The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) requires a Fifth-Year Interim Report, which consists of:
- Signature Attesting to Integrity
- Institutional Summary Form
- Fifth-Year Compliance Certification
- Fifth-Year Follow Up Report (as requested by the Board of Trustees)
- QEP Impact Report
The abbreviated compliance report requires narratives for the following principles of accreditation:
- Core Requirement 2.8 - Adequate Faculty
- Core Requirement 2.10 - Student Support Programs
- Comprehensive Standard 3.2.8 - Qualified Administrators
- Comprehensive Standard 3.3.1.1 - Institutional Effectiveness
- Comprehensive Standard 3.4.3 - Admission Policies
- Comprehensive Standard 3.4.11 - Qualified Program Coordinators
- Comprehensive Standard 3.11.3 - Physical Facilities
- Federal Requirement 4.1 - Student Success
- Federal Requirement 4.2 - Appropriate Curriculum
- Federal Requirement 4.3 - Publication of Policies
- Federal Requirement 4.4 - Program Length
- Federal Requirement 4.5 - Student Complaints
- Federal Requirement 4.6 - Recruitment Materials
- Federal Requirement 4.7/CS 3.10.2 - Title IV Requirements
- Feceral Requirement 4.8 - Distance and correspondence education
- Federal Requirement 4.9 - Deffinition of Credit Hours
- Comprehensive Standard 3.13 - Policy Compliance
NKU's Fifth-Year Interim Report was submitted to SACSCOC in March 2015.
