Appendix A
Chart of Standards and Requirements
The chart below provides the reader with an overview of the following information: (1) the
availability of a Commission template, (2) a Commission policy/interpretation related to the
standard/requirement, (3) whether a standard/requirement will be reviewed as part of the Fifth-Year
Interim Report, (4) whether the institution is required to submit a policy as part of its response to the
standard/requirement, and (5) whether the standard/requirement is reviewed on-site as well as off-site
(in the case of reaffirmation).
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Column 4
Column 5
Column 6
Column 7
The number of the standard/requirement of the Principles of Accreditation
A descriptor of the particular standard
An indication to the reader that there is a template available for use by the
institution when providing documentation in support of compliance
An indication to the reader that there is a SACSCOC-related policy to the
standard
An indication to the reader that the standard will be reviewed as part of an
institution’s Fifth-Year Interim Report
An indication to the reader that the institution needs to provide an
institutional policy in its response to the standard
An indication to the reader that the standard will be reviewed by the OnSite Reaffirmation Committee regardless of the Off-Site Committee’s
findings
Index of the Columns in the Chart
1.
Section
Number
1.1
2. Brief Description
3.
Template
Available
4.
Commission
Policy
Related to
Standard
X
2.2
Integrity
Degree-Granting
Authority
Governing Board
2.3
Chief Executive Officer
X
2.4
Institutional Mission
Institutional
Effectiveness
X
2.1
2.5
X
X
X
5.
Reviewed
at 5th Year
6.
Institutional
Policy
Required by
Commission
7. Reviewed
by Off & OnSite
Reaffirmations
3.
Template
Available
4.
Commission
Policy
Related to
Standard
X
X
1.
Section
Number
2. Brief Description
2.6
Continuous Operation
2.7.1
Program Length
2.7.2
Program Content
X
2.7.3
General Education
X
2.7.4
Coursework for Degrees
2.8
Faculty
Learning Resources and
Services
Student Support
Services
Financial Resources
X
X
3.2.2
Physical Resources
Quality Enhancement
Plan
Mission
CEO evaluation/
selection
Governing board control
3.2.3
Board conflict of interest
3.2.4
External influence
3.2.5
Board dismissal
Board/ administration
distinction
Organizational structure
Qualified administrative/
academic officers
Personnel appointment
Administrative staff
evaluations
Control of intercollegiate
athletics
Fund-raising activities
Institution-related
foundations
Intellectual property
rights
Institutional
effectiveness –
educational programs
Institutional
effectiveness –
administrative support
services
Institutional
effectiveness –
academic and student
support services
Institutional
effectiveness – research
2.9
2.10
2.11.1
2.11.2
2.12
3.1.1
3.2.1
3.2.6
3.2.7
3.2.8
3.2.9
3.2.10
3.2.11
3.2.12
3.2.13
3.2.14
3.3.1.1
3.3.1.2
3.3.1.3
3.3.1.4
5.
Reviewed
at 5th Year
6.
Institutional
Policy
Required by
Commission
7. Reviewed
by Off & OnSite
Reaffirmations
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
1.
Section
Number
2. Brief Description
3.7.1
Institutional
effectiveness –
community/public
service
Quality Enhancement
Plan
Academic program
approval
Continuing education/
service programs
Admission policies
Acceptance of academic
credit
Academic policies
Practices for awarding
credit
Consortial relationships/
contractual agreements
Noncredit to credit
Academic support
services
Responsibility for
curriculum
Academic program
coordination
Technology use
General education
competencies
Institutional credits for
an undergraduate
degree
Undergraduate program
requirements
Terminal degrees of
faculty
Post-baccalaureate
program rigor
Graduate curriculum
Institutional credits for a
graduate degree
Post-baccalaureate
program requirements
Faculty competence
3.7.2
Faculty evaluation
3.7.3
Faculty development
3.7.4
3.8.2
Academic freedom
Faculty role in
governance
Learning/ information
resources
Instruction in library use
3.8.3
Qualified staff
3.9.1
Student rights
3.3.1.5
3.3.2
3.4.1
3.4.2
3.4.3
3.4.4
3.4.5
3.4.6
3.4.7
3.4.8
3.4.9
3.4.10
3.4.11
3.4.12
3.5.1
3.5.2
3.5.3
3.5.4
3.6.1
3.6.2
3.6.3
3.6.4
3.7.5
3.8.1
3.
Template
Available
4.
Commission
Policy
Related to
Standard
5.
Reviewed
at 5th Year
6.
Institutional
Policy
Required by
Commission
7. Reviewed
by Off & OnSite
Reaffirmations
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
2. Brief Description
3.9.2
Student records
3.9.3
Qualified staff
3.10.1
Financial stability
3.10.2
Financial aid audits
3.10.3
X
3.11.2
Control of finances
Control of sponsored
research/ external funds
Control of physical
resources
Institutional environment
3.11.3
Physical facilities
X
3.12.1
Substantive change
X
3.13.1
X
4.1
Policy compliance
Publication of
accreditation status
Student achievement
4.2
Program curriculum
X
X
4.3
Publication of policies
X
X
4.4
Program length
X
X
4.5
Student complaints
X
X
4.6
Recruitment materials
X
X
X
X
3.10.4
3.11.1
3.14.1
4.7
4.8.1
4.8.2
4.8.3
4.9
Title IV program
responsibilities
Distance Learning
(verification)
Distance Learning
(privacy)
Distance Learning
(notification)
Credit Hours
3.
Template
Available
4.
Commission
Policy
Related to
Standard
X
1.
Section
Number
5.
Reviewed
at 5th Year
6.
Institutional
Policy
Required by
Commission
7. Reviewed
by Off & OnSite
Reaffirmations
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Appendix B