{"id":51511,"date":"2015-01-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/01\/19\/reaccreditation-process-under-way-at-unmc\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T20:41:17","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T01:41:17","slug":"reaccreditation-process-under-way-at-unmc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/01\/19\/reaccreditation-process-under-way-at-unmc\/","title":{"rendered":"Reaccreditation process under way at UNMC"},"content":{"rendered":"

The reaccreditation process, which occurs once each decade, is under way again at UNMC.<\/p>\n


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\nJames Turpen, Ph.D., is serving as accreditation liaison officer, leading a group of approximately 75 faculty, students and staff members as they develop responses to the Higher Learning Commission, which accredits degree-granting post-secondary educational institutions in the North Central region of the United States. He is joined on the executive committee by Dele Davies, M.D., vice chancellor for academic affairs; Mary Helms, associate professor, McGoogan Library of Medicine; and Fred Salzinger, assistant vice chancellor for business and finance. <\/p>\n

It’s a process that will take approximately two years, Dr. Turpen said, culminating in a site visit that will occur in the fall of 2016 or the spring of 2017. The goal is a full, 10-year reaccreditation for UNMC. <\/p>\n

Institutional accreditation is important to UNMC for several reasons, including allowing UNMC to maintain its eligibility for federal student financial aid programs. The institutional accreditation process is separate from the specialized accreditation processes that UNMC colleges, the hospital, continuing education, professional programs and residencies undergo.<\/p>\n

The commission explores five standard criteria as part of the accreditation process:<\/p>\n