Over the past year, members of the college community have been working to address the concerns raised by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education when they visited the campus last spring as part of the reaccreditation process. While the college met 13 of the 14 Standards for accreditation, it did not meet Standard 7, Institutional Assessment.
As requested by the Commission, on February 25 the college submitted a monitoring report “documenting that the institution has achieved and can sustain compliance with Standard 7, including but not limited to the development and implementation of a comprehensive, organized, and sustained process for the assessment of institutional effectiveness with evidence that results are used to improve teaching and learning (Standard 7).” On March 11-13, a small team from Middle States visited the campus to assess the college’s progress in meeting the Institutional Assessment Standard.
I am very pleased to report that the team concluded that Hudson Valley Community College meets the Institutional Assessment Standard. A copy of their report and the college’s Institutional Response to the report are available for review on the “Middle States News” portal in Blackboard. The full Commission will meet the last week of June to vote on taking the college off warning and reaffirming its accreditation.
I would like to extend my thanks and appreciation to all the members of the Hudson Valley community who have worked so hard over the past year to address this very important issue.
Published: Mon, 04 May 2015 12:00:46 +0000 by m.green