The Southern Association of Colleges & Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) has reaffirmed accreditation for the University of Mobile (UMobile) for the next decade during its December 2014 annual meeting in Nashville.
The Christian university’s reaffirmation came without recommendations for improvement from the accrediting body.
SACSCOC is the regional body for the accreditation of degree-granting higher education institutions in the southern states. Its mission is to assure the educational quality and improve effectiveness of its member institutions.
Member institutions must go through an extensive self-examination and reporting process every 10 years to demonstrate their compliance with SACSCOC standards. The review culminates in an on-site visit from a SACSCOC reaffirmation committee that can make recommendations for improvements that institutions must address in order to move forward in the process.
UMobile President Mark Foley said the university was among a select few institutions that received no recommendations following a site visit in February 2014 by the reaffirmation committee.
“The reaffirmation committee’s report of no findings is an anomaly, almost unprecedented,” Foley said. “We have just joined a unique group of schools and it happened because we work hard every day to excel. Our constant work of self-examination and adjustment in light of the SACSCOC principles of accreditation has produced a good and stable institution.”
(UMobile)
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