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Recent Commission Actions

Announcement: Public Statement on Atlantic Union College

Actions Following April 17-18, 2008 Meeting
Actions Following February 28-29, 2008 Meeting
Actions Following November 15-16, 2007 Meeting
Actions Following September 20-21, 2007 Meeting 
 

Actions Following April 17-18, 2008 Meeting

Continued In Accreditation Following Comprehensive Evaluation 
  • Fairfield University, Fairfield CT
  • Mount Ida College, Newton Centre, MA
  • Manchester Community College, Manchester, NH
  • Providence College, Providence, RI
  • Saint Joseph College, West Hartford, CT
  • Smith College, Northampton, MA
  • Williams College, Williamstown, MA 
Recommended for Candidacy with CIHE Following Comprehensive Evaluation: / Granted by the NEASC Board of Trustees
  • Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT                   
 Reports Accepted Following Focused Evaluations 
  • Glion Institute of Higher Education, Bulle, Switzerland
  • Les Roches School of Hotel Management, Crans Montana, Switzerland
  • Newbury College, Brookline, MA
  • Roxbury Community College, Roxbury Crossing, MA
Fifth-Year Interim Reports Accepted 
  • College of Our Lady of the Elms, Chicopee, MA                           
  • Mitchell College, New London, CT
  • Northwestern Connecticut Community College, Winsted, CT    
Progress Reports Accepted 
  • Asnuntuck Community College, Enfield, CT
  • Assumption College, Worcester, MA
  • Bentley College, Waltham, MA
  • Holy Apostles College and Seminary, Cromwell, CT
  • Rhode Island College, Providence, RI
Reports on Visits to Validate Substantive Changes Accepted 
  • Babson College, Wellesley, MA
  • Green Mountain College, Poultney, VT
  • Saint Joseph’s College of Maine, Standish, ME 
Invited to Apply For Candidacy with CIHE  
  • Hellenic American University, Athens, Greece  
Institutional Responses to Requested Information Accepted 
  • Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA
  • National Graduate School of Quality Management, Inc., Falmouth, MA
  • Post University, Waterbury, CT
  • Westfield State College, Westfield, MA 
Substantive Change Proposals Accepted 
  • National Graduate School of Quality Management, Inc., Falmouth, MA
  • Hult International School of Business, Cambridge, MA 
Proposal to Move to the Higher Degree Accepted 
  • Glion Institute of Higher Education, Bulle, Switzerland 
Proposals to Offer Distance Education Programming Accepted 
  • Cape Cod Community College, West Barnstable, MA
  • Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, Boston, MA
  • Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH
  • Becker College, Worcester, MA

 Actions Following February 28-29, 2008 Meeting

Continued In Accreditation Following Comprehensive Evaluation:
  • Becker College, Worcester, MA
  • Burlington College, Burlington, VT
  • Colby College, Waterville, ME
  • College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME
  • Great Bay Community College (formerly New Hampshire Community Technical College - Stratham), Stratham, NH
  • Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
  • Mount Holyoke, South Hadley, MA
  • University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
 Reports Accepted Following Focused Evaluation: 
  • Fisher College, Boston, MA
  • Post University, Waterbury, CT
  • Thomas More College of Liberal Arts, Merrimack, NH 
Institution Placed On Probation: 
  • Atlantic Union College, South Lancaster, MA 
Fifth-Year Interim Reports Accepted: 
  • Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA
  • Husson College, Bangor, ME
  • Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT
  • Tufts University, Medford, MA 
Progress Reports Accepted: 
  • College of St. Joseph, Rutland, VT
  • Goddard College, Plainfield, VT
  • Nichols College, Dudley, MA
  • Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, VT
  • The National Graduate School of Quality Management, Inc., Falmouth, MA 
Reports On Visits To Validate Substantive Changes Accepted: 
  • Goddard College, Plainfield, VT
  • New England College, Henniker, NH 
Substantive Change Proposals Accepted: 
  • American College of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, GREECE
  • Husson College, Bangor, ME
  • Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
  • New England Institute of Technology, Warwick, RI 
Proposal To Move To The Higher Degree Accepted: 
  • University of Maine at Farmington, Farmington, ME 
Proposal To Offer Distance Education Programming Accepted: 
  • Fitchburg State College, Fitchburg, MA 
Proposals To Establish Off-Campus Sites Accepted: 
  • Central Connecticut State College, New Britain, CT       
  • Southern Connecticut State College, New Haven, CT
  • Saint John’s Seminary, Brighton, MA 
Institutional Responses To Requested Information Accepted: 
  • Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy, MA
  • Hult International School of Business, Cambridge, MA
  • Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
  • Western New England College, Springfield, MA
  • Woodbury College, Montpelier, VT

