Brooklyn College Enters New Phase of Middle States Re-accreditation

12/2/2007

Brooklyn College has entered the second year in the three-year-long Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) process of re-accreditation that will enable us to continue as a peer-recognized, degree-granting institution of higher learning.

At the Stated Meeting of the Faculty on February 20, 2007, President Christoph M. Kimmich reported that �we must do a self study, examining the ways in which the College has changed since the last re-accreditation in 1999 and determining how we move ahead�We want our self study to be broadly representative, and we want the Middle States Association to hear from the entire college community, not just from the president and the deans�We fully expect to be reaccredited, but we must take the process seriously. It requires diligence and attention to detail.�

Under the direction of Acting Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Nancy M. Hager, a College-wide Steering Committee and seven Working Groups consisting of approximately 150 faculty, staff, students, and administrators are currently at work on the Self-Study Report. Next fall, when the committees have completed their work, a draft Self-Study Report will be circulated to the college community for comment as a means of shaping the final report that will be submitted to the Middle States Visiting Team prior to their on-campus review in spring 2009.

To facilitate communication about the Self-Study Report and the visit of the Middle States team, the Steering Committee has

Launched a Brooklyn College Self-Study web site which can be located at http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/pub/middle_states.htm.
Professors Lynda Day and Bonnie L. Gustav, Steering Committee C0-chairs, will make themselves available for informal chats about the re-accreditation effort in the Georgian Room on Thursdays in October and November from 12 noon until 1:30 PM.
Comments and suggestions from the college community will be welcomed by Professor Lynda Day, Steering Committee Co-chair, via email to ProvostOffice@brooklyn.cuny.edu.

To learn more about the fourteen �Characteristics of Excellence� as defined by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, please visit http://www.msche.org/publications/CHX06060320124919.pdf.