Recent Changes
January 2025
- SACSCOC is currently seeking an Accounting Coordinator. Click here for the Application Process and Job Description.
- Creation of Hot Topic Video Series web page.
December 2024
- Substantive Change Policy and Procedures [PDF]
- Redline Substantive Change Resource [PDF]
- December 2024 Accreditation Actions and Public Disclosure Statements
- The SACSCOC Board of Trustees established the Belle S. Wheelan Opportunity Scholarship.
- Application for SACSCOC Accreditation from an Institutional Accreditor recognized by the United States Department of Education [PDF]
- Artificial Intelligence in Accreditation [PDF]
- Change in Membership [PDF}
- Institutional Summary Form Prepared for SACSCOC Reviews [Word]
- Integrity and Institutional Obligations to SACSCOC [PDF]
- Differentiated Review Process [PDF]
November 2024
October 2024
September 2024
- Interdenominational Theological Center (Atlanta, GA) withdraws from membership
- 2024 Track A QEP Summaries
August 2024
July 2024
- December 2023 Accreditation Actions and Public Disclosure Statements
- Report of the Fifth Year Interim Committee
- Dr. Wheelan’s Retirement Announcement
- 2024 Annual Report and Proceeding
June 2024
- Information from the June SACSCOC Board [PDF]
- June 2024 Accreditation Actions and Public Disclosure Statements
- Appeals Procedures of the College Delegate Assembly [PDF]
- Disclosure of Accrediting Documents and Actions of SACSCOC [PDF]
- Ethical Obligations of Evaluators [PDF]
- Ethical Obligations of Members of SACSCOC Board of Trustees [PDF]
- Fifth-Year Interim Report [PDF]
- Interpretation of Core Requirement 8.1 of the Principles [PDF]
- Documents Submitted for SACSCOC Review [PDF]
- SACSCOC Bylaws [PDF]
- Sanctions, Denial of Reaffirmation, and Removal from Membership [PDF]
- Separate Accreditation for Units of a Member Institution [PDF]
- Substantive Change Policy and Procedures [PDF]
- Redline Substantive Change Resource [PDF]
May 2024
April 2024
- The 2024 Edition of the Principles of Accreditation: Foundation for Quality Enhancement [PDF]
- Resource Manual for the 2024 Principles of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality Enhancement [PDF]
This Manual is a companion piece to the 2024 Principles of Accreditation, providing guidance to applicant, candidate, and member institutions as well as to evaluation committees of the Commission.
March 2024
- Interpretation to Core Requirement 9.3 of the Principles [PDF](Interpretation)
- Mission Statement of the Commission [PDF](Policy)
- Full-time Faculty [PDF](Guideline)
- Three-Year Baccalaureate Degree Programs [PDF](Position Statement)
- Non-Degree Credentials [PDF](Guideline)
- Update on Accreditation Status Saint Augustine’s University, Raleigh, North Carolina [PDF] (Updated 03/09/2024)
January 2024
- Name Change Cross Reference List [PDF]
- Information from the December SACSCOC Board [PDF]
- Documentation for the Interim Off-Campus Instructional Sites Committee [Word]
- Report of the Candidacy Committee [Word]
- Interpretation to Core Requirement 9.3 of the Principles [PDF]
- Report of the Interim Off-Campus Instructional Sites Committee [Word]
- Report of the Fifth Year Interim Committee [Word]
- Report Forms for Substantive Change Committees
- Branch campus [Word]
- Change in governance [Word]
- Direct Assessment Competency-Based Education Programs [Word]
- Distance education / electronic expansion [Word]
- Level change (higher level) [Word]
- Merger/consolidation non-SACSCOC entities [Word]
- Merger/consolidation SACSCOC entities [Word]
- Off-campus site (not a branch campus) [Word]
- Prison Education Program [Word]
- Program expansion (significant departure or move to lower level)[Word]
- Program expansion at a new off-campus site [Word]
- Application for Membership [Word]
- Application for Membership [PDF]
- Accredited and Candidate List [PDF]
- Report of the Reaffirmation Committee [Word]
- Report of the Reaffirmation Committee [Word] (Differentiated)
- Compliance Certification Document [Word]
- Compliance Certification Document (Differentiated Review) [Word]