Rhode Island College
holds accreditation as an intuition. The New England Association
of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) is the primary accrediting body for Rhode
Island College. NEASC provides accreditation for schools ranging
from pre-K to the doctoral level in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont (http://www.neasc.org/). Rhode
Island College was first accredited by NEASC in 1958, was last accredited
in 2000, and will be reviewed for reaccredidation in 2010.
NEASC has accredited
the following higher education institutions in Rhode Island:
Brown University
Bryant University
Community College
of Rhode Island
Johnson & Wales
University
New England Institute
of Technology
Providence College
Rhode Island College
Rhode Island School
of Design
Roger Williams University
Salve Regina University
University of Rhode
Island
The U.S. Naval War
College
As part of the accreditation
process, Rhode Island College completes a self study. The self study
report that was prepared in 2000 is available for review at http://www.ric.edu/neasc_self-study/.
In addition, several
organizations provide accreditation to the various Schools and Programs
at Rhode Island College. These include:
NCATE (National
Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education) for the Feinstein
School of
Education & Human Development.
NAEYC (National
Association for the Education of Young Children) for the preschool
and kindergartens
at the Henry Barnard School.
CSWE (Council
on Social Work Education) for the Master of Social Work and Bachelor
of Social
Work Programs within the School of Social Work.
CCNE (Commission
on Collegiate Nursing Education) for the School of Nursing.
NASAD (National
Association of Schools of Art and Design)
NASM (National
Association of Schools of Music)
NASDTEC (National
association of state directors of teacher education and certification). |
