Southern Association of Colleges and Schools-Commission on Colleges 2014-2015 Reaffirmation of Accreditation

Background

• What is accreditation?
  http://www.sacscoc.org/pdf/2012PrinciplesOfAcreditation.pdf (See pages 2-3)
• Why is it important?
  http://www.sacscoc.org/pdf/2012PrinciplesOfAcreditation.pdf (See page 1)
• What is SACS-COC?
  http://www.sacscoc.org/pdf/2012PrinciplesOfAcreditation.pdf (See pages 4-5)
• When was FGCU first accredited?
  • FGCU was first accredited by SACS-COC in 1999.
• When was that accreditation last reaffirmed?
  • FGCU had its accreditation reaffirmed in 2005. Since 2005, FGCU has been subject to two other COC actions that resulted in continuing accreditation for the university
    • Applied for and was granted a change from Level 3 to Level 5 in 2009
    • Successfully completed its 5th-year interim review in 2011