Well, folks this is the moment we have been waiting for. The Report of the Offiste Reaffirmation Committee is attached, and I think you will be pleased. The committee found seven (7) areas of noncompliance. This is lowest number that Delos and I have seen from an offsite team, so you should be very proud of your work and of our institution (the most common number for a recent sampling of NC community colleges was 14).

Institutional effectiveness, general ed competencies, and faculty credentials are typically among the commonly cited areas for colleges, and these were among our seven (along with a couple of financial items). As you read the report, you will see that the team complimented the institution in several areas. Even with faculty credentials, they found that the vast majority are well qualified, and identified only six adjunct instructors for further review (which is an extraordinarily small number of questions relating to faculty qualifications).

The seven areas of noncompliance are: 2.5, 2.11, 3.3.1, 3.4.1, 3.5.1, 3.7.1, and 3.10.4.

Our conference call Dr. Michael Johnson to discuss this report and the response that we will develop is scheduled for 10:00 on Wednesday June 14 in the Board Room. You are welcome to come for this meeting (please be there by 9:50 if you plan to attend).

Thank you again for your fine work in producing a well-developed, persuasive compliance report!

Attachment: Offsite SACS Report