{"id":21,"date":"2024-10-24T16:32:43","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T16:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/information\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2026-04-22T23:35:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:35:31","slug":"student-complaints-accreditation-fraud","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/information\/student-complaints-accreditation-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Complaint Process Concerning Accreditation and Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Board of Trustees takes very seriously complaints and concerns regarding the University. Students or prospective students who wish to file a complaint related to accreditation or regarding violations of state law not resolved at the institution may submit a complaint to the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance, Division of Consumer Protection.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/commerce\/consumer-affairs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/commerce\/consumer-affairs.html<\/a>.\u00a0If the program is licensed by the State of Tennessee, a complaint may be filed with the appropriate state licensing board.\u00a0 Under state open records law, all or parts of complaints will generally be available for review upon request from a member of the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Questions about the accreditation of Â鶹ÊÓƵ may be directed in writing to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-4097, by calling (404) 679-4500, or by using information available on SACSCOC\u2019s website (www.sacscoc.org).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Confidential complaints of fraud, waste or abuse may be made by email at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:reportfraud@mtsu.edu\">reportfraud@mtsu.edu<\/a>;&nbsp;by contacting the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.comptroller.tn.gov\/office-functions\/investigations\/fraud-waste-and-abuse.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tennessee Comptroller of Treasury<\/a><strong>;&nbsp;<\/strong>or by calling the Tennessee Comptroller&#8217;s Hotline for Fraud, Waste and Abuse at 1-800-232-5454.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Board of Trustees takes very seriously complaints and concerns regarding the University. Students or prospective students who wish to file a complaint related to accreditation or regarding violations of state law not resolved at the institution may submit a complaint to the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance, Division of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-bannernosidebar.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":343,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions\/343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}