Recent Changes
June 2025
- June 2025 Accreditation Actions and Public Disclosure Statements
- December 2024 Accreditation Actions and Public Disclosure Statements (Revised 06/27/2025)
- C-RAC Letter on House Accreditation Choice and Innovation Act [PDF]
- Good Practices in the Use of Generative AI [PDF]
- Reduced Credit Undergraduate Degree Guideline [PDF]
- Substantive Change Policy and Procedures [PDF]
- Redline Substantive Change Resource [PDF]
- 2024 Annual Report
- Institutional Summary Form Prepared for SACSCOC Reviews [Word]
- Report of the Reaffirmation Committee [Word]
- Report of the Reaffirmation Committee [Word] (Differentiated)
May 2025
April 2025
- New SACSCOC President announced [PDF]
- Accreditors React to President Trump’s Latest Executive Order Targeting College Oversight
March 2025
- Institutional Name Change Cross Reference List [PDF]
- Accredited and Candidate List [PDF]
- Department of Education RIF Letter
- Arbitration of Adverse Actions (Revised 3/12/2025)
- IHEP Final Letter to Congress re IES Research & Data Cuts and ED Student Privacy Protections
- C-RAC Letter Congratulating McMahon on Confirmation
February 2025
- ACE Response to Dear Colleague Letter [PDF]
- C-RAC Letter to Department od Education concerning Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) sent to institutions. [PDF]
January 2025
- Information from the December SACSCOC Board [PDF]
- C-RAC Letter to Transition Team [PDF]
- Creation of Hot Topic Video Series web page.
December 2024
- Substantive Change Policy and Procedures [PDF]
- Redline Substantive Change Resource [PDF]
- 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
September 2024
- Interdenominational Theological Center (Atlanta, GA) withdraws from membership
- 2024 Track A QEP Summaries
July 2024
- 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]
- 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.