing all submitted ideas and institutional data related to student success at the University. The Topic Selection Committee will recommend 2-3 topics for the focus of the QEP.
Link to the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) Topic Selection Working Group page