Institutional Effectiveness and Accreditation

SACSCOC Reaffirmation

The College is undergoing the process to obtain reaffirmation of its regional accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). The process for initial and continued accreditation involves a collective analysis and judgment by the institution's internal constituencies, an informed review by peers external to the institution, and a reasoned decision by the elected members of the Commission on Colleges. Accredited institutions periodically conduct internal reviews involving their administrative officers, staffs, faculties, students, trustees, and others appropriate to the process. The internal review allows an institution to consider its effectiveness in achieving its stated mission, its compliance with the Commission's accreditation requirements, its efforts in enhancing the quality of student learning and the quality of programs and services offered to its constituencies, and its success in accomplishing its mission. At the culmination of the internal review, peer evaluators representing the Commission apply their professional judgment through a preliminary assessment of the institution; elected Board Members make the final determination of an institution's compliance with the accreditation requirements.

Reaffirmation 2014 — Planning for SACSCOC Accreditation

Reaffirmation 2014 Brochure

Florida State College at Jacksonville presents Reaffirmation 2014-Planning for SACSCOC Accreditation. The College brochure shares important information on reaffirmation for our students, faculty, and staff.

Reaffirmation Newsletters

• April 2013
• January 2013
• September 2012

Compliance Certification Report – March 2013

We are pleased to report that on Wednesday, March 13, Florida State College at Jacksonville mailed its completed Compliance Certificate to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) in the first major step in the accreditation reaffirmation process.

The Compliance Certificate is a complex document of narratives written to each of the 90+ SACSCOC standards and supported by evidence. The College's completed Compliance Certificate ran over 600 pages, in addition to over 1,500 pieces of evidence.

More than 100 College employees contributed to the completion of the Compliance Certificate by writing the narratives, reviewing the narratives and/or helping to compile supporting evidence.

In the interest of transparency, an electronic copy of the Compliance Certificate is available for review.

Please note that there are 10 SACSCOC narratives in the College's Compliance Certification Report that contain examples of either personnel evaluation or student records (such as degree audits, transcripts, appeals). Although these have been redacted to protect the student's identity, the College has removed these 10 narratives and related evidence from this public posting, to further protect personal privacy. The 10 standards include:

• 2.7.1 — Program Length (student records)
• 3.2.10 — Administrator Evaluation (personnel records)
• 3.4.4 — Acceptance of Academic Credit (student records)
• 3.4.6 — Practices for Awarding Credit (student records)
• 3.4.8 — Noncredit to Credit (student records)
• 3.7.2 — Faculty Evaluation (personnel records)
• 3.13.3 — Policy Compliance - Complaints (student)
• 4.4 — Program Length (student records)
• 4.5 — Student Complaints (student records)
• 4.9 — Definition of Credit Hours (student records)

Additionally, printed copies of all of the narratives (including the narratives listed above) and a list of evidence in the Compliance Certification Report are available at each of the College's campuses and centers in the Library/Learning Commons on reserve in the Library Services area for in-house review and at each Campus President's Office.

The Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Accreditation has additional information, including:

• Reaffirmation Timeline Details and the Compliance Certification Report Process
• Quality Enhancement Plan
• Institutional Effectiveness Activities
• College Planning Model
• Relationship of College Goals to Mission
• College Goal Performance Indicators
• Major Priorities
• Institutional Effectiveness Assessment (Program and Unit Level)

Reaffirmation Leadership Team

Will Holcombe, Interim College President
Maggie Cabral-Maly, Campus President, Kent Campus and Cecil Center
Judith Bilsky, Vice President and Provost
Steve Bowers, Vice President, Administrative Services
Holly Masturzo, Professor, Humanities, Kent Campus
Tracy Pierce, Vice President, Student Services
Lynne Crosby, Associate Vice President of Institutional Effectiveness and Accreditation
Denis Wright, Campus President, South Campus and Deerwood Center (former member)

Compliance Certification Team

Chair
Lynne Crosby, Associate Vice President of Institutional Effectiveness and Accreditation

Members
Betsy Davis, retired Dean of Workforce
Joy Haney, Web Page Developer
Kim Hardy, Executive Director, Student Success and Learning Engagement
Stan Jurewicz, Director of Risk Management
Sheri Litt, Academic Dean, Open Campus
Romualdo Marquinez, Jr., Assistant General Counsel
Holly Masturzo, Professor, Humanities, Kent Campus and Reaffirmation Leadership Team member
Denise Norris, Associate Dean of Library/Learning Commons, South Campus
Naomi Sleap, Project Coordinator, Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Accreditation
Dana Thomas, Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences, North Campus
Nancy Yurko, Associate Vice President, Liberal Arts and Sciences
Rachelle Wadsworth, Professor, Kent Campus and former Faculty Senate President
Maggie Cabral-Maly, Campus President, Kent Campus and Cecil Center (former member)

Previous member: Brian McDuffie, Associate Dean, Career Education, Kent Campus

Goals of the Compliance Certification Team

1. Determine the Compliance Certification Narrative writing teams
2. Ensure collaboration in reaffirmation process
3. Assist in determination of common terminology, formatting guidelines, etc. with OIEA
4. Ensure accuracy and thoroughness of compliance certificate narrative (with the appropriate College experts), based upon SACSCOC Reaffirmation handbook and resource manual
5. Review evidence, based upon SACSCOC Reaffirmation handbook and resource manual
6. Design communication plan to inform College community of reaffirmation process, including provision of updates to Cabinet and governance groups

Read more about the overview of SACSCOC Accreditation and the Quality Enhancement Plan or email Dr. Lynne Crosby for additional information.