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Recent Commission Actions

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Public Statement on Pine Manor College, January 12, 2012
Public Statement on Atlantic Union College, September 17, 2010

Actions Following March 1-2, 2012 Meeting
Actions Following November 17-18, 2011 Meeting
Actions Following September 22-23, 2011 Meeting
Actions Following June 2-3, 2011 Meeting
Actions Following April 13-15, 2011 Meeting

Actions Following March 1-2, 2012 Meeting

Continued In Accreditation Following Comprehensive Evaluation
  • Babson College. Wellesley, MA
  • Glion Institute of Higher Education, Bulle Switzerland
  • Hesser College, Manchester, NH
  • Les Roches School of International Management, Crans Montana, Switzerland
  • Merrimack College, North Andover, MA
  • Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
  • Rhode Island College, Providence, RI
  • Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH
  • University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
  • Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA
 Accepted Reports Following Focused Evaluation
  • Bay State College, Boston, MA
  • Burlington College, Burlington, VT
  • Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
 Accepted Requested Report
  • Hellenic American University, Athens, Greece
 Accepted Fifth-Year Interim Reports
  • Connecticut College, New London, CT
  • Hult International School of Business, Cambridge, MA
  • Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Science, Boston, MA
 Accepted Progress Reports
  • American International College, Springfield, MA
  • Bryant University, Smithfield, RI
  • Labouré College, Boston, MA
  • Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon
  • Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT
  • New England Institute of Art, Brookline, MA
  • Norwalk Community College, Norwalk, CT
  • York County Community College, Wells, ME
 Accepted Reports On Visits To Validate Substantive Change
  • Hartford Seminary, Hartford, CT
  • Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA
  • New England Institute of Technology, Warwick, RI
 Accepted Institutional Responses To Requested Information
  • Bard College at Simon’s Rock, Great Barrington, MA
  • Lincoln College of New England, Southington, CT
  • Quincy College, Quincy, MA
     
Declared Eligible to Apply for Candidacy
  • Notre Dame University, Zouk Mikhael, Lebanon
 Accepted Substantive Change Proposals
  • Fisher College, Boston, MA (accepted proposal to move to the higher degree)
  • Hesser College, Manchester, NH (new programming)
  • Merrimack College, North Andover, MA (accepted proposal to move to the higher degree)
  • New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH (accepted proposal to move to the higher degree)
  • River Valley Community College, Claremont, NH (accepted distance education proposal)
  • Rivier College, Nashua, NH (accepted distance education proposal)
  • Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT (accepted proposal to move to the higher degree)
  • Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT (accepted proposal to move to the higher degree)
  • Western New England University, Springfield, MA (accepted distance education proposal)


Actions Following November 17-18, 2011 Meeting

Continued In Accreditation Following Comprehensive Evaluation
  • Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT
  • Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Needham, MA
  • Salem State University, Salem, MA
  • Salve Regina University, Newport, RI

Accepted Reports Following Focused Evaluation

  • Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA
  • Marian Court College, Swampscott, MA
  • Southern Vermont College, Bennington, VT
Removed From Probation Following On Site Evaluation
  • Thomas More College of Liberal Arts, Inc., Merrimack, NH
Placed On Probation
  • Pine Manor College, Chestnut Hill, MA
Accepted Fifth-Year Interim Reports
  • Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
  • Capital Community College, Hartford, CT
  • Dean College, Franklin, MA
  • Quincy College, Quincy, MA
  • Saint Joseph College, West Hartford, CT
  • University of Maine at Augusta, Augusta, ME
Accepted Progress Reports
  • Chester College of New England, Chester, NH
  • Clark University, Worcester, MA
  • Hartford Seminary, Hartford, CT
  • Hebrew College, Newton Centre, MA
  • Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts, Portland, ME
  • Johnson & Wales University, Providence, RI
Accepted Reports On Visits To Validate Substantive Change
  • Burlington College, Burlington, VT
  • Quinsigamond Community College, Worcester, MA
  • Rivier College, Nashua, NH
Accepted Institutional Responses To Requested Information
  • American International College, Springfield, MA
  • Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA
  • Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
  • New England Conservatory, Boston, MA
  • Nichols College, Dudley, MA
  • Northern Maine Community College, Presque Isle, ME
  • Vermont Technical College, Randolph Center, VT
  • Western New England University, Springfield, MA
Accepted Substantive Change Proposals
  • Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA (accepted proposals to establish additional instructional location and move to the higher degree)
  • Boston University, Boston, MA (accepted proposal to establish additional instructional locations)
  • Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, MA (accepted proposal to establish additional instructional location)
  • College of Our Lady of the Elms, Chicopee, MA (accepted proposal to establish additional instructional location)
  • Daniel Webster College, Nashua, NH (accepted proposal for specified additional distance education programming)
  • Deree College, Athens, GREECE (accepted proposal for contractual agreement)
  • Goodwin College, East Hartford, CT (accepted proposal to move to the higher degree)
  • Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, MA (accepted distance education proposal)
  • Granite State College, Concord, NH (accepted proposal to move to the higher degree)
  • Husson University, Bangor, ME (accepted distance education proposal)
  • National Graduate School of Quality Management, Inc., Falmouth, MA (accepted proposal to move to the higher degree)
  • Saint Joseph College, West Hartford, CT (accepted proposal to move to the higher degree)
  • Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA (accepted proposal to establish additional instructional location)

