Requirement Number 2.1: The institution has degree-granting authority from the appropriate government agency or agencies.

Full Compliance

Georgia Southern University has degree-granting authority given to it by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. This body, created by an Act of the General Assembly of Georgia in 1931, has government, control, and management of the University System of Georgia and each of its institutions. This policy appears in Article I, Subsection 2 http://www.usg.edu/admin/humres/bylaws/bylaws.html#I of the Bylaws of the Board of Regents. Article I, Subsection 6 lists the University System of Georgia institutions http://www.usg.edu/admin/humres/bylaws/bylaws.html#I. See http://www.usg.edu/admin/humres/bylaws/.