As Amended
SEC. 37-101-241. Commission on college accreditation.
There is hereby created the Commission on College Accreditation. Said commission shall be composed of the Director of the Division of Junior Colleges in the State Department of Education, the Commissioner of Higher Education, and two (2) additional members, one (1) of whom shall be selected by the foregoing two (2) members and who shall represent the private colleges within the state, and one (1) of whom shall be selected by the Mississippi Association of Colleges. The latter two (2) members shall each serve for a term of three (3) years.
The commission shall meet and organize by electing from among its membership a chairman, a vice-chairman and a secretary. The commission shall keep full and complete minutes and records of all its proceedings and actions.
The commission shall have the power and authority, and it shall be its duty to prepare an approved list of junior and senior colleges and universities located in the State of Mississippi. In preparing the list of approved colleges and universities the commission shall adopt standards which are in keeping with the best educational practices in accreditation and receive reports from the institutions seeking to be placed on the approved list.
All colleges and universities not already authorized to grant degrees to students graduating from their courses must be approved by the commission in order to grant diplomas of graduation or degrees.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to private commercial schools and colleges.
SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 6791.5; Laws, 1950, ch. 368, Secs. 1-4; 1964, ch. 414; 1988, ch. 324, Sec. 4, eff from and after July 1, 1988.