SACS Compliance Certification
Comprehensive Standards - Policy Compliance
3.13 | Policy Compliance | |
3.13.1 | Accrediting Decisions of Other Agencies | |
3.13.2 | Collaborative Academic Arrangements | |
3.13.3 | Complaint Procedures | |
3.13.4.a | Distance Education Compliance | |
3.13.4.b | System Operation & Structure | |
3.13.5.a | Branch Campuses | |
3.13.5.b | Autonomous Control |
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Part 1 | Signature Attesting Integrity | |
Part 2 | Substantive Changes | |
Part 3 | ||
2 | Core Requirements | |
3 | Comprehensive Standards | |
4 | Federal Requirements | |
Part 4 | Inst. Summary Form |
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3.13.4.a Distance Education Compliance
Applicable Policy Statement: An institution includes a review of its distance and correspondence education programs in the Compliance Certification. An institution includes a review of all its branch campuses and its off-campus instructional sites. Judgment |
Narrative
Reinhardt has included its distance learning programs and off-campus instructional sites in its review for assessment of compliance with the standards and specifically details compliance, where appropriate, in the sections of the standards noted below: CR 2.7.1 (Program Length) – Distance Learning- professional bachelor’s degrees CR 2.7.3 (General Education) – Degree completion programs for non-traditional students CR 2.7.4 (Course Work for Degrees) - Examples of degree programs offered at each level- Bachelor of Health Care Administration CR 2.8 (Faculty) – 2016-17 Credit Hours Taught by Full-time Faculty by Program, Location, and Modality CR 2.9 (Learning Resources and Services) – Off Campus Access to Collections and Resources CR 2.10 (Student Support Services) –applicable to all students CS 3.2.8 (Qualified Administrators/Academic Officers) – Interim Dean of Professional Studies CS 3.3.1.1 (Institutional Effectiveness: Educational Programs) – Assessment Reports for the Bachelor of Business Administration, Bachelor of Criminal Justice, and Bachelor of Health Care Administration CS 3.3.1.2 (Institutional Effectiveness Administrative Support Services) – Assessment Report for Information Technology CS 3.3.1.3 (Institutional Effectiveness Academic and Student Support Services) –Graduate and Professional Student Admissions Assessment Report CS 3.4.1 (Academic Program Approval) – Program Approval Process: “All academic programs at Reinhardt, regardless of delivery modality or location...” CS 3.4.3 (Admissions Policies) – Adult students, degree completion programs CS 3.4.6 (Practices for Awarding Credit) –Professional studies applicants CS 3.4.9 (Academic Support Services) –Services for Online Students CS 3.4.10 (Responsibility for Curriculum) – Academic Programs and Curriculum Committee CS 3.4.11 (Academic Program Coordination) – Distance Education Program Coordination, CS 3.4.12 (Technology Use) – Training in the use of Technology CS 3.5.1 (General Education Competencies) – rationale for the non-traditional general education curriculum CS 3.5.3 (Undergraduate Program Requirements) – “The professional and degree-completion programs, which serve a population of non-traditional age students, have a general education curriculum of 42-credit hours including the following requirements.” CS 3.5.4 (Terminal Degrees of Faculty) – Terminal Degrees for Distance Education Programs CS 3.7.1 (Faculty Competence) –Faculty Roster (HCA, CRJ, and BBA courses) CS 3.7.2 (Faculty Evaluation) – Narrative (applicable to all full-time faculty and adjuncts) CS 3.7.3 (Faculty Development) – Narrative (applicable to all full-time faculty) CS 3.8.1 (Learning and Information Resources) – Off Campus Access to Resources and Services CS 3.8.2 (Instruction of Library Use) – Online and Off Campus Instruction CS 3.8.3 (Qualified Staff) – Narrative (applicable to all students) CS 3.9.1 (Student Rights) – Narrative (applicable to all students) CS 3.9.2 (Student Records) – Narrative (applicable to all students) CS 3.9.3 (Qualified Staff) –Narrative (applicable to all students) CS 3.11.2 (Institutional Environment) – Narrative (applicable to all students) |