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Update on Middle States Reaffirmation of Accreditation

By Office of the President | Feb 7, 2023

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As part of Downstate’s Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) reaffirmation of accreditation, our Middle States coordinating committee has completed the first phase of the self-study process to establish committee structures, self-study leadership, and a project timeline. The next phase began on January 10 with the first meeting of the Self-Study Steering Committee, whose first goal is to develop the Self-Study Design document – a roadmap for the self-study process, which will culminate in a site visit in Spring 2025. The Department of Education mandates institutional accreditation to qualify for Federal Title IV student financial aid and federal research grant funding. Downstate’s last reaffirmation of accreditation was in 2016 and is valid for eight years.

The self-study process is led by Pascal James Imperato, M.D., MPH&TM, MACP, senior vice president for Academic Affairs and chief academic officer. D. Kane Gillespie, DMA, director, Evaluation, Outcomes Assessment, and Accreditation Services, and Jeffrey S. Putman, Ed.D., vice president for Academic & Student Affairs, will chair the Steering Committee, and Lori A. Bruno, MPH, assistant vice president, Office of Policy and Planning will co-chair the Steering Committee. Ann Marie Cullen, administrator, Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, will serve as the Accreditation Liaison Officer.

As part of Downstate’s Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) reaffirmation of accreditation, the Office of Evaluation, Outcomes Assessment, and Accreditation Services, in collaboration with the Office of Communications & Marketing’s New Media Services Department, has developed a new website to support the Middle States self-study process. 

This new website will serve to update the self-study process, including the Steering Committee and Working Group membership rosters, the self-study production timeline, progress on the self-study, announcements, and links to resources, including the Middle States seven standards for accreditation and requirements of affiliation.