1.1  Institutional Integrity

From the Principles of Accreditation:

“Integrity, essential to the purpose of higher education, functions as the basic contract defining the relationship between the Commission and each of its member institutions. It is a relationship in which all parties agree to deal honestly and openly with their constituencies and with one another. Without this commitment, no relationship can exist or be sustained between the Commission and its member institutions. The Commission’s requirements, policies, processes, procedures, and decisions are predicated on integrity.”

Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College agrees to comply with Commission requests, directives, decisions and policies; and to make complete, accurate and honest disclosure to the commission.  SKCTC also agrees to comply with the Core Requirements and the Comprehensive Standards and Commission policies and procedures, and to provide information as requested by the Commission in order to maintain membership and accreditation.

Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College also ensures that:

1         All documents submitted to the Commission are candid and provide all pertinent information, whether complimentary or otherwise. With due regard for the rights of individual privacy, SKCTC will provide the Commission with access to all parts of its operations, and with complete and accurate information about the institution’s affairs, including reports of other accrediting, licensing, and auditing agencies.

2         The College will respond in a timely manner to requests by the Commission for submission of dues, fees, reports, or other information.

3         Other information submitted to the Commission (such as that provided in the annual institutional profile, institutional responses to visiting committee reports, and monitoring reports) is complete, accurate, and current.

4         The College will cooperate fully with the Commission in preparation for visits, receive visiting committees in a spirit of collegiality, and comply with the Commission’s requests for acceptable reports and self-analyses.

5         The College will report substantive changes, including the initiation of new programs or sites outside the region, or new sites within the region in accordance with the Commission policy on substantive change.

6         The College will report accurately to the public its status and relationship with the Commission.

7         The College will provide counsel and advice to the Commission and agree to have its faculty and administrators serve, within reason, on visiting teams and on Commission committees.

8         The College will provide the Commission or its representatives with information requested and maintain an openness and cooperation during evaluations, enabling evaluators to perform their duties with maximum efficiency and effectiveness.

1.2 Quality Enhancement

Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College is dedicated to enhancing the quality of its programs and services within the context of its mission, resources, and capabilities, and to create an environment in which teaching, public service, research, and learning occurs.

SKCTC is engaged in an ongoing program of improvement and is able to demonstrate how well

it fulfills its stated mission, and documents the quality and effectiveness in all its major assets.

1.3 Institutional Compliance with Commission Policy

1.3.1 Substantive Change

Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College follows the substantive change policy of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges, and agrees to seek approval prior to any substantive change

1.3.2 Commission Policies and Procedures

Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College agrees to comply with all policies and procedures of the Commission.

1.3.3 Representation of Institutional Status

Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College agrees to report accurately to the public its status with the Commission.   Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College follows guidelines of the Commission on Colleges policy “Institutional Advertising, Student Recruitment and Representation of Accredited Status.”  College catalogs, student handbooks, schedules, and other official publications state that “Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-4097; Telephone Number 404.679.4501) to award the associate degree.”