SACS Then and Now
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Then
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Now
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The Criteria for Accreditation
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The Principles of Accreditation
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Compliance with 475-plus detailed and prescriptive "must" statements
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Compliance with 73 "core" and "comprehensive" statements
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Completion of an extensive andevaluative self-study report
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Submission of a concise compliance certification report (no self-study)
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A self-study steering committee and a dozen or more self-study committees
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A small leadership team overseeing compliance certification reporting
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Coordination by the institution's self-study director every 10 years
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Continuous annual coordination by the institution's accreditation liaison
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Faculty-dominated self-study evaluations and report preparation
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Administrator-dominated compliance certification with a faculty-dominated Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP)
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An on-site peer review committee's validation of institutional compliance with the Criteria
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An off-site peer review committee's validation of institutional compliance with the Principles
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An on-site committee that reviews voluminous hard copy documentation (a physical documents room)
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An off-site committee that accesses an electronic archive of focused documentation and interactive reference data (a virtual documents room)
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An on-site peer committee's validation of institutional compliance that is independent of other institutions' reviews
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The simultaneous validation of compliance for a half-dozen institutions by the same off-site peer review committee
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Self-study orientations, preparations and peer reviews that are conducted on a schedule that is unique to each institution
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Compliance orientations, preparations and peer reviews that are conducted on a common schedule for Track A institutions and separately for Track B institutions each year
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Campus-wide involvement that focuses on institutional compliance with "must" statements
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Campus-wide involvement that focuses on Quality Enhancement Planning (QEP) for improved student learning
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An on-site peer review that involves a large visiting committee comprised of many different specialists examining all operations
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An on-site peer review that involves a small visiting committee comprised of specialists focused primarily on the QEP
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A project in which IT personnel play minor roles in self-study preparation and technical support for the on-site visit
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A project in which IT personnel play major mission-critical roles in designing and activating electronic information centers needed for off-site access and validation of compliance
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Adapted from information prepared by Ed Rugg, Kennesaw State University,
first posted on the KSU Web site 5/20/03.
http://ie.kennesaw.edu/sacs/sacs_acc_req/Major_par_shift.pdf
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