New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC)

What is NEASC?

The New England Association of Schools and Colleges, NEASC, accredits more than 2000 public and private institutions, from pre-K through graduate school, throughout the New England region. Typically, accredited institutions are visited every 10 years. Rhode Island College is just beginning a two-year process of preparing for our next visit, which will occur in late October of 2011.

NEASC Self-Study

Part of the re-accreditation is a Self-Study, with supporting documents, that examines every area of the institution. The visiting team will use the self-study as a basis for their evaluation of the College.

NEASC evaluates colleges and universities based on eleven Standards each covering an area of the institution: mission, planning, faculty, student, facilities, finances etc. The self-study will include a section corresponding to each of these standards. Each section will be researched, analyzed, and written by a committee of faculty, staff, and students, overseen by a Steering Committee. Approximately 90 members of the faculty, staff, administration, and students are included in the committees, representing a broad cross-section of the College community.

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• View the self-study report (August 2, 2011)

The NEASC Steering Committee

Patricia Thomas, Professor, Nursing (Co-Chair)
Kate Sanders, Professor, Mathematics and Computer Science (Co-Chair)
Hedi BenAicha, Director, Adams Library
Edythe Anthony, Professor, Biology
Shani Carter, Associate Professor, Management and Marketing
Joan Dagle, Professor, English
Roger Eldridge, Dean, Feinstein School of Education and Human Development
Eric Hall, Associate Professor, Biology
Michael Hayden, Associate Professor, Accounting and Computer Information Systems
Karen Hetzel, Associate Professor, Nursing
Scott Kane, Dean of Students
Randi Kim, Associate Professor, Psychology
Francis Leazes, Jr., Professor, Political Science
Meradith McMunn, Professor, English
Ann Moskol, Professor, Mathematics and Computer Science
Audrey Olmsted, Associate Professor, Communications
Frederic Reamer, Professor, MSW Program
Karen Rubino, Director, Web Communications
Thomas Schmeling, Associate Professor, Political Science
Daniel Weisman, Professor, BSW Program
Joseph Zornado, Professor, English

NEASC Committees

Standard 1: Mission and Purposes
Joseph Zornado (Chair)
Greg Kniseley
Vivian LaFerla
Bin Yu

Standard 2: Planning and Evaluation
Michael Hayden (Chair)
Elizabeth Dalton
Roxann Johnson-Nance
Maureen Reddy

Standard 3: Organization and Governance
Thomas Schmeling (Chair)
Robert Cvornyek
Tom Rockett (RIBGHE)
Marissa Weiss

Standard 4: The Academic Program

4A: Undergraduate Degree Programs
Audrey Olmsted (Chair)
Mikaila Arthur
Jennifer Ferguson
Natalie Sahba
Carolyn Wood

4B: General Education
Eric Hall (Chair)
Olga Juzyn
James Magyar
Dolores Passarelli

4C: The Major or Concentration
Shani Carter (Chair)
Mildred Bates
Patricia Cordeiro
Ronald Dufour
Sarah Spinette

4D: Graduate Degree Programs
Joan Dagle (Chair)
Karen Castagno
Christine Marco
Jayashree Nimmagadda
Leslie Schuster

4E: Integrity in the Award of Academic Credit
Edythe Anthony (Chair)
James Dorian
Marta Laupa
Kerri Tunnicliffe

4F: Assessment of Student Learning
Daniel Weisman (Chair)
Suchandra Basu
Becky Caouette
Susan Gracia
David Sugarman

Standard 5: Faculty

5A: Teaching and Advising
Randi Kim (Chair)
Jason Blank
Angelica Cardente - Vessella
Charles McLaughlin
Janet Shumate

5B: Scholarship, Research, and Creativity
Meradith McMunn (Chair)
Deborah Britt
Janet Johnson
Cynthia Padula
Sue Pearlmutter

Standard 6: Students

6A: Admissions
Karen Hetzel (Chair)
Gale Goodwin-Gomez
Deborah Johnson

6B: Retention and Graduation
Roger Eldridge (Chair)
John Aflague
Jayne Nightingale
Holly Shadoian
Eileen Sullivan

6C: Student Services
Scott Kane (Chair)
Mary Baker
Linda Kent-Davis
Harriet Magen
Susan McAllister
Donald Tencher

Standard 7: Library and Information Resources
Hedi BenAicha (Chair)
Patricia Hays
Maureen Newman
Debra Thomson
Carla Weiss

Standard 8: Physical and Technological Resources
Ann Moskol (Chair)
Nancy Bockbrader
Cyrille Cote
Mary Ellen McGuire-Schwartz
Richard Prull

Standard 9: Financial Resources
Francis Leazes (Chair)
Paul Forte
Jim Hanbury
Susan LaPanne (RIOHE)
Bin Wang

Standard 10: Public Disclosure
Karen Rubino (Chair)
Robert Bower
Jane Fusco
Mark Motte
Jamie Taylor

Standard 11: Integrity
Frederic Reamer (Chair)
Teresa Coffman
Robert Tetreault

We welcome all comments. You may contribute to our process by emailing your comments to: neasc@ric.edu

Thank you for your support and contribution to this important project.

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