Accreditation & Academic Compliance
The Office of Academic Compliance (OAC) collaborates with schools to ensure institutional alignment with Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) accreditation standards, and federal and state academic compliance requirements.
Accreditation
The University of Virginia is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award baccalaureate, masters, educational specialist, and doctoral degrees. SACSCOC requires compliance with standards designed to assure educational quality and improve institutional effectiveness.
Reviews and Approvals
Establishing academic programs or making changes to existing programs requires advance internal and external governance reviews and approvals, which vary based on the type of action. OAC verifies alignment with institutional policies and procedures; and helps shepherd actions through external approvals.
University Assessment
Assessment is the systematic process of gathering, analyzing, and interpreting data on student learning outcomes to inform student learning and improve teaching. The University Assessment team supports the planning, implementation, and reporting of student learning assessment for degree and certificate programs as well as competency-based assessments of our institutional outcomes.
State Authorization
Academic Compliance coordinates with units to safeguard compliance with state and federal approvals regarding UVA-sponsored educational activity that occurs in the United States outside the state of Virginia.
Licensure
For academic programs that prepare students for professional certification or licensure, Academic Compliance works with schools to provide information on whether the program meets the educational requirements for certification or licensure in U.S. states and or territories outside Virginia.