400 EAST MAIN STREET FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY 40601
MEMORANDUM
TO:Board of Regents
CC:President M. Christopher Brown II, Ph.D.
FROM:Lisa K. Lang, General CounselKentucky State University
DATE:April 8, 2018
SUBJ ECT:Board Self-Evaluation: Fiduciary Duty and Conflict of Interest
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) is the regional body for the accreditation of degree-granting higher education institutions in the Southern states. The Commission’s mission is to enhance the quality of education throughout the region and to improve institutional effectiveness by enforcing standards established by the higher education community.
Kentucky State University (KSU) is one of many SACSCOC accredited institutions. SACSCOC also monitors, evaluates, and accredits educational institutions in the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Latin America, and other international sites. As a SACSCOC accredited institution, KSU has demonstrated that “that the institution has (1) a mission appropriate to higher education, (2) resources, programs, and services sufficient to accomplish and sustain its mission, (3) clearly specified educational objectives that are consistent with its mission and appropriate to the degrees it offers, and that it is (4) successful in assessing its achievement of these objectives and demonstrating improvements.” See http://www.sacscoc.org/FAQsanswers.asp
KSU is now seeking reaffirmation of its SACSCOC accreditation. During this reaffirmation process, The SACSCOC Board of Trustees will evaluate KSU and will make its accreditation decision based on The Principles of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality Enhancement (Sixth Edition) adopted by the College Delegate Assembly in December 2017 ("Principles of Accreditation").
See http://www.sacscoc.org/pdf/2018PrinciplesOfAcreditation.pdf.
Not only should all Regents serving on the Kentucky State University Board of Regents be familiar with the SACSCOC principles for governance, they should also understand what these principles mean and how these principles are applied. To assist with this understanding, SACSCOC has prepared a resource manual called Resource Manual for The Principles of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality Enhancement (Third Edition) ("Resource Manual"). See http://www.sacscoc.org/pdf/2018%20POA%20Resource%20Manual.pdf.