HLC Higher Learning Commission HLC Accreditation Cycle Accreditation Status Comprehensive Evaluation Comprehensive Evaluation Overview Criteria Assurance Argument Assumed Practices Evidence Federal Compliance Resources Documents Timeline Visit Schedule Timeline Timeline for 2027-2028 Comprehensive Evaluation E FALL 2025 September 2025 - December 2025 Begin drafting 2027-2028 assurance argument outline Create template based on HLC format and institutional themes Survey evidence sources E SPRING 2026 January 2026 - May 2026 Finalize assurance argument outline Draft argument based on outline for each criterion Evidence collection and editing begins E SUMMER 2026 May 2026 - August 2026 Prepare penultimate draft of the assurance argument Evidence collecting and editing begins E FALL 2026 September 2026 - December 2026 Evidence collecting and editing continues Make the assurance argument available for comment Incorporate assurance argument comments Prepare the final version of assurance argument Complete federal compliance review E SPRING 2027 January 2027 HLC survey of NTU students Submit the assurance argument report to HLC E SUMMER 2027 August 2027 Assurance system lock date E FALL 2027 September 2027 HLC site visit: Sep 27-28, 2028 Contact Dr. Casmir Agbaraji Dean of Undergraduate Studies/NTU HLC Liaison cagbaraji@navajotech.edu
