December 2023 Accreditation Actions and Public Disclosure Statements
December 2023 Accreditation Actions [PDF]
At its meeting on December 3, 2023, the Board of Trustees of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) took a number of actions regarding the accreditation status of candidate and member institutions. (Click onto December 2023 Accreditation Actions. [PDF])
The institutions listed immediately below were reviewed in December 2022 or June 2023, placed on a sanction, and required to submit additional reports for December 2023. Because the status was changed during the meeting of the SACSCOC Board of Trustees on December 3, 2023, their Disclosure Statements have been updated or deleted from the SACSCOC website.
- Christian Brothers University, Memphis, Tennessee (placed on Probation Good Cause) [PDF]
- Erskine College. Due West, South Carolina (continued on warning)[PDF]
- Georgetown College, Georgetown, Kentucky (continued on warning)[PDF]
- Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina (placed on Probation for Good Cause) [PDF]
- Hodges University, Ft. Myers, Florida (placed on Probation for Good Cause) [PDF]
- Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, Georgia (placed on Probation) [PDF]
- Saint Augustine’s University, Raleigh, North Carolina (removed from membership) [PDF] (Updated 07/22/2024)
- Saint Leo University, Saint Leo, Florida (placed on Probation for Good Cause) [PDF]
- The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas (removed from Warning)
- Virginia Union University, Richmond, Virginia (placed on Probation for Good Cause) [PDF]
December 2023 Public Disclosure Statements
SACSCOC is authorized to post on its website Disclosure Statements for the following actions regarding the accreditation status of institutions: (1) institutions placed or continued on Warning or Probation, (2) institutions removed from accreditation or candidacy, (3) institutions denied initial candidacy or accreditation, (4) institutions denied authorization of a candidacy committee, and (5) special committees authorized separate from another SACSCOC Board action.
Each of the institutions listed below has had a Disclosure Statement prepared based on the action taken by the SACSCOC Board of Trustees on December 3, 2023. The Statement tells the status of the institution, a definition/description of the SACSCOC Board of Trustees action, the reason for the action, the next step in the institution’s review, and any other recent action taken by the SACSCOC Board that can be disclosed. All information disclosed in the following Statements is in accord with SACSCOC’s policy, “Disclosure of Accrediting Documents and Actions of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.”
- Birmingham-Southern University, Birmingham, Alabama [PDF]
- Cape Fear Community College, Wilmington, North Carolina [PDF]
- Christian Brothers University, Memphis, Tennessee [PDF]
- Erskine College. Due West, South Carolina [PDF]
- Georgetown College, Georgetown, Kentucky [PDF]
- Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina [PDF]
- Hodges University, Ft. Myers, Florida [PDF]
- Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, Georgia [PDF]
- Kentucky State University, Frankfort, Kentucky [PDF]
- Saint Augustine’s University, Raleigh, North Carolina [PDF] (Updated 07/22/2024)
- Saint Leo University, Saint Leo, Florida [PDF]
- Virginia Union University, Richmond, Virginia [PDF]