SACS Home Select Principle    *Please Note: Adobe Acrobat Reader required the to view Core Requirements 2.1 Degree-granting authority 2.2 Governing Board 2.3 Chief Executive Officer 2.4 Statement of Mission 2.5 Institutional Effectiveness 2.6 Continuous Operation 2.7.1 General degree program requirements 2.7.2 General degree program requirements 2.7.3 General degree program requirements 2.7.4 General degree program requirements 2.8 Numbers of faculty 2.9 Library, other learning and information resources 2.10 Student support programs and service 2.11 Financial stability Comprehensive Standards Institutional Mission 3.1 Comprehensive statement of mission Governance and Administration 3.2.1 Selection of chief executive officer 3.2.2.1 Legal authority and operating control 3.2.2.2 Legal authority and operating control 3.2.2.3 Legal authority and operating control 3.2.2.4 Legal authority and operating control 3.2.3 Governing Board, conflict of interest 3.2.4 Governing Board, undue influence 3.2.5 Governing Board, dismissal 3.2.6 Governing Board, distinction of duties 3.2.7 Institution, organizational structure 3.2.8 Institution, qualified administration 3.2.9 Institution, appointment and employment 3.2.10 Institution, evaluation of administrators 3.2.11 Chief executive officer, intercollegiate athletics 3.2.12 Chief executive officer, fund-raising 3.2.13 Institution, foundation 3.2.14 Institution, ownership of materials Institutional Effectiveness 3.3.1 Outcomes assessment, analyses for improvement Comprehensive Standards for Programs Educational Programs, All 3.4.1 Approved by faculty, learning outcomes 3.4.2 Distance education programs 3.4.3 Admissions policies 3.4.4 Policies for evaluating, awarding and accepting academic credit 3.4.5 Dissemination of academic policies 3.4.6 Practices for awarding academic credit 3.4.7 Consortial and contractual educational programs 3.4.8 Awarding of academic credit for non-credit work 3.4.9 Academic support services 3.4.10 Defines and publishes general and major program requirements 3.4.11 Security of student academic records 3.4.12 Faculty responsibility for quality and oversight 3.4.13 Curriculum development, program coordinators 3.4.14 Use of technology to enhance student learning Undergraduate Programs 3.5.1 Competencies within general education core 3.5.2 Degree credit earned at institution Graduate and Post-Baccalaureate Professional Programs 3.6.1 Academic contents progressively advanced 3.6.2 Independent learning 3.6.3 Degree credits earned at institution Faculty 3.7.1 Qualifications 3.7.2 Evaluation 3.7.3 Professional development 3.7.4 Academic freedom 3.7.5 Published policies on responsibility and authority Library and Other Learning Resources 3.8.1 Facilities and instructional support services 3.8.2 Access to instruction in use 3.8.3 Qualified staff Student Affairs and Services 3.9.1 Student rights and responsibilities 3.9.2 Security of student affairs records 3.9.3 Qualified student affairs personnel Resources Financial and Physical Resources 3.10.1 Financial stability 3.10.2 Financial statements and related documents 3.10.3 Audits financial aid 3.10.4 Financial control over financial and physical resources 3.10.5 Financial control, sponsored programs, research 3.10.6 Healthy, safe and secure environment 3.10.7 Physical facilities Federal Requirements 4.1 Evaluation of student achievement 4.2 Curriculum appropriate 4.3 Availability of calendars and policies 4.4 Program length appropriate to degrees 4.5 Procedures for student complaints 4.6 Recruitment 4.7 Accreditor information 4.8 Title IV Compliance