Recent Commission Actions

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

Actions Following June 2-3, 2011 Meeting
Actions Following April 13-15, 2011 Meeting
Actions Following March 2-4, 2011 Meeting
Actions Following November 18-19, 2010 Meeting
Actions Following September 16-17, 2010 Meeting


 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)

 Actions Following March 2-4, 2011 Meeting

• Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy, MA
• Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA
• Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT
• Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, MA
• Simmons College, Boston, MA
• Springfield College, Springfield, MA

Accepted Reports Following Focused Evaluation

• Cambridge College, Cambridge, MA
• Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
• River Valley Community College, Claremont, NH
• University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI

• Mater Ecclesiae College, Greenville, RI

• American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad, BULGARIA
• Bay Path College, Longmeadow, MA
• Gateway Community College, New Haven, CT
• Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, VT
• Trinity College, Hartford, CT
• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA

• Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT
• Endicott College, Beverly, MA
• Nashua Community College, Nashua, NH
• Southern Maine Community College, South Portland, ME
• St. Vincent's College, Bridgeport, CT

• American International College, Springfield, MA
• Mount Ida College, Newton Centre, MA
• Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH

• Atlantic Union College, Lancaster, MA
• National Graduate School of Quality Management, Inc., Falmouth, MA
• Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

• Central Maine Medical Center College of Nursing and Health Professions, Lewiston, ME (accepted proposal to offer new certificate and associate degree programs)
• College of Our Lady of the Elms, Chicopee, MA (accepted distance education proposal)
• Goodwin College, East Hartford, CT (accepted distance education proposal)
• Goodwin College, East Hartford, CT (accepted proposal to move to the higher degree)
• Granite State College, Concord, NH (accepted proposal to move to the higher degree)
• Green Mountain College, Poultney, VT (accepted proposal to move to the higher degree)
• Les Roches International School of Hotel Management, Crans Montana, SWITZERLAND (accepted proposal to offer certificate through contractual arrangements with affiliated institutions)
• SIT, Brattleboro, VT (accepted proposal to establish additional instructional location)
• Tufts University, Medford, MA (accepted distance education proposal)
• University of Maine at Farmington, Farmington, ME (accepted proposal to move to the higher degree)
• University of Maine at Presque Isle, Presque Isle, ME (accepted distance education proposal)
• Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT (accepted proposal to offer additional master's degrees)

Actions Following November 18-29, 2010 Meeting

• Bryant University, Smithfield, RI
• Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, MA
• Fisher College, Boston, MA
• Goddard College, Plainfield, VT
• MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA
• United States Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT

Accepted Reports Following Focused Evaluation

• Central Maine Medical Center College of Nursing and Health Professions, Lewiston, ME
• Hesser College, Manchester, NH

• Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts, Portland, ME

• Clark University, Worcester, MA
• College of St. Joseph, Rutland, VT
• University of New Hampshire School of Law, Concord, NH
• Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, MA
• Green Mountain College, Poultney, VT
• Holy Apostles College and Seminary, Cromwell, CT

• Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
• Northern Maine Community College, Presque Isle, ME
• University of Maine at Presque Isle, Presque Isle, ME

• Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, MOROCCO

• Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA
• College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME
• Hellenic American University, Athens, GREECE
• Husson University, Bangor, ME
• Les Roches International School of Hotel Management, Crans Montana, SWITZERLAND
• Pine Manor College, Chestnut Hill, MA
• Post University, Waterbury, CT
• Quincy College, Quincy, MA
• Roxbury Community College, Roxbury Crossing, MA
• Southern Vermont College, Bennington, VT
• Thomas College, Waterville, ME
• Thomas More College of Liberal Arts, Inc., Merrimack, NH
• University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT

• Bay State College, Boston, MA (accepted distance education proposal)
• Burlington College, Burlington, VT (accepted proposal to move the institution to a new location)
• College of Our Lady of the Elms, Chicopee, MA (accepted proposal to establish additional instructional location)
• Deree College, The American College of Greece, Athens, GREECE (degree validation by Open University, UK)
• Gateway Community College, New Haven, CT (accepted distance education proposal)
• Hartford Seminary, Hartford, CT (accepted proposal to establish additional instructional location)
• Hesser College, Manchester, NH (accepted proposal to move instructional location to a new site)
• Maine Maritime Academy, Castine, ME (accepted proposal to offer a joint degree with a non-regionally-accredited institution)
• Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA (accepted proposal to move to the higher degree)
• Massasoit Community College, Brockton, MA (accepted proposal to establish additional instructional location)
• New England College of Business and Finance, LLC, Boston, MA (accepted proposal to move to the higher degree)
• Saint Joseph College, West Hartford, CT (accepted proposal to establish additional instructional location)
• University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH (merger with Franklin Pierce School of Law)

Actions Following September 16-17, 2010 Meeting 

• College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
• Goodwin College, East Hartford, CT
• Saint Michael's College, Colchester, VT
• University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA

• Bermuda College, Paget, BERMUDA

• Asnuntuck Community College, Enfield, CT
• Champlain College, Burlington, VT
• Granite State College, Concord, NH
• Johnson State College, Johnson, VT
• University of Maine at Fort Kent, Fort Kent, ME

• Andover Newton Theological School, Newton Centre, MA
• Central Maine Community College, Auburn, ME
• Lakes Region Community College, Laconia, NH
• Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
• University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA

• Notre Dame University Louaize, Zouk Mikhael, LEBANON

• Champlain College, Burlington, VT
• Great Bay Community College, Portsmouth, NH
• Les Roches International School of Hotel Management, Crans Montana, SWITZERLAND
• Tufts University, Medford, MA
• Western New England College, Springfield, MA

• Daniel Webster College, Nashua, NH
• Glion Institute of Higher Education, Bulle, SWITZERLAND
• Hebrew College, Newton Centre, MA
• Lincoln College of New England, Southington, CT
• Saint Joseph College, West Hartford, CT
• University of New England, Biddeford, ME

• Fisher College, Boston, MA
• Laboure College, Boston, MA

• Boston Architectural College, Boston, MA
• Emmanuel College, Boston, MA
• Husson University, Bangor, ME
• Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT

• Dean College, Franklin, MA
• St. Vincent's College, Bridgeport, CT