Chancellor Dan Jones. UM photo by Robert Jordan.
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi Chancellor Dan Jones has been elected as a trustee of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.
Jones was elected by the SACSCOC College Delegate Assembly in December 2012 to serve a three-year term on the board. He is scheduled to attend orientation, summer and annual meetings beginning in May.
“Each board member is assigned to serve on one of its standing committees, called the Committees on Compliance and Reports,” said Belle Wheelan, SACS president. “It is the responsibility of the committees to evaluate a variety of institutional reports and to formulate recommendations regarding institutions and their accreditation status with SACSCOC.”
Jones said he is honored to have been elected.
“I am pleased to take on this responsibility of serving on the board of our regional accrediting agency,” he said. “It is my hope that this will prove useful to our university and to the cause of higher education in our region.”
SACSCOC serves as the recognized regional accrediting body for institutions of higher education that award degrees in 11 Southeastern states. The commission’s main purpose is to improve the educational quality throughout the region and assure the public that its member institutions meet established standards.
As a trustee, Jones will represent more than 800 institutions and be responsible for determining commission policy, reviewing and making decisions regarding the accreditation of institutions and conducting the initial review for proposed changes or any modifications to the commission’s standards.
For more information about SACSCOC, visit http://www.sacscoc.org/