Accredited higher education institutions must have their accreditation reaffirmed every 10 years. For us, reaffirmation is to take place this academic year.

We will host a peer review team on Dec. 5 and 6, and that team will be on campus to confirm what we have claimed in our assurance filing.

For the past three years, various faculty and staff have dedicated time to preparing LLCC’s assurance filing. We must submit it to the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) on Monday, Nov. 7. Before that happens, I want to provide the campus community time to review our assurance filing.

Between now and Sept. 26, I encourage you to read and comment on all or part of the assurance filing. The three files emailed yesterday guide you through the campuswide review process.

Additional preparation activities are planned for October and November. If invited to take part in these events, please make every effort to participate. It takes all of us working together to have a successful HLC visit.

Dr. Charlotte Warren, president