The SACSCOC evaluation committee was established to review the Fifth-Year Interim Report. This committee is composed of SACS board members with prior Compliance Certification experience. Each of the four committees reviews approximately 10 institutions and each of the committees has five members: Coordinator, IE evaluator, student services evaluator, and two academic program evaluators. Two finance reviewers also participate in the review.

• Options available to the Evaluators:
• oNo referral or
• oReferral to a Curriculum and Review (C & R) Committee
• Options available to the C & R Committee following a referral:
• oNo additional report requested;
• oRequest a monitoring report which starts the two‐year limited monitoring period; or
• oRecommend placing the institution on a sanction, with a monitoring report, with or without a visit to campus. Part IV: Fifth‐Year Follow-Up Report (previously called an “Additional Report”) The Fifth‐Year Follow-up Report addresses issues identified at the completion of the institution’s last ten year review that required monitoring for verification of continued compliance with the identified standard. Since the submission is requested by a previous C & R Committee, it is not applicable to all institutions.

Part IV: Fifth-Year Follow-Up Report (previously called an “Additional Report”)

The Fifth-Year Follow-up Report addresses issues identified at the completion of the institution's last ten year review that required monitoring for verification of continued compliance with the identified standard. Since the submission is requested by a previous C & R Committee, it is not applicable to all institutions.

• Evaluators: C & R Committee is composed of elected members of the Board of Trustees.
• Options of the Evaluators: (1) No additional report, (2) Request monitoring report which continues the two-year limited monitoring period, (3) Recommend placing the institution on a sanction, with a monitoring report, with or without a visit to campus.

Part V: QEP Impact Report

The Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) Impact Report asks an institution to include a copy of its QEP Executive Summary as submitted to the Commission following its recent reaffirmation and a report addressing the following elements: (1) a succinct list of the initial goals and intended outcomes of the QEP; (2) a discussion of changes made to the QEP and the reasons for making those changes; (3) a description of the QEP's impact on student learning and/or the environment supporting student learning, as appropriate to the design of the QEP (to include the achievement of identified goals and outcomes, and any unanticipated outcomes of the QEP); and (4) a reflection on what the institution has learned as a result of the QEP experience.

• Evaluators: Committee to Review Fifth-Year Interim Reports (see composition under Part III above)

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