Actions Following September 22-23, 2011 Meeting 

Continued In Accreditation Following Comprehensive Evaluation
  • Assumption College, Worcester, MA
  • Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Buzzards Bay, MA
  • National Graduate School of Quality Management, Inc., Falmouth, MA
  • Springfield Technical Community College, Springfield, MA
  • University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME
Accepted Reports Following Focused Evaluation
  • Deree, The American College of Greece, Athens, GREECE
  • Post University, Waterbury, CT
  • Regis College, Weston, MA
Recommended For Initial Accreditation Following Comprehensive Evaluation
(granted by NEASC Board of Trustees on September 22, 2011)
  • New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
Accepted Fifth-Year Interim Reports
  • Boston Architectural College, Boston, MA
  • Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
  • Charter Oak State College, New Britain, CT
  • Maine Maritime Academy, Castine, ME
  • Massasoit Community College, Brockton, MA
  • University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Accepted Progress Reports
  • Bennington College, Bennington, VT
  • Boston Conservatory, Boston, MA
  • Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH
  • New England Conservatory, Boston, MA
  • Northeastern University, Boston, MA
  • Roxbury Community College, Roxbury Crossing, MA
  • Washington County Community College, Calais, ME
Accepted Reports On Visits To Validate Substantive Change
  • College of Our Lady of the Elms, Chicopee, MA
  • Fisher College, Boston, MA
  • Great Bay Community College, Portsmouth, NH
  • Hult International School of Business, Cambridge, MA
  • Labouré College, Boston, MA
  • Lasell College, Newton, MA
  • Massasoit Community College, Brockton, MA
  • Thomas College, Waterville, ME
Accepted Institutional Responses To Requested Information
  • Hellenic American University, Athens, GREECE
  • River Valley Community College, Claremont, NH
  • Suffolk University (2), Boston, MA
Accepted Substantive Change Proposals
  • Endicott College, Beverly, MA (accepted proposal to establish additional instructional location)
  • Goodwin College, East Hartford, CT (accepted distance education proposal)
  • Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, Boston, MA (accepted distance education proposal)
  • Naugatuck Valley Community College, Waterbury, CT (accepted distance education proposal)
  • Wheelock College, Boston, MA (accepted distance education proposal)

 Actions Following June 2-3, 2011 Meeting

Accepted Institutional Responses to Requested Information 
  • American International College, Springfield, MA
  • Endicott College, Beverly, MA
Accepted Progress Report
  • Pine Manor College, Chestnut Hill, MA

 Actions Following April 13-15, 2011 Meeting
Continued In Accreditation Following Comprehensive Evaluation
  • Bates College, Lewiston, ME
  • Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
  • Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT
  • Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA
  • Keene State College, Keene, NH
  • Labouré College, Boston, MA
  • Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT
  • Norwich University, Northfield, VT
  • Saint John's Seminary, Brighton, MA
  • University of New Haven, West Haven, CT
  • Vermont Technical College, Randolph Center, VT

Accepted Reports Following Focused Evaluation

  • American College of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, GREECE
  • Daniel Webster College, Nashua, NH
  • Newbury College, Brookline, MA
  • Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI
  • White Mountains Community College, Berlin, NH
Accepted Fifth-Year Interim Reports
  • Bard College at Simon's Rock:  The Early College, Great Barrington, MA
  • Landmark College, Putney, VT
  • NHTI - Concord's Community College, Concord, NH
  • Urban College of Boston, Boston, MA
  • Vermont Law School, South Royalton, VT
Accepted Progress Reports
  • Bangor Theological Seminary, Bangor, ME
  • Eastern Maine Community College, Bangor, ME
  • New England College, Henniker, NH
Accepted Reports Following Visits to Validate Substantive Change 
  • Babson College, Wellesley, MA
  • Northeastern University, Boston, MA
  • Saint Joseph College, West Hartford, CT
  • Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH
Accepted Institutional Responses to Requested Information 
  • Hebrew College, Newton Centre, MA
  • Lebanese American University, Beirut, LEBANON
  • Quincy College, Quincy, MA
Accepted Substantive Change Proposals
  • Deree, The American College of Greece, Athens, GREECE (accepted proposal to move to the higher degree)
  • Goddard College, Plainfield, VT (accepted proposal to establish additional instructional location)
  • Hesser College, Manchester, NH (accepted distance education proposal)
  • Hult International School of Business, Cambridge, MA (accepted proposal to establish additional instructional location)
  • Keene State College, Keene, NH (accepted proposal to offer additional degree program)
  • New England College, Henniker, NH (accepted proposal to move to the higher degree)
  • Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH (accepted proposal to offer additional degree program)
  • Southern Maine Community College, South Portland, ME (accepted proposal to establish additional instructional location)
  • Springfield College, Springfield, MA (accepted proposal to move to the higher degree)
  • Vermont Law School, South Royalton, VT (accepted distance education proposal)




 

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