The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) is an institutional accreditor for quality assurance in higher education. SACSCOC accredits institutions that award associate, baccalaureate, master’s, or doctoral degrees, including those offered via distance and correspondence education, and direct assessment within these institutions. It serves as the common denominator of shared values and practices among its members in the United States and international higher education institutions approved by the SACSCOC Executive Council, Board of Trustees, and the Appeals Committee of the College Delegate Assembly.
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges has six core values. They are:
- Integrity
- Continuous Quality Improvement
- Peer Review/Self-regulation
- Accountability
- Student Learning
- Transparency
As a member institution of the SACSCOC, the FAU is required to establish and observe policies and procedures that ensure compliance with the “Principles of Accreditation” standards as established by SACSCOC. FAU’s SACSCOC accreditation is institutional in nature and is not accreditation of specific degrees or programs. The SACSCOC accreditation of FAU’s branch campuses is dependent on the accreditation of the parent institution.