Middle States Review Team Gives Albright a Positive Report
Accreditation is perhaps the single most critical
aspect of a college’s ability to operate, a
process that encompasses critical examination
of every aspect of the institution, from
how well it carries out the mission to curriculum,
student affairs, governance and financial
stability. Albright is accredited by the Middle
States Association of Colleges and Universities.
The reaccreditation process occurs
every 10 years.
A Middle States review team, made up
of senior administrators and faculty from
eight colleges and universities, and led by
Dr. Audrey Doberstein, president emerita,
Wilmington College (Del.), visited Albright in
October 2006.
The College’s Middle States process was
led by M. Karen Jogan, Ph.D., director of
planning and assessment and professor of
Spanish. A three-year assessment process
involved teams of faculty, administrators,
support staff and students from across the
College who produced a 250-page Self Study
Review that documented how well Albright
met the 14 accreditation standards.
The committee found Albright to have
met all 14 Middle States standards with no
qualifications. President McMillan said, “I
would call the report a ‘high pass,’ with lots
of commendations and many constructive
suggestions.”
The Review Team’s final report praised
the College’s leadership and was impressed
with the commitment of Albright’s trustees. It
also made a point of acknowledging Albright’s
campus community of individuals, well qualified
both personally and professionally, who
demonstrate a “remarkable” mutual sense of
trust and commitment.
There were only three “recommendations,”
or actions that must be addressed
by the College prior to the next review
team, McMillan said. The recommendations
concerned developing a five-year financial
plan; improving institutional assessment and
linking assessment of student learning to
institutional assessment; and how Albright
categorizes the satellite locations in the
Accelerated Degree Program.
“There remains much work ahead, many‘promises to keep,’” said McMillan. “But it was
good to hear this very strong and hard-working
team of external reviewers tell us that for
the most part we are on the right track!”
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