UAlbany's accrediation status was reaffirmed by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) on June 24, 2010.
The reaffirmation process is conducted every ten years, and includes a comprensive Self-Study which documents UAlbany's compliance with all 14 MSCHE Standards of Accreditation, review of the Self-Study and site visit by an external review team, and a formal report by the external review team to the Middle States Commission.
Please visit the links below for UAlbany's letter of reaffirmation of accreditation from MSCHE, as well as to view UAlbany's Self-Study and related documents.
MSCE Statement of Re-Accrediation regarding UAlbany ***official Commission action *** |
If you have questions about the Middle States Re-Accreditation process please contact either of the co-chairs for the Self-Study, Dr. Sue R. Faerman_ SFaerman@uamail.albany.edu, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Distinguished Teaching Professor, or Dr. Steven Messner sfm96@albany.edu, Distinguished Teaching Professor; or Dr. Bruce Szelest bszelest@albany.edu, Assistant Vice President for Institutional Research, Planning, and Effectiveness, who has assisted the co-chairs.
- Self-Study Steering Committee
- Mission and Goals, Planning, Resource Allocation...-
- Institutional Resources-
- Leadership and Governance, Administration-
- Institutional and Student Learning Assessment-
- Student Admissions and Retention-
- Student Support Services-
- Faculty-
- Educational Offerings, General Education-
- Related Educational Activities-
Inventory of Primary Support Documents
(login required for many, but not all, of the documents listed)
The Self-Study Document Itself:
UAlbany Self-Study design
Middle States self-study guidelines
[Resource doc for Creating a Useful Process and Report
Recent Accreditation Reports and Campus Response Documents:
2000 UA Middle States Self-Study
Accreditation Review Team Evaluation Report (2000)
2005 Periodic Review Report (PRR) to MSCHE
External Review Reports of the 2005 PRR
Campus Response to the 2005 External Review Reports
Current UA Mission and Goals
Mission Statement (1992)
Statement of Strategic Goals and Values (1998)
SUNY Mission Review II (2006)
Draft University Goals and Priorities (2006)
Electronic Document Inventory:
Electronic Document Inventory - Main (avail only to Self-Study team members)