Meet Our New Associate Vice Provost for Institutional Accreditation and SACSCOC Liaison

Effective August 1, 2025, Dr. Loraine Phillips will be appointed as the new Associate Vice Provost for Institutional Accreditation and SACSCOC Liaison. Congratulations Dr. Phillips!

Dr. Phillips earned a B.S. in Education from Indiana University, an M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction, and a Ph.D. in Educational Human Resource Development from Texas A&M University. Dr. Phillips currently serves as the Associate Provost for Academic Effectiveness at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she founded and leads the Office of Academic Effectiveness and serves as the institution’s SACSCOC Liaison. In this role, she has aligned institutional goals with strategic planning efforts and implemented effective measures for tracking progress. 

Dr. Phillips brings extensive experience in SACSCOC accreditation and in managing institutional assessment and accreditation processes. At Texas State University, she will serve as the principal officer responsible for leading institutional assessment, accreditation, and related efforts to evaluate outcomes. We are pleased that Dr. Phillips will lead us through the accreditation process.