June 2026 Accreditation Actions and Public Disclosure Statements

June 2026 Accreditation Actions [PDF]

At its meeting on June 11, 2026, 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. June 2026 Accreditation Actions.

The institutions listed immediately below were reviewed in June 2025 or December 2025, placed on a sanction, and required to submit additional reports for June 2026. Because the status was changed during the meeting of the SACSCOC Board of Trustees on June 11, 2026, their Disclosure Statements have been updated or deleted from the SACSCOC website.

Edgecombe Community College, Tarboro, NC (continued on Warning) [PDF]

Emory & Henry University, Emory, Virginia (removed from Probation Good Cause)

Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, North Carolina (continued on Probation Good Cause) [PDF]

King University, Bristol, Tennessee (removed from Warning)

Marymount University, Arlington, VA (continued on Warning) [PDF]

Memphis Theological Seminary, Memphis, TN (placed on Probation) [PDF]

Pfeiffer University, Misenheimer, NC (continued on Warning) [PDF]

Talladega College, Talladega, AL (Monitoring Report) (continued on Warning) [PDF]

Talladega College, Talladega, AL (Referral Report) (continued on Warning) [PDF]

Southwest Virginia Community College, Cedar Bluff, VA (placed on Warning) [PDF]

The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas (removed from Probation Good Cause)

State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota, Bradenton, FL (removed from Warning)

June 2026 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 June 11, 2026. 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.

Edgecombe Community College, Tarboro, NC (continued on Warning) [PDF]

Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, North Carolina (continued on Probation Good Cause) [PDF]

Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA (placed on Probation Good Cause) [PDF]