The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools notified Southern University Chancellor James Llorens on Friday that the university has six months to show evidence of the effectiveness of its student educational programs. Southern maintains its full accreditation, but has until March 1 to submit a follow-up report outlying how these programs ensure student success. From the Times-Picayune:

According to SACS, Southern provided documentation asserting that the university identifies student-learning outcomes for its educational programs, however Southern’s institutional effectiveness is still in a development stage. “Evidence of results of assessment of these outcomes or actual use of the results of assessment for improvement was not adequately documented,” the letter says.

Dr. Llorens told the Times-Picayune in an interview that the probation is linked to a continuing review of institutional effectiveness stemming back to Southern’s reaffirmation of accreditation, and that he is ‘very confident’ the probation will be lifted.