Production Schedule: University Catalogs 2026-2027
Objective: to have publication published to the public website for Fall 2026 advising and registration (March 2026).
Note: Publication of the 2026-2027 catalogs has been delayed. The new date for publication has yet to be determined.
Date |
Catalog Production Steps |
| Monday, September 15, 2025 | CAT* Front matter pages will be started through workflow – open for editing/approval. |
| Monday, September 29, 2025 | CAT College pages will be started through workflow – open for editing/approval. |
| Wednesday, November 14, 2025 | CIM**: Recommended last day to submit a new/edit program or course proposal to CIM in order to make it through the full workflow in time for the catalog publication. While we cannot guarantee proposals will make it through workflow by the catalog deadline, the registrar’s office strongly encourages all proposals be submitted to workflow by this date. |
| Friday, December 19, 2025 |
CIM course and program forms must be through all college workflows and received by the Provost’s Office (Associate Vice President step in workflow). CAT: Front matter sections should be received by the catalog editor. Graduate catalog pages must be through all college workflows and received by the Graduate Dean. Undergraduate catalog pages should be received by the Catalog Editor. Catalog pages here refer to the catalog text that exists outside of CIM Courses and CIM Programs. For example, descriptions of the department on the overview tab. |
| Thursday, January 1, 2026 | CIM program edits submitted to workflow after this date will be changed to an effective term of Fall 2027. |
| Sunday, February 15, 2026 | Last CIM approvals. New courses/programs and edits must be fully approved or at the Final Course Review (RO) step in workflow to appear in the catalog. Programs with remaining red box issues will not appear in upcoming catalog unless they can be easily resolved. (If a course or program is not fully approved by the time of publication, the latest approved programs and courses will appear.) |
| Monday, February 23, 2026 | Catalog preview site opened for one week. |
| Monday, March 16, 2026 (subject to change) | 2026-2027 Catalog published to public website. |
| Monday, March 30, 2026^ ^Delayed - new date TBD |
Update of CourseLeaf system. Users need to stay out of CIM/CAT/CLSS system until update is complete. |
*CAT pages refer to items in the catalog not requiring governance such as program descriptions, department contact information, general university information, etc.
**CIM forms refer to program and course information that require governance for changes. These changes must be fully approved in the workflow in order to appear in the catalog.
For any questions related to the production schedule, contact Ginny Vincent, catalog editor, at ginny.vincent@wichita.edu.