Reports of the Accrediting Commissions (November)

December 2024

Formal Commission Reports. The official reports of actions taken by the Commission on Community College Accreditation and the Commission on Accreditation in November 2024 follow.

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON
COMMUNITY/JUNIOR COLLEGE ACCREDITATION

Cynthia Bridges, Chair

November 2024

Action was deferred on 1 (one) institution applying for Associate Membership.

After positive action by the Commission on Community/Junior College Accreditation, the following institution was granted Associate Membership:

Queensborough Community College

Progress reports were accepted from one (1) institution recently granted Associate Membership.

After positive action by the Commission on Community/Junior College Accreditation, the following member institutions were granted Membership:

Century College
Connecticut State Community College – Manchester

After positive action by the Commission on Community/Junior College Accreditation, the following institutions were continued in good standing:

Community College of Rhode Island
Montgomery College
SUNY Schenectady County Community College

Action was deferred on three (3) institutions applying for renewal of Membership.

Progress reports were accepted from six (6) institutions recently continued in good standing.

Progress reports were accepted from one (1) institution recently approved for Substantive Change.

Progress reports were accepted from one (1) institution recently granted Plan Approval.

Two (2) programs were granted Plan Approval.

Two (2) programs were granted Final Approval for Listing.

One (1) institution was notified regarding failure to submit the 2023-2024 Accreditation Audit.

One (1) institution was notified regarding failure to submit the 2023-2024 Affirmation Statement.

One (1) institution was notified regarding failure to submit the 2024-2025 Accreditation Audit.

One (1) institution was notified regarding failure to submit the 2024-2025 Affirmation Statement.

One (1) institution was notified regarding failure to submit the 2022-23 HEADS Data Survey.

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION

H. Keith Jackson, Chair
Dan Goble, Associate Chair
November 2024

Progress Reports were accepted from one (1) institution recently granted Associate Membership.

After positive action by the Commission on Accreditation, the following member institutions were granted Membership:

Bethune-Cookman University

Progress Reports were accepted from one (1) institution recently granted Membership.

After positive action by the Commission on Accreditation, the following institutions were granted renewal of Membership:

Anderson University (Indiana)
Arkansas Tech University
Central Washington University
Columbus State University
East Central University
Eastman School of Music
Emporia State University
Friends University
Grambling State University
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Immaculata University
Lawrence University
Miami University
MidAmerica Nazarene University
Mississippi University for Women
Morehead State University
Newberry College
Roberts Wesleyan University
Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey
Simpson College
Sonoma State University
Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
Truman State University
University of Alabama
University of Alabama at Birmingham
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Missouri – St. Louis
University of Nebraska – Lincoln
University of Wisconsin – Madison
University of Wisconsin – Whitewater
West Virginia University
Western Michigan University
Wheaton College

Action was deferred on seventy (70) institutions applying for renewal of Membership.

Progress Reports were accepted from seven (7) institutions and acknowledge from one (1) institution recently granted renewal of Membership.

Five (5) applications were approved for Substantive Change.

Action was deferred on three (3) applications for Substantive Change.

Progress Reports were accepted from one (1) institution concerning programs recently approved for Substantive Change.

Eighty-seven (87) programs were granted Plan Approval.

Action was deferred on fifty-eight (58) programs submitted for Plan Approval.

Progress Reports were accepted from one (1) institution concerning programs recently granted Plan Approval.

Fifty-two (52) programs were granted Final Approval for Listing.

Action was deferred on twenty-three (23) programs submitted for Final Approval for Listing.

Progress Reports were accepted from one (1) institution concerning programs recently granted Final Approval for Listing.

Three (3) programs were granted Basic Listing.

One (1) institution was notified regarding failure to submit the 2023-24 Accreditation Audit.

One (1) institution was notified regarding failure to submit the 2023-24 Affirmation Statement.

One (1) institution was notified regarding failure to submit the 2022-23 HEADS Data Survey.

One (1) institution was notified regarding past due for submission of the Notice of Intention to Apply form.

Three (3) institutions were granted second-year postponements for re-evaluation.

Progress reports were accepted from one (1) institution recently granted postponement for re-evaluation.

Progress reports were accepted from two (2) institutions regarding the Supplemental Annual Report 2022-2023.

Eleven (11) institutions (Alliance University, American University, Birmingham-Southern College, Bluffton University, Bucknell University, Cottey College, Harper College, Minnesota State University Mankato, Sinclair Community College, Villa Maria College of Buffalo, West Virginia Wesleyan College) withdrew from Membership during the 2023-24 academic year.

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