2008 Woodie Awards
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REACCREDITATION:
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Issue date: 3/4/08 Section: Observations
This year, Rutgers is up for reaccreditation. Why, you may ask, does this matter to me?
Simply put, accreditation is fundamental to everything Rutgers does. It certifies the validity of your Rutgers diploma, helps maintain our status as a premier public research university, confirms that we offer a high-quality education, and is a prerequisite for receiving federal research grants and student financial aid.
Since 1921, Rutgers has been accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, an agency licensed by the federal government to evaluate colleges and universities in the mid-Atlantic region.
Every 10 years, the university undergoes a rigorous reaccreditation review, including an extensive self-study followed by a visit from a Middle States team of high-level educators. Rutgers will host such a site visit March 9-12, with the team visiting the Newark campus on Monday, March 10.
The 2008 accreditation process is particularly important for undergraduates since much of the review will focus on the undergraduate experience.
Here in Newark, that undergraduate experience centers on our urban mission and our commitment to providing a first-rate education to students of modest means, to first-generation college students and to students of diverse racial, ethnic and religious backgrounds.
The Newark campus self-study, "Education and Research in an Urban Setting," also sets forth our vision of becoming the college of choice for state residents eager to attend college in an urban setting, and states our goal of being recognized as one of the nation's leading urban universities.
We invite you to take a look at the full self-study and other useful information available on the Rutgers 2008 Middle States Commission on Higher Education web site, http://middlestates.rutgers.edu
While on campus, the Middle States team will scrutinize this document and meet with members of the Rutgers community, and then submit a well-considered evaluation and suggestions to help Rutgers meet its highest goals.
Should members of the team stop you on campus and ask for your thoughts, please be welcoming and forthcoming.
Everyone at Rutgers benefits from the accreditation process because it encourages open and transparent discussion of current and planned initiatives and provides a valuable opportunity to learn from experts at other universities.
By the end of this process, Rutgers will have created a forward-looking, detailed plan for continued progress that will help guide the university for the next decade and beyond.
By Provost Steven Diner and Robert Goodman, executive dean, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and chair of the steering committee, Middle States Reaccreditation 2008
Simply put, accreditation is fundamental to everything Rutgers does. It certifies the validity of your Rutgers diploma, helps maintain our status as a premier public research university, confirms that we offer a high-quality education, and is a prerequisite for receiving federal research grants and student financial aid.
Since 1921, Rutgers has been accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, an agency licensed by the federal government to evaluate colleges and universities in the mid-Atlantic region.
Every 10 years, the university undergoes a rigorous reaccreditation review, including an extensive self-study followed by a visit from a Middle States team of high-level educators. Rutgers will host such a site visit March 9-12, with the team visiting the Newark campus on Monday, March 10.
The 2008 accreditation process is particularly important for undergraduates since much of the review will focus on the undergraduate experience.
Here in Newark, that undergraduate experience centers on our urban mission and our commitment to providing a first-rate education to students of modest means, to first-generation college students and to students of diverse racial, ethnic and religious backgrounds.
The Newark campus self-study, "Education and Research in an Urban Setting," also sets forth our vision of becoming the college of choice for state residents eager to attend college in an urban setting, and states our goal of being recognized as one of the nation's leading urban universities.
We invite you to take a look at the full self-study and other useful information available on the Rutgers 2008 Middle States Commission on Higher Education web site, http://middlestates.rutgers.edu
While on campus, the Middle States team will scrutinize this document and meet with members of the Rutgers community, and then submit a well-considered evaluation and suggestions to help Rutgers meet its highest goals.
Should members of the team stop you on campus and ask for your thoughts, please be welcoming and forthcoming.
Everyone at Rutgers benefits from the accreditation process because it encourages open and transparent discussion of current and planned initiatives and provides a valuable opportunity to learn from experts at other universities.
By the end of this process, Rutgers will have created a forward-looking, detailed plan for continued progress that will help guide the university for the next decade and beyond.
By Provost Steven Diner and Robert Goodman, executive dean, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and chair of the steering committee, Middle States Reaccreditation 2008
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