Specialized Accreditation of Academic Programs
Readiness Resources
Fifth-Year Interim Report (Campus view only) Added May 2009
Brief timetable for UNCW's next SACS accreditation review:
- 2008-09 Fifth-Year Interim Report
- Fall 2010 Working committees formed for ten-year review
- Spring 2011 QEP topic selected
- Fall 2012 Compliance certification due; off-site review conducted
- Spring 2013 QEP due; on-site review conducted
Links to SACS publications
- Principles of Accreditation (2008 Edition)
This is the current version of the standards with which an institution must comply in order to maintain accreditation with the Commission on Colleges. - Quality Enhancement Plan Handbook (Released March 4, 2008)
This document details a ten step process for developing the QEP. - Resource Manual
This manual contains rationale and notes, relevant questions to guide compliance response, and sample documentation for each of the standards.
- Handbook for Reaffirmation of Accreditation
This handbook describes the accreditation review process and the Quality Enhancement Plan. Appendix D contains a standard-by-standard list of suggested documentation and supporting evidence.
Links to selected Quality Enhancement Plans
North Carolina State University's Learning in a Technology-Rich Environment
University of Texas at Arlington's Active Learning
University of Central Florida's Information Fluency
Executive Summaries of Quality Enhancement Plans Developed by the 2007 Reaffirmation Class
One page summaries are provided for the QEPs of thirty-seven institutions having graduate programs.
Executive Summaries of Quality Enhancement Plans Developed by the 2008 Reaffirmation Class
One page summaries are provided for the QEPs of thirty-five institutions having graduate programs.
Other SACS links:
Titles of recent Quality Enhancement Plans (Classes of 2004 and 2005)
SACS home page
NSSE (National Survey of Student Engagement)
UNCW's Office of Institutional Research maintains a Web page with recent NSSE and FSSE results for UNCW.
