Instructions

Most of the supporting documents referred to in this report are on the CD. However, to have access to all of the references you will need to be connected to the Internet.

Many of the documents in this report are in Adobe Acrobat PDF file format. The Adobe Acrobat Reader must be installed on the computer being used for the review in order to view those files. The reader is available, free of charge, by clicking the Adobe icon above.

It should not matter which Web browser or operating system is being used to view the Compliance Report.

If you have any questions or problems viewing this site please call or e-mail us using the information at the bottom of this page.

This report is open to college faculty and staff, and the public. However, a few documents and supporting applications require a user-id and password. The user-ids and passwords will be made available to SACS reviewers in a separate document. The items with controlled access are the NSCC Faculty Teaching Credentials Roster (FTCR), Regents Online Degree Program (RODP) Faculty Roster, Regents Online Degree Program (RODP) document center, and the NSCC Emergency Preparedness Plan.

Structure/Organization

Nashville State SACS 2007 Compliance Report pages have the NSCC logo (which is a link to the main college home page and site) and a teal header. The logo and header are not visible while viewing the narrative of the requirements and standards, nor are they visible if you have navigated away from the Compliance Report site. The Web browser's back button can be used to navigate back to the Compliance site.

Navigation

Nashville State SACS 2007 Compliance Report contains a menu bar on the left which provides access to the core requirements section, each comprehensive standard section, and the federal requirements section. All links are underlined and have a "mouse-over" feature indicating that the link is active. Use the menu bar on the left to move sequentially between sections or go to sections out of order. The menu bar expands and contracts with navigation between sections. The "forward" and "back" buttons on the menu bar of the Web browser works in the usual manner.

The main page of each section (i.e., Core Requirements) contains a table laying out the standards or requirements of that section, the judgment of compliance for each item, and links to the corresponding narrative.

The narrative of each standard and requirement includes a list of supporting documents. Some of the supporting documents are resident on the CD (noted with a docs\ prefix) while others are located on an external website. Either way, the document's name is an active link to the actual document. Clicking the link will result in the document opening in the current window or opening in a new window. After viewing the document, either close the window if the document opened in a new window, or use the Web browser's "back" button to return to the narrative. The state of the "back" arrow in the upper left corner of the screen stays active when a document is being viewed in the current window, so the the "back" arrow will return to the narrative. When the "back" arrow is inactive, or gray, the document is being viewed in a new browser window, which must be closed in order to resume with the narrative.

Helpful Links on Menu Bar

The compliance report menu bar on the left contains links to the following resources:

Alphabetized list of all of the supporting document used in the report

A link to Nashville State's college catalog

A link to Nashville State's faculty and staff handbook

A link to Nashville State's Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) website

A link to Nashville State's online Faculty Teaching Credentials Roster (FTCR), which requires password access. Click here for instructions on accessing and using the FTCR.

A link to Nashville State's 2005-2010 strategic plan

A link to Nashville State's online Institutional Effectiveness Tracking System (IETS). Click here for instructions on accessing and using the IETS.