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CSU-Global Campus receives accreditation
Madeline Novey
Issue date: 12/24/08 Section: News
12/16/2008
After receiving approval for shared joint accreditation with CSU-Fort Collins and CSU-Pueblo last week, the CSU-Global Campus hopes to achieve individual accreditation by 2010 an official said Tuesday.
The accreditation, awarded by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Schools and Colleges this week four months after Global Campus' founding, verifies that the institution meets rigorous educational standards and requirements set by the Higher Learning Commission.
"The most important value of accreditation is that it gives an assurance to students that credits they're taking and classes they're taking will be transferable to other accredited institutions," said Chief Academic Officer of CSU-Global Robert Jones.
Accreditation was awarded by the HLC after a site visit and interviews with former President and Chancellor Larry Penley, the CSU-Pueblo President Joseph Garcia and CSU-Pueblo and Fort Collins Provosts said CSU spokesperson Michele McKinney.
Jones said that the online university expects to see a "bump" in enrollment after the recent accreditation which will lend to Global Campus' enrollment goal of 22,000 students in the next five years.
CSU-Global Campus currently shares joint accreditation with CSU-Fort Collins and CSU-Pueblo's but hopes to achieve individual accreditation by 2010 Jones said.
Over the next few years, CSU-Global officials will look at all aspects of the institution, complete a self-evaluation of its progress and weaknesses and after interviews with HLC site representatives, will await approval for accreditation.
Accreditation awarded by the HLC is achieved by an individual institution through completion of a voluntary assessment of the university or college's financial stability, student academic achievement, admissions and other standards according to the HLC Handbook of Accreditation.
Jones said that the validations of the university's programs are now federally acceptable in the eyes of the federal government. This allows students eligibility for federal loans, which are only available to those at an accredited institution.
After receiving approval for shared joint accreditation with CSU-Fort Collins and CSU-Pueblo last week, the CSU-Global Campus hopes to achieve individual accreditation by 2010 an official said Tuesday.
The accreditation, awarded by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Schools and Colleges this week four months after Global Campus' founding, verifies that the institution meets rigorous educational standards and requirements set by the Higher Learning Commission.
"The most important value of accreditation is that it gives an assurance to students that credits they're taking and classes they're taking will be transferable to other accredited institutions," said Chief Academic Officer of CSU-Global Robert Jones.
Accreditation was awarded by the HLC after a site visit and interviews with former President and Chancellor Larry Penley, the CSU-Pueblo President Joseph Garcia and CSU-Pueblo and Fort Collins Provosts said CSU spokesperson Michele McKinney.
Jones said that the online university expects to see a "bump" in enrollment after the recent accreditation which will lend to Global Campus' enrollment goal of 22,000 students in the next five years.
CSU-Global Campus currently shares joint accreditation with CSU-Fort Collins and CSU-Pueblo's but hopes to achieve individual accreditation by 2010 Jones said.
Over the next few years, CSU-Global officials will look at all aspects of the institution, complete a self-evaluation of its progress and weaknesses and after interviews with HLC site representatives, will await approval for accreditation.
Accreditation awarded by the HLC is achieved by an individual institution through completion of a voluntary assessment of the university or college's financial stability, student academic achievement, admissions and other standards according to the HLC Handbook of Accreditation.
Jones said that the validations of the university's programs are now federally acceptable in the eyes of the federal government. This allows students eligibility for federal loans, which are only available to those at an accredited institution.
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