Commission Actions – Fall 2014 Accreditation Cycle

Notification of Commission Actions
Fall 2014 Accreditation Cycle

On March 12-13, 2015, the ACEN Board of Commissioners met to review nursing programs applying for continuing and initial accreditation that were visited in the Fall 2014 Accreditation Cycle and Follow-Up Reports. The following lists the accreditation decisions from that meeting.

Accredited nursing programs are afforded the opportunity to forward comments regarding the Commission decision to the ACEN by *May 6, 2015.

Programs Reviewed for Initial Accreditation
Programs Reviewed for Continuing Accreditation
Commission Actions Based on Programs Submitting a Follow-Up Report

* unless otherwise specified in the public disclosure

Programs Reviewed for Initial Accreditation

Governing Organization

State

Program Type

Next Review

Aquinas College Tennessee Master’s/Post-Master’s Certificate Fall 2019
Central Piedmont Community College North Carolina Associate Fall 2019
Coahoma Community College Mississippi Associate Fall 2019
Colorado Mesa University Colorado Practical Fall 2019
Davenport University Michigan Master’s Fall 2019
Edgecombe Community College North Carolina Associate Fall 2019
Edgecombe Community College North Carolina Practical Fall 2019
Francis Marion University South Carolina Master’s Fall 2019
Georgia Highlands College Georgia Baccalaureate Fall 2019
Iowa Wesleyan College Iowa Baccalaureate Fall 2019
Lake Superior College Minnesota Practical Fall 2019
Northern Kentucky University Kentucky Clinical Doctorate Fall 2019
Palm Beach State College Florida Baccalaureate Fall 2019
Southwest Baptist University Missouri Master’s Fall 2019
Swedish Institute College of Health Sciences New York Associate Fall 2019
Wake Technical Community College North Carolina Associate Fall 2019
Waubonsee Community College Illinois Associate Fall 2019

(Accreditation Manual, Policies, p.8) POLICY #4: Types of Commission Actions on Applications for Accreditation Back to Top

