University holds forum to educate others about SACS
TCU officials will hold an open forum 4 p.m. today to answer questions about the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools site visit.

Students, faculty and staff are free to ask questions about the visit or any part of the reaffirmation process, said Bonnie Melhart, director of the SACS self-study.

The forum will be in Moudy Building North, Room 141.

Some individuals are already informed about the reaccreditation process, but the forum is a way for the those who are not as informed to get a better understanding of it, Melhart said.

“It will be an open meeting without a lot of structure and will be an opportunity for people to ask questions (about the process),” Melhart said.

Melhart said the forum will help the campus prepare for the visit when 18 visitors assigned by the Commission of Colleges are on campus Feb. 24 to Feb. 27.

Some faculty and staff have already been requested by the visitors to be interviewed, and the forum will give these constituencies a chance to ask questions to prepare for the interviews.

Members of the self-study steering committee and officials from the provost’s office will be at the forum with Melhart to answer questions, Melhart said.

— Jacque Nguyen