Peer evaluators from other universities are on campus from March 25-28 to evaluate Auburn's compliance with the accreditation standards of the SACS Commission on Colleges.
The reaccreditation process will include interviews with students, faculty and administrators before filing the final report.
The final decision will be made in December of this year.
The focus on the accreditation will be on the ePortfoio Project, which helps students to digitally express their work that connect with other classes and activities that will help them with graduate studies and getting a job.
The ePortfolio Project was created under the standard called Quality Enhancement Plan, said Drew Clark, director of institutional research and assessment.
"The idea is that each institution in addition to showing that it has a record of being in compliance with other standards, it also has to demonstrate that it can identify a focus project to enhance some aspect of student learning and show that they are bale to carry out and show the impact of the project," Clark said.
Auburn's last accreditation was in 2004.
The standards that the accreditation assesses the university on can range from broad to similar topics, Clark said.
"To prepare for accreditation we first prepare a description on how the university complies with all aspects," Clark said. 'Sometimes there are follow-ups. Then a team is assembled, which is composed of people that work at other universities in the region."
Clark said the accreditation process is going well.
"Auburn has been continuously accredited by the Commission of Colleges," Clark said. "We follow its principles and it's gone well in the past."
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