Question about accrediation reviews

Question: When an accreditation board (SACS for example) reviews a school, do they publish their findings? If so, how would one see these?

 

My experience is that the regional accreditors do not make their reports public. Some schools choose to make their self studies and other documents avalable - often on reserve in the library. However, the reports of the visiting groups aren't generally available to the public.

Regards - Andy

 

Re: Re: Question about accrediation reviews

Hmmm .... thanks. I appreciate it.

 

Same goes for Engineering Programs accredited by ABET. All the public sees is if the program is accredited and dates of previous and next scheduled visits.

Regards,
Dick

 

However, if the school makes its reply to the accreditation report public, you can get a very good idea of what was in the evaluation report. The reply will outline how the school plans to rectify any problems identified in the report.

Hworth

 

You might try going to the SACS home page, whch is http://www.sacscoc.org/. One link is to a .pdf file called "Accreditation Actions taken December 10, 2001". It mainly lists schools that were re-accredited, but there is a list of schools with adverse actions (official warnings) and why they were given.

My job at the Medical College of Georgia brings me into contact with site visit results by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, which is the overseer board for the medical residenc programs. Those results sometimes feature unproven, slanted allegations by residents and conclusions by the Review Committee that were just plain wrong, because the site visitor misunderstood something. It's probably best that the public not have access to those documents, as something could easily be taken out of context.

I do applaud institutions that voluntarily publish their accreditation status, though.

Lynette Brege