<p>Jkolko, you are still begging the question. It is easy to say that they found SACS accreditation more than sufficient. If you check the NASAD web site, most members, if not all of the NASAD accredited schools, are accredited by both NASAD and their regional accrediting bodies. NASAD was established to establish rigorous standards for schools of art and design that are not necessarily required by regional accreditation. SCAD has known for years that this issue is a thorn in its side. There have been numerous postings about why they haven't achieved this. It is a major question as to why they just don't get the accreditation and be done with it. Frankly, SCAD certainly has the funding to get some staff member to pursue this. This should be a non-issue,but it remains a major question. Too many top art programs have this accreditation to leave this issue in abeyance. In fact, getting this accreditation would drastically increase applications in my opinion, which is another reason why I dont' understand their lack of interest in this accreditation.</p>
<p>I also do understand that SCAD notes that they feel that regional accreditation is good enough,but good enough, in this case, is not good enough.</p>