Requirements
Core Requirements
- 2.1 Degree Granting Authority
- 2.2 Governing Board
- 2.3 Chief Executive Officer
- 2.4 Institutional Mission
- 2.5 Institutional Effectiveness
- 2.6 Continuous Operation
- 2.7.1 Program Length
- 2.7.2 Program Content
- 2.7.3 General Education
- 2.7.4 Course Work for Degrees
- 2.8 Faculty
- 2.9 Learning Resources and Services
- 2.10 Student Support Services
- 2.11.1 Financial Resources
- 2.11.2 Physical Resources
- 2.12 Quality Enhancement Plan
Section 3: Comprehensive Standards
3.1 Institutional Mission
3.2 Governance and Administration
3.2.2 Governing board control
- 3.2.2.1 Governing Board Control: Mission
- 3.2.2.2 Governing Board Control: Fiscal Stability
- 3.2.2.3 Governing Board Control: Institutional Policy
- 3.2.3 Board Conflict of Interest
- 3.2.4 External Influence
- 3.2.5 Board Dismissal
- 3.2.6 Board/Administration Distinction
- 3.2.7 Organizational Structure
- 3.2.8 Qualified Administrative/Academic Officers
- 3.2.9 Personnel Appointment
- 3.2.10 Administrative Staff Evaluations
- 3.2.11 Control of Intercollegiate Athletics
- 3.2.12 Fund-raising Activities
- 3.2.13 Institution-related Entities
- 3.2.14 Intellectual Property Rights
3.3.1 Institutional Effectiveness
3.4 All Educational Programs
- 3.4.1 Academic Program Approval
- 3.4.2 Continuing Education/Service Programs
- 3.4.3 Admissions Policies
- 3.4.4 Acceptance of Academic Credit
- 3.4.5 Academic Policies
- 3.4.6 Practices for Awarding Credit
- 3.4.7 Consortial Relationships/Contractual Agreements
- 3.4.8 Noncredit to Credit
- 3.4.9 Academic Support Services
- 3.4.10 Responsibility for Curriculum
- 3.4.11 Academic Program Coordination
- 3.4.12 Technology Use
3.5 Educational Programs: Undergraduate Programs
3.6 Educational Programs: Graduate and Post-Baccalaureate Professional Programs
3.7 Faculty
3.8 Library and Other Learning Resources
3.9 Student Affairs and Services
3.10 Financial and Physical Resources
3.11 Physical Resources
3.12 Responsibility for Compliance with the Commission's Substantive Change Procedures and Policy
3.13 Policy compliance
3.13.4 Reaffirmation of Accreditation and Subsequent Reports
3.13.5 Separate Accreditation for Units of a Member Institution
3.14 Representation of Status with the Commission
Section 4: Federal Requirements
- 4.1 Student Achievement
- 4.2 Program Curriculum
- 4.3 Publication of Policies
- 4.4 Program Length
- 4.5 Student Complaints
- 4.6 Recruitment Materials
- 4.7 Title IV Program Responsibilities
- 4.8.1 Verification of Student Identity in Distance or Correspondence Education
- 4.8.2 Written Procedure for Distance and Correspondence Education Student's Privacy
- 4.8.3 Written Procedures for Projected Additional Student Charges
- 4.9 Definition of Credit Hours