Meharry Medical College
SACS Reaffirmation of
Accreditation (2007)

Some Promary Goals for the New Criteria and Process

• "to revise, refine, and improve the process and standards by which institutions of higher education apply for and receive accreditation"
• To reduce the time and labor
  • Both the process and criteria are substantially different
  • Standards remain very high
• To emphasize quality enhancement, especially as related to student learning
  • This emphasis reorients the institution-COC relationship 180°