 Actions Following November 15-16, 2007 Meeting

Continued In Accreditation Following Comprehensive Evaluation:
  • Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
  • University of New England, Biddeford, ME
Recommended For Initial Accreditation with CIHE Following
Focused Evaluation: / Granted by the NEASC Board of Trustees
  • New England College of Finance, Boston, MA
Reports Accepted Following Focused Evaluation:
  • Atlantic Union College, South Lancaster, MA
  • University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT
Report Accepted Following Biennial Evaluation:
  • Bermuda College, Paget, Bermuda
Fifth-Year Interim Reports Accepted:
  • American College of Thessaloniki, Pylea, Greece
  • Emerson College, Boston, MA
  • Emmanuel College, Boston, MA
  • SIT - School for International Training, Brattleboro, VT
  • Three Rivers Community College, Norwich, CT
  • Worcester State College, Worcester, MA
Progress Reports Accepted:
  • Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy, MA
  • Green Mountain College, Poultney, VT
  • Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
  • Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, MA
  • Norwich University, Northfield, VT
  • University of Maine at Fort Kent, Fort Kent, ME
  • University of New Haven, West Haven, CT
Proposals To Move To The Higher Degree Accepted:
  • American International College, Springfield, MA
  • Husson College, Bangor, ME
Proposals To Offer Distance Education Programming Accepted:
  • Bentley College, Waltham, MA
  • Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT
  • Salem State College, Salem, MA 
Institutional Responses To Requested Information Accepted:
  • Clark University, Worcester, MA
  • Mount Ida College, Newton Centre, MA
  • Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH
Proposals To Establish International Site Accepted:
  • Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA
  • Hult International Business School, Cambridge, MA
  • Tufts University, Medford, MA
  • Wheelock College, Boston, MA

Actions Following September 20-21, 2007 Meeting

Continued in Accreditation Following Comprehensive Evaluation:

  • Bard College at Simon's Rock:  The Early College, Great Barrington, MA
  • Connecticut College, New London, CT
  • Endicott College, Beverly, MA
  • Hult International Business School, Cambridge, MA
  • Maine College of Art, Portland, MA
  • Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Boston, MA
  • Trinity College, Hartford, CT
  • University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
  • University of Maine at Augusta, Augusta, ME

Recommended for Initial Accreditation with CIHE Following Comprehensive Evaluation: / Granted by the NEASC Board of Trustees

  • Briarwood College, Southington, CT

Recommended for Candidacy with CIHE Following Comprehensive Evaluation: / Granted by the NEASC Board of Trustees

  • Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon

Report Following Focused Evaluation Accepted:

  • Cambridge College, Cambridge, MA

Fifth-Year Interim Reports Accepted:

  • Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA
  • Middlesex Community College, Middletown, CT
  • Naugatuck Valley Community College, Waterbury, CT
  • Rivier College, Nashua, NH
  • Suffolk University, Boston, MA
  • Unity College, Unity, ME
  • Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

Progress Reports Accepted:

  • Bennington College, Bennington, VT
  • Endicott College, Beverly, MA
  • Gateway Community College, New Haven, CT 
  • Keene State College, Keene, NH
  • Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
  • Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI
  • York County Community College, Wells, ME

Reports on Visits to Validate Substantive Changes Accepted:

  • American International College, Springfield, MA
  • Pine Manor College, Chestnut Hill, MA
  • New England Institute of Art, Inc., Brookline, MA

Substantive Change Proposals Accepted:

  • American College of Thessaloniki, Pylea, Thessaloniki, Greece
  • New Hampshire Community Technical Colleges, NH

Proposals to Offer Distance Education Programming Accepted:

  • Assumption College, Worcester, MA
  • New England Institute of Technology, Warwick, RI 

Institutional Responses to Requested Information Accepted:

  • American International College, Springfield, MA
  • Community College of Vermont, Waterbury, VT
  • Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, MA
  • Newbury College, Brookline, MA
  • Rivier College, Nashua, NH
  • Wheelock College, Boston, MA

Proposals to Establish Additional Instructional Location(s) Accepted:

  • Cambridge College, Cambridge, MA
  • College of Our Lady of the Elms, Chicopee, MA
  • Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH

Special Report Accepted:

  • Glion Institute of Higher Education & Les Roches School of Hospitality Management, Bulle and Crans Montana, Switzerland

 

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