11.25.2003
Tufts re-accredited by the NEASC
Tufts Daily: "After a detailed self-study and peer evaluation, Tufts received its re-accreditation from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC)...
The purpose of accreditation is twofold, according Charles Cook, Director of NEASC's Commission on Higher Education. First, it serves to 'give public insurance of institutional quality,' and second, as a 'self-reflective exercise' it is a guide for future improvement..."
UMass Boston is currently starting up its self-study, which NEASC will use as a guide when it comes to the university in April 2005.
Interestingly, the other day the managing editor, while cleaning up the archives in preparation for our move into the new Campus Center, came across old articles from the last time the university got accredited, in 1995. Included in the files was the reporter's notes, as well as the incredibly thick accreditation itself. So it looks like I'll have some reading to do over the Thanksgiving break...
The purpose of accreditation is twofold, according Charles Cook, Director of NEASC's Commission on Higher Education. First, it serves to 'give public insurance of institutional quality,' and second, as a 'self-reflective exercise' it is a guide for future improvement..."
UMass Boston is currently starting up its self-study, which NEASC will use as a guide when it comes to the university in April 2005.
Interestingly, the other day the managing editor, while cleaning up the archives in preparation for our move into the new Campus Center, came across old articles from the last time the university got accredited, in 1995. Included in the files was the reporter's notes, as well as the incredibly thick accreditation itself. So it looks like I'll have some reading to do over the Thanksgiving break...
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