Programs Reviewed for Continuing Accreditation

Governing Organization

State

Program Type

Next Review

Athens Technical College Georgia Associate Fall 2022 with Conditions Follow-Up Report – Spring 2017
Bowie State University Maryland Baccalaureate Spring 2017 with Warning
Cape Fear Community College North Carolina Associate Fall 2022
Central New Mexico Community College New Mexico Associate Fall 2022 with Conditions Follow-Up Report – Spring 2017
Collin County Community College District Texas Associate Fall 2022 with Conditions Follow-Up Report – Spring 2017
Corning Community College New York Associate Fall 2022 with Conditions Follow-Up Report – Spring 2017
Delaware Technical Community College -Terry Campus Delaware Associate Fall 2022 with Conditions Follow-Up Report – Spring 2017
Delaware Technical Community College -Terry Campus Delaware Practical Fall 2022 with Conditions Follow-Up Report – Fall 2016
Durham Technical Community College North Carolina Associate Fall 2022 with Conditions Follow-Up Report – Spring 2017
Durham Technical Community College North Carolina Practical Fall 2022 with Conditions Follow-Up Report – Fall 2016
Dutchess Community College New York Associate Fall 2022
Franciscan University of Steubenville Ohio Master’s/Post-Master’s Certificate Spring 2017 with Warning
Franklin Pierce University New Hampshire Baccalaureate Fall 2022 with Conditions Follow-Up Report – Spring 2017
Front Range Community College – Larimer Campus Colorado Associate Fall 2022
Frontier Nursing University Kentucky Clinical Doctorate Fall 2022
Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital Pennsylvania Diploma Fall 2022
Global Health College Virginia Practical Fall 2022
Harcum College Pennsylvania Associate Fall 2015 with Warning for Good Cause
Holy Name Hospital New Jersey Diploma Fall 2022 with Conditions Follow-Up Report – Spring 2017
Jefferson Community & Technical College Kentucky Associate Spring 2017 with Warning
Jefferson Community College New York Associate Fall 2022
Kaskaskia College Illinois Associate Fall 2022
Kilgore College Texas Associate Fall 2022 with Conditions Follow-Up Report – Spring 2017
Lake Land College Illinois Practical Fall 2015 with Warning for Good Cause
Laredo Community College Texas Associate Fall 2022
Lorain County Community College Ohio Associate Fall 2022
Lower Columbia College Washington Associate Fall 2022 with Conditions Follow-Up Report – Spring 2017
Madisonville Community College Kentucky Associate Fall 2022 with Conditions Follow-Up Report – Spring 2017
Manhattan Area Technical College Kansas Associate Fall 2022 with Conditions Follow-Up Report – Spring 2017
Metropolitan Community College – Penn Valley Missouri Practical Deny Continuing Accreditation
Middlesex Community College Massachusetts Associate Fall 2022
Middlesex County College New Jersey Associate Fall 2022
Mid-State Technical College Wisconsin Associate Fall 2022
Mifflin County Academy of Science and Technology Pennsylvania Practical Fall 2022 with Conditions Follow-Up Report – Fall 2016
Miles Community College Montana Associate Fall 2022 with Conditions Follow-Up Report – Spring 2017
Mountainland Applied Technology College Utah Practical Fall 2022 with Conditions Follow-Up Report – Fall 2016
Neumann University Pennsylvania Master’s/Post-Master’s Certificate Fall 2022
Nicolet Area Technical College Wisconsin Associate Fall 2022
North Idaho College Idaho Associate Fall 2022 with Conditions Follow-Up Report – Spring 2017
Northcentral Technical College Wisconsin Associate Fall 2022
Northland Pioneer College Arizona Associate Fall 2022 with Conditions Follow-Up Report – Spring 2017
Norwalk Community College Connecticut Associate Fall 2022 with Conditions Follow-Up Report – Spring 2017
Northwestern State University of Louisiana Louisiana Associate Fall 2022
Oakland Community College Michigan Associate Fall 2022
Our Lady of the Lake College Louisiana Baccalaureate Fall 2022
Piedmont Virginia Community College Virginia Associate Fall 2022 with Conditions Follow-Up Report – Spring 2017
Presentation College South Dakota Baccalaureate Fall 2022
Robert Morris University – Illinois Illinois Associate Fall 2022 with Conditions Follow-Up Report – Spring 2017
Roxborough Memorial Hospital Pennsylvania Diploma Fall 2022
Santa Monica College California Associate Fall 2022 with Conditions Follow-Up Report – Spring 2017
Sharon Regional Health System Pennsylvania Diploma Fall 2022 with Conditions Follow-Up Report – Spring 2017
Skagit Valley College Washington Associate Fall 2022 with Conditions Follow-Up Report – Spring 2017
Southern Union State Community College Alabama Associate Fall 2022
Success Healthcare/St. Alexius Hospital, Inc. Missouri Diploma Fall 2022 with Conditions Follow-Up Report – Spring 2017
Thomas More College Kentucky Baccalaureate Spring 2017 with Warning
Thomas Nelson Community College Virginia Associate Fall 2022 with Conditions Follow-Up Report – Spring 2017
Universidad Metropolitana Puerto Rico Master’s Fall 2022
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Arkansas Baccalaureate Fall 2022
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Arkansas Associate Fall 2022 with Conditions Follow-Up Report – Spring 2017
University of South Dakota South Dakota Associate Fall 2022
University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College Texas Associate Spring 2017 with Warning
University of the District of Columbia Community College Washington, DC Associate Deny Continuing Accreditation
Virginia Appalachian Tricollege Nursing Program Virginia Associate Fall 2022 with Conditions Follow-Up Report – Spring 2017
Waukesha County Technical College Wisconsin Associate Fall 2022
Wayland Baptist University Texas Baccalaureate Fall 2022 with Conditions Follow-Up Report – Spring 2017
Weber State University Utah Master’s/Post-Master’s Certificate Fall 2022
Whatcom Community College Washington Associate Fall 2022
Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College Wisconsin Associate Fall 2022 with Conditions Follow-Up Report – Spring 2017
Wytheville Community College Virginia Associate Fall 2022 with Conditions Follow-Up Report – Spring 2017

(Accreditation Manual, Policies, p.8) POLICY #4: Types of Commission Actions on Applications for Accreditation Accreditation with Conditions or Warning Status Back to Top

Commission Actions Based on Programs Submitting a Follow-Up Report

Governing Organization

State

Program Type

Commission Action

Next Review

Aiken Technical College

South Carolina

Associate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

Alabama Southern Community College

Alabama

Associate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

Antillean Adventist University (Universidad Adventista De Las Antillas)

Puerto Rico

Baccalaureate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

Arkansas State University

Arkansas

Master’s/PMC

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

Arkansas State University

Arkansas

Baccalaureate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

Arkansas State University

Arkansas

Associate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

Blue Ridge Community and Technical College

West Virginia

Associate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

BridgeValley Community College

West Virginia

Associate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

Bronx Community College – CUNY

New York

Associate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

Calhoun Community College

Alabama

Associate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

Central Arizona College

Arizona

Associate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

Central Maine Community College

Maine

Associate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit

Pennsylvania

Practical

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Fall 2020

County College of Morris

New Jersey

Associate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

Davenport University

Michigan

Practical

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Fall 2020

Florida State College at Jacksonville

Florida

Associate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

Grambling State University

Louisiana

Master’s/PMC

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

Grambling State University

Louisiana

Baccalaureate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

Harding University

Arkansas

Baccalaureate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

Itawamba Community College

Mississippi

Associate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

Kansas Wesleyan University

Kansas

Baccalaureate

Continuing Accreditation with Warning for Good Cause

May 15, 2015

Maine College of Health Professions

Maine

Associate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

Massasoit Community College

Massachusetts

Associate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

Miami Dade College

Florida

Associate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

Missouri Southern State University

Missouri

Baccalaureate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

Moorpark College

California

Associate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

Mott Community College

Michigan

Associate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

Nashua Community College

New Hampshire

Associate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

Parkland College

Illinois

Associate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences

Pennsylvania

Associate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

Pierce College Puyallup

Washington

Associate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

Quincy College

Massachusetts

Practical

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Fall 2020

Southwest Baptist University

Missouri

Associate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

Southwest Mississippi Community College

Mississippi

Associate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

St. Louis Community College

Missouri

Associate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

Triton College

Illinois

Associate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

Truckee Meadows Community College

Nevada

Associate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

Universidad de Puerto Rico at Arecibo

Puerto Rico

Baccalaureate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

Universidad Metropolitana

Puerto Rico

Baccalaureate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

Universidad Metropolitana

Puerto Rico

Associate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

University of Pittsburgh at Bradford

Pennsylvania

Baccalaureate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

University of Pittsburgh at Bradford

Pennsylvania

Associate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

University of Rio Grande

Ohio

Baccalaureate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

Utah State University – College of Eastern Utah

Utah

Associate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

Vincennes University

Indiana

Practical

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Fall 2020

Wesley College

Delaware

Baccalaureate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

York Technical College/University of South Carolina Lancaster

South Carolina

Associate

Affirm Continuing Accreditation

Spring 2020

(Accreditation Manual, Policies, p.8) POLICY #4: Types of Commission Actions on Applications for Accreditation Follow-Up Report For more information on the topics listed above, refer to the ACEN Accreditation Manual Back to Top

Commission Actions Based on a Focused Visit

Governing Organization

State

Program Type

Commission Action

Alle-Kiski Medical Center Pennsylvania Diploma Affirm continuing accreditation following a change in ownership of the governing organization
Becker College Massachusetts Baccalaureate Extend continuing accreditation to the pre-licensure baccalaureate program option
Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences Ohio Associate Affirm continuing accreditation following an increase in enrollment and implementation of a new curriculum
Clarion University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Baccalaureate Extend continuing accreditation to the pre-licensure program option and the new teaching location
Clarion University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Associate Affirm continuing accreditation following a decrease in licensure examination pass rates and the implementation of a revised curriculum
Community College of Philadelphia Pennsylvania Associate Affirm continuing accreditation following a change in status with the state regulatory agency.
Medtech College – Indianapolis Indiana Practical Affirm continuing accreditation following a decline in the licensure examination pass rates and change in status with the state regulatory agency with monitoring of Standard 2 Faculty and Staff and Standard 6 Outcomes
Nebraska Wesleyan University Nebraska Master’s/PMC Extend continuing accreditation to the new program option and relocated teaching location
Nebraska Wesleyan University Nebraska Baccalaureate Extend continuing accreditation to the new and relocated teaching locations
Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas Arkansas Associate Affirm continuing accreditation following a curriculum revision and decline in the licensure examination pass rates
Sam Houston State University Texas Baccalaureate Affirm continuing accreditation following an increase in student enrollment and extend continuing accreditation to the new teaching location, the RN-to-BSN program option, and the LVN-to-BSN program options
Success Healthcare/St. Alexius Hospital, Inc. Missouri Diploma Accept the Focused Visit Report.
Western Pennsylvania Hospital Pennsylvania Diploma Affirm continuing accreditation following the change in ownership

(Accreditation Manual, Policies, p.22)

POLICY #14: Reporting Substantive Changes

Focused Visits

Withdrawal of Accreditation (Accreditation Manual, Policies, p.15)

POLICY #7: Withdrawal

For more information on the topics listed above, refer to the ACEN Accreditation Manual

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