{"id":1363,"date":"2019-10-15T08:49:04","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T14:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=1363"},"modified":"2019-10-15T10:00:10","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T16:00:10","slug":"sacsos-to-vote-for-utrgvs-accreditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/15\/sacsos-to-vote-for-utrgvs-accreditation\/","title":{"rendered":"SACSCOC to Vote for UTRGV&#8217;s Accreditation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/SACSCOC-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/SACSCOC-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/SACSCOC-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/SACSCOC-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/SACSCOC-570x428.jpg 570w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/SACSCOC-380x285.jpg 380w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/SACSCOC-285x214.jpg 285w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/SACSCOC.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"blob:https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/6fb25ec2-cf03-4d09-8042-49bd029bd9c5\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In September, the Office of Institutional Accreditation successfully submitted the compliance certification report to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacscoc.org\/\">its website<\/a>&nbsp;SACSCOC \u201cis the regional body for the accreditation of degree-granting higher education institutions in the southern states.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Associate Vice President for Institutional Accreditation, Christine Shupala explains what goes into the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>\u201cThe report that we sent is a major report. 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