MUW Earns SACS 10-Year Reaffirmation

COLUMBUS, Miss. (Press Release) — The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges has reaffirmed the accreditation of Mississippi University for Women for another 10 years.

The decision represents years of planning by faculty and staff to document and demonstrate the university’s compliance with regional and national standards of excellence.

“This is an extremely rigorous process that looks at every aspect of the institution and requires extensive analysis and documentation,” Borsig said. “The W is committed to quality enhancement through assessment and continuous improvement, and I commend the hard work of countless faculty and staff members who contributed to the effort.”

As part of the reaffirmation process, SACSCOC requires institutions to develop a five-year Quality Enhancement Plan to improve student learning. The W’s QEP titled, “Think Outside the Books,” has an overarching goal of cultivating intellectual curiosity and was developed by a QEP team that consisted of faculty, staff and student representatives.

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges is the regional body for the accreditation of higher education institutions in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Latin America that award associate, baccalaureate, master’s and/or doctoral degrees.

According to the SACSCOC website, when an institution has earned accreditation by the Commission on Colleges, it signifies that it has “a purpose appropriate to higher education and has resources, programs, and services sufficient to accomplish and sustain that purpose.”