Council of Assistant & Associate Deans (CAAD) Retreat

July 26, 2013

Reaffirmation of SACS Accreditation

Regional Accreditation• Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Commission on Colleges (SACS COC)– A membership organization – Class of 2015 (the first repeat class)– Class of 2005 (initial group under the new

Principles of Accreditation)• Two parts to reaffirmation: Compliance & QEP • Future plans for compliance

• 12/6-10/2013 SACS Annual Meeting• 9/9/2014 Compliance Certification • 11/4-7/2014 Off-Site Review• 12/5-9/2014 SACS Annual Meeting• 1/19/2015 Focused Report & QEP due• 3/3-5/2015 On-Site Visit• 8/5/2015 On-Site Response Report due• 12/6-9/2015 SACS Annual Meeting

UA Reaffirmation Calendar

• SACS COC Principles of Accreditation has 104 compliance items that need to be addressed– Core Requirements (16 items)– Comprehensive Standards (73 items)– Federal Requirements (15 items)

• 15 Committees or Individuals• 12/1/2013 – Compliance Certification Report

Drafts

Reaffirmation Organization

• SACS COC web site, http://www.sacscoc.org/ • Resource Manual for the Principles of

Accreditation: Foundation for Quality Enhancement http://www.sacscoc.org/pdf/Resource%20Manual.pdf

• Handbook for Institutions Seeking Reaffirmation http://www.sacscoc.org/pdf/081705/Handbook%20for%20Institutions%20seeking%20reaffirmation.pdf

SACS Resources

• Assist Committees• Go to OIRA Resources– http://www.oira.ua.edu/ & use the ‘OIRA

Resources’ link, or– myBama & use either the faculty or employee tab

to find the OIRA channel• Online Syllabus Management app (OSM)• Faculty Credentials

What You Can Do

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