{"id":706,"date":"2019-09-05T21:33:49","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T21:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sacscoc.org\/?page_id=706"},"modified":"2026-06-24T12:02:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T12:02:03","slug":"latest-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sacscoc.org\/latest-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"top-10-most-frequently-cited-principles-in-decennial-reaffirmation-news\">Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Principles in Decennial Reaffirmation News<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>These tables presents basic descriptive statistics on findings of non-compliance at the three stages of reaffirmation reviews<\/td><\/tr><tr><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sacscoc.org\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026_Most-Frequently-Cited-Principles_Class-of-2025.pdf\">2025 Reaffirmation Class<\/a> (Preliminary Data)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sacscoc.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Most-Frequently-Cited-Principles_Class-of-2024_web.pdf\">2024 Reaffirmation Class<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sacscoc.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024_Most-Frequently-Cited-Principles_Class-of-2023_web.pdf\">2023 Reaffirmation Class<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sacscoc.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Most-Frequently-Cited-Principles_2022_web.pdf\">2022 Reaffirmation Class<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sacscoc.org\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Most-Frequently-Cited-Principles_2021.pdf\">2021 Reaffirmation Class<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sacscoc.org\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Most-Frequently-Cited-Principles_2020_web.pdf\">2020 Reaffirmation Class<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/app\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Most_Frequently_Cited_Principles_2019_web.pdf\">2019 Reaffirmation Class<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a aria-label=\"2018 Reaffirmation Class (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Most-Frequently-Cited-Principles_2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2018 Reaffirmation Class<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a aria-label=\"2017 Reaffirmation Class (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Most-Frequently-Cited-Principles_2017_Track_A_B_web.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2017 Reaffirmation Class<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a aria-label=\"2016 Reaffirmation Class (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Most-Frequently-Cited-Principles_2016_web_preliminary.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2016 Reaffirmation Class<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a aria-label=\"2015 Reaffirmation Class\u2028 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Most-Frequently-Cited-Principles_2015_Track_A_B_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2015 Reaffirmation Class<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a aria-label=\"2014 Reaffirmation Class (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Most-Frequently-Cited-Principles_2014_Track_A_B.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2014 Reaffirmation Class<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a aria-label=\"2013 Reaffirmation Class (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Most-Frequently-Cited-Principles_2013_Track_A_B-rev.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2013 Reaffirmation Class<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sacscoc.org\/app\/uploads\/2022\/12\/C_8.1_NonCompliance_InstitutionalApproaches_IllustrativeExamples.pdf\">Non-Compliance Factors in CR 8.1: Illustrative Examples<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"QEP - Pointers from Peer Evaluators (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/QEP_Pointers_OnSite_Survey_2012_2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">QEP &#8211; Pointers from Peer Evaluators<\/a><br>This document presents a set of pointers that emerged from the content analysis of the survey responses provided by SACSCOC peer evaluators. Illustrative direct quotes are intended to highlight peer evaluators\u2019 perspectives and to assist institutions in designing effective and sustainable QEPs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"Guideline: Requests for Data or Research Assistance (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RequestsDataResearch.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Guideline: Requests for Data or Research Assistance<\/a>&nbsp;<br>(Approved Dec 2015)&nbsp;The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) supports meaningful research inquiries in postsecondary education, especially on issues related to regional accreditation. SACSCOC will accept a limited number of substantive requests for data\/research assistance from graduate students representing SACSCOC member institutions and working on dissertation\/thesis research projects directly related to accreditation topics. The Commission will also accept a limited number of substantive requests for collaboration from faculty members working on scholarly projects directly related to accreditation topics. The Commission will provide data\/research assistance only to requests\/proposals that have been reviewed by the Office of Training and Research, recommended by the SACSCOC Peer Review Advisory Board (PRAB), and approved by the SACSCOC President.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Principles in Decennial Reaffirmation News These tables presents basic descriptive statistics on findings of non-compliance at the three stages of reaffirmation reviews Non-Compliance Factors in CR 8.1: Illustrative Examples QEP &#8211; Pointers from Peer EvaluatorsThis document presents a set of pointers that emerged from the content analysis of the survey [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-news.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-706","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Latest Research - SACSCOC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sacscoc.org\/latest-research\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Latest Research - SACSCOC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Principles in Decennial Reaffirmation News These tables presents basic descriptive statistics on findings of non-compliance at the three stages of reaffirmation reviews Non-Compliance Factors in CR 8.1: Illustrative Examples QEP &#8211; 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