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= - ..- _ag ., 5 9o ACCREDITEDHIGHER t .... .. INSTITUTIONS ..,. if . io j. -fta 1952 -1 v -4; By THERESABIRCHWILKINS ResearchAssistant DivisionofiligherEducotion Officeof Education BULLETIN1952, No. 3 .6 =7- 1 a FMERALSECURITYAGENCY OscarR. Ewing,Administrator OFFICEOF EDUCATION Earl JamesMc Gath,Commissioner UNITIDSTATIS 1 GOVERNMENT PRINTINGOFF1Cg WASHINGTONsItS2 INIMINANAAANAgr & ,.._,-- ININIINMIMMINMEINNIMMINIM.O.N EI V. - per sok by theSuperintendent of .E Documents, U.S. GoveramtPrinting Office, ..-- S [ Washington 2,D. C. i°mD Price 35cents `cs " FOREWORD Ism INQE1917 the Officeof Educationhas publishedat approxi. mately4-year intervalsacompilation ofthe lista of institutions accredithd byNation-wideregional,ezadtate accreditingagen- cies.This editionsthe ninth inthe series,the lastpreviousedition havingbeen issuedfor theyear1948. The bulletinisa sourceof ref- erencefor educationalofficers andstudents)desiringinformationabout theaccieditedstatus of institutionsof highereducation.Agencies *lb of theFederalgovernmentusethe bulletinconstantlyin various phases of theirwork. AccreditationbyNation-wide)andregionalagencies hasbeen indicated inthe annualpublicationEducation Diredorg7Part 3:Higher : Educationforanumberofyears.Accreditation byStateagencies ddesnot lend itselfto such frequentreporting andis not includedine annualdirectory butis carriedin thisbulletin. This bulletinbrings togetherlistkfurnishedbyprofessional, regicinal, and StateaccreditingagenciesazofFebruary,i1952. BUELL G.GALLAGHER, A8si4antComminionerfor HigherEducation. II v is qt-V. CONTENTS Page a FOREWORD I I INTRODUCTION 1 PARTI.INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATIONACCREDITEDBY REGIONAL ASSOCI ATIONS,STATE UNIVERSITIES,ADSTATE DEPARTMENTS OF , t . EDUCATION 4 Regionalassociations accreditinginstitutions of highereducation_ 66 PART II.PROrESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL SCHOOLSORDEPARTMENTS % ACCREDITEDBYNATION-WIDE ORGANIZATIONS FOR: Architecture 67 68 Bible _. , 69 Business .. Chemistry ! 70 Chiropody 73' Dentistry. _ _ 73 75 Engineering 4-- ea Oa Technicalcurricula_ _ __ __ _............. .............M. a. =, MD En 90 Forestry . 92 . 92 Journalism _ 93 Law _ Librarianship 96 . Medicine Alo es...... 97 Basic medicalsciences _ 98 - Occupational therapy_ _ _. 98 Physical therapy 99 Music 100 Nursing L 104 Optometry ..... _ 111 112 ' Osteopathy Pharmacy 114 Public health 114 Social work 114 .Teacher education 115 120 Theology,. 7 121 , Veterinarymedicine ...... a. e . a ....... INDIx1 128 111 1 ;' . P.7.1.7.,V,. ,4, ht. ACCREDITEDHIGHERINSTITUTIONS 1952 SIGNIFICANCEOFACCREDITATION rinHE BESTavailablemethod ofascertainingthegeneralstand- quality ofaninstitutionofhighereducationin the r_ingor in most UnitedStates is toexamineitaaccredited status ministries ofeducationexercise somedegree ofcontrolover countries theFederal educationalinstitutions.In theUnitedStates,however, hasnosuchauthority.Jurisdiction overeducational Government much activitiesisafunction oftheseveralStateswhichmayexercise borders. overtheinstitutionswithintheir Highili'llinthq1411$1r7111M P orlittlecontrol 4or the agenciesgenerallyhave notassumed'responsibility ttate Statedepart- directcontrol ofinstitutionsof highereducation.Most education do,however,throughtheteacher-certification mentsof 111411119111111S06101161 institutionswhose functionexerciseameasureofcontrolovertheze graduates entertheteachingprofession.Stