Reports prepared
for SACS

Compliance Certification (2003-04)

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Reports were prepared in 2003 using a different numbering system.  The reports below have been re-numbered to reflect the Principles' current numbering.

Core Requirements
    Compliance with the Core Requirements is essential for gaining and maintaining
    accreditation with the Commission on Colleges. The requirements establish a
    level of development required of an institution seeking initial or continued
    accreditation.

2.1      - Degree-granting Authority  
2.2      - Governing Board
2.3      - Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
2.4      - Institutional Mission
2.5      - Institutional Effectiveness
2.6      - Continuous Operation
2.7      - Educational Programs
2.8      - Faculty
2.9      - Learning Resources and Services
2.10    - Student Support Services 
2.11    - Financial and Physical Resources
2.12    - Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP)

Comprehensive Standards
    The Comprehensive Standards establish a necessary level of accomplishment
    expected of all member institutions.

Institutional Mission, Governance, and Effectiveness
3.1.1   - Institutional Mission
3.2.1   - CEO Evaluation/Selection
3.2.2   - Governing Board Control
3.2.3   - Board Conflict of Interest
3.2.4   - External Influence
3.2.5   - Board Dismissal
3.2.6   - Board/Administration Dictinction
3.2.7   - Organizational Structure
3.2.8   - Qualified Administrative/Academic Officers
3.2.9   - Faculty/Staff Appointment
3.2.10 - Administrative Staff Evaluations
3.2.11 - Control of Intercollegiate Athletics
3.2.12 - Fundraising Activities
3.2.13 - Institution-related Foundations 
3.2.14 - Intellectual Property Rights
3.3.1   - Institutional Effectiveness

Programs
3.4.1   - Academic Program Approval
3.4.2   - Continuing Education/Service Programs
3.4.3   - Admission Policies  
3.4.4   - Acceptance of Academic Credit
3.4.5   - Academic Policies
3.4.6   - Practices for Awarding Credit
3.4.7   - Consortial Relationships/Contractual Agreements
3.4.8   - Noncredit to Credit
3.4.9   - Academic Support Services
3.4.10 - Responsibility for Curriculum
3.4.11 - Academic Program Coordination
3.4.12 - Technology Use
3.5.1   - College-level Competencies
3.5.2   - Institutional Credits for Undergraduate Degree
3.5.3   - Undergraduate program requirements
3.5.4   - Terminal degrees of faculty
3.6.1   - Post-baccalaureate Program Rigor
3.6.2   - Graduate Curriculum
3.6.3   - Institutional Credits for Graduate Degree

Faculty
3.7.1   - Faculty Competence
3.7.2   - Faculty Evaluation
3.7.3   - Faculty Development
3.7.4   - Academic Freedom
3.7.5   - Faculty Role in Governance

Library
3.8.1   - Learning/Information Resources
3.8.2   - Instruction of Library Use
3.8.3   - Qualified Staff

Student Affairs and Services
3.9.1   - Student Rights
3.9.2   - Student Rrecords
3.9.3   - Qualified Student Affairs Staff

Resources
3.10.1   - Financial Stability
3.10.2   - Submission of Financial Statements
3.10.3   - Financial Aid Audits
3.10.4   - Control of Finances
3.10.5   - Control of Sponsored Research/External Funds
3.11.1   - Control of Physical Resources
3.11.2   - Institutional Environment
3.11.3   - Physical Facilities
3.12      - Institutional Responsibility for Commission Policies

Federal Mandates
    In addition to the Core Requirements and Comprehensive Standards above that
    have incorporated some of the requirements mandated by the 1998 Higher
    Education Amendments and its attending regulation, institutions also are
    responsible for complying with the following requirements that are more
    specifically stated in federal laws.

4.1   - Student Achievement
4.2   - Program Curriculum  
4.3   - Publication of Policiies
4.4   - Program Length      
4.5   - Student Complaints 
4.6   - Recruitment Materials
4.7   - Title IV Program Responsibilities

 

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