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SACS Reaffirmation

Madisonville Community College is in the process of reaffirming its accreditation with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), Commission on Colleges and preparing for a site visit in October of 2006. The reaffirmation process is a comprehensive internal review intended to help the college evaluate its efforts in enhancing the quality of student learning and the quality of programs and services offered to accomplish its mission. At the end of the review process, a team of peer evaluators, assisted by COC staff, will assess the extent to which the college is in compliance with accreditation requirements. During the review process, the college is required to produce two review documents — a Compliance Certification Report and a Quality Enhancement Plan.

Compliance Certification

Compliance Committee
  • David Schuermer, co-chair
  • Beth West, co-chair
  • Cherry Berges
  • Aimee Wilkerson
  • Gail Hawkins
  • Lisa Howerton
  • Michael Johnson
  • Eddie Marks
  • Linda Thomas

The college is required to assess the extent to which it is in compliance with educational best practices as identified and described in the Core Requirements and Comprehensive Standards of The Principles of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality Enhancement. A Compliance Certification Team has been appointed by the President to conduct this review. The members of the team are identified below, and the minutes of their meetings are posted.

Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP)

QEP Committee

  • David Schuermer, co-chair
  • Greg Jewell, co-chair
  • Assessment Subcommittee
    • Beth Moore, chair
    • Linda Winstead
    • Dr. John Lowbridge
    • Dr. Mary Werner
    • Greg Jewell
  • Best Practices Subcommittee
    • Marlena West, chair
    • Sara Adams
    • Jack Dean
    • Jeff Florea
    • Elyssa Hurst
    • Daniel Nance
  • Additional Members
    • Cherry Berges
    • Eddie Marks
    • Cathy Vaughan
    • Beth West
    • Toni Wortham

The college is required to develop a QEP that describes a carefully designed and focused course of action that addresses a well-defined issue directly related to improving student learning. A QEP Team has been appointed by the President to develop the plan. The members of the team are identified to the right.

The QEP Team welcomes input from faculty and staff regarding the development of the plan. Team members have already met with the faculty of each Division to discuss the project and gather input concerning the topic for the plan. To encourage continued faculty and staff involvement, the minutes of QEP Team meetings are posted for review at this site immediately following the meeting. At that time, an email reminder is sent to all faculty and staff noting the new posting and including the link to this site. You are encouraged to post comments regarding the work of the team using the feedback mechanism below. The QEP Team has established a review process to evaluate and consider the input. Of course, you may also contact any team member at any time to discuss the development of the plan.

View the completed Quality Enhancement Plan P D F document (1.2 MB)

Division Feedback

Student Feedback

Committee Minutes

Post Your Feedback

Have feedback about the work of these committees or the reaffirmation of accreditation process in general? Post your feedback below. We are particularly interested in feedback regarding the QEP.