MSCHE Updates Archive
October 2024
- Oct 29: The evaluation team chair makes preliminary visit to the campus to review the progress.
- Oct 15: Working draft of the self-study document made available to the campus community for review and feedback. MSCHE 2025 Self-Study Report: Campus Review
- President's Bulletin: Preparing for Reaffirmation: Middle States Accreditation Review in 2025
September 2024
- President's Bulletin: Downstate Gears Up for Middle States Reaffirmation in 2025
June 2024
- Evaluation team chair chosen for 2025 Site Visit
- Work begins on pulling the Self-Study report together from individual chapters.
May 2024
- Working groups complete the final drafts of their chapters
Feb 2024
- MSCHE has begun selection of evaluation team chair and site visit dates.
Jan 2024
- Working groups developed the first draft of their chapters.
October 2023
- President's Bulletin: Update on Middle States Reaffirmation of Accreditation: Self-Study Design
July 2023
- Working groups begin work on MSCHE Evidence Library.
- July 13: Self-Study design is approved
June 2023
- Jun 30: Revised self-study design sent to Middle States Liasion for final review.
- Downstate's Middle States team works on any suggested revisions to self-study design.
May 2023
- President's Bulletin: MSCHE Reaffirmation Update
- May 23: Downstate's Middle States Liaison visits the campus to review the Self-Study Design
- Working groups begin their training of the SharePoint Evidence library system built to support MSCHE accreditation efforts
April 2023
- Self-Study Design finalized by Steering Committee
- Apr 25: President Riley addresses working groups at working group welcome meeting
- President Riley invited members of the Downstate community to serve as members of the Working Groups.
March 2023
- President's Bulletin: Update on Middle States Reaffirmation of Accreditation – The 4 Ps
Feb 2023
- President's Bulletin: Middle States Reaffirmation of Accreditation Update
- President's Bulletin: Update on Middle States Reaffirmation of Accreditation
- Downstate launches new Middle States Accreditation website under the Office of Academic Affairs.
Jan 2023
- President's Bulletin: MSCHE Reaccreditation Update
- President's Bulletin: Downstate Prepares for 2025 Middle States Reaccreditation
- Jan 10: First meeting of the Self-Study Steering Committee. The Committee plans to meet monthly in Spring 2023.
Dec 2022
- Representatives from SUNY Downstate attended the Middle States Annual Conference hosted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Nov 2022
- Nov 30: President Riley initiates the Middle States Self-Study process with a plenary meeting.
- President Wayne Joseph Riley of Downstate has appointed our Steering Committee members.
- President Riley of Downstate appointed the Chairs and Co-Chairs of the working committees as well as the members of an Executive Bridge Committee.
Oct 2022
- Self- Study Process has begun with our participation in the MSCHE Self-Study Institute.