New England Association of Schools and Colleges
Commission on Institutions of Higher Education (CIHE)

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

Continued In Accreditation Following Comprehensive Evaluation
  • 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
Recommended For Initial Accreditation Following Comprehensive Evaluation
(granted by NEASC Board of Trustees on March 10, 2011)
  • Mater Ecclesiae College, Greenville, RI
Accepted Fifth-Year Interim Reports
  • 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
Accepted Progress Reports
  • 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
Accepted Reports Following Visits to Validate Substantive Change 
  • American International College, Springfield, MA
  • Mount Ida College, Newton Centre, MA
  • Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH
Accepted Institutional Responses to Requested Information 
  • Atlantic Union College, Lancaster, MA
  • National Graduate School of Quality Management, Inc., Falmouth, MA
  • Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Accepted Substantive Change Proposals
  • 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

Continued In Accreditation Following Comprehensive Evaluation
  • 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
Recommended For Candidacy Following Comprehensive Evaluation
(granted by NEASC Board of Trustees on December 1, 2010)
  • Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts, Portland, ME
Accepted Fifth-Year Interim Reports
  • 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
Accepted Progress Reports
  • Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
  • Northern Maine Community College, Presque Isle, ME
  • University of Maine at Presque Isle, Presque Isle, ME
Approved Eligibility to Apply for Candidacy
  • Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, MOROCCO
Accepted Institutional Responses To Requested Information
  • 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
Accepted Substantive Change Proposals
  • 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 

Continued In Accreditation Following Comprehensive Evaluation
  • 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
Accepted Reports Following Focused Evaluation
  • Bay State College, Boston, MA
  • Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, NH
  • Lincoln College of New England, Southington, CT
  • Massachusetts Bay Community College, Wellesley Hills, MA
Recommended For Initial Accreditation Following Comprehensive Evaluation
(granted by NEASC Board of Trustees on October 7, 2010)
  • Bermuda College, Paget, BERMUDA
Accepted Fifth-Year Interim Reports
  • 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
Accepted Progress Reports
  • 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
Approved Conditional Eligibility to Apply for Candidacy
  • Notre Dame University Louaize, Zouk Mikhael, LEBANON
Accepted Reports Following Visits To Validate Substantive Change
  • 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
Accepted Institutional Responses To Requested Information
  • 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
Accepted Proposals For Substantive Change
  • Fisher College, Boston, MA
  • Laboure College, Boston, MA
 Accepted Proposals To Offer Distance Education
  • Boston Architectural College, Boston, MA
  • Emmanuel College, Boston, MA
  • Husson University, Bangor, ME
  • Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT
 Accepted Proposals To Move To The Higher Degree
  • Dean College, Franklin, MA
  • St. Vincent's College, Bridgeport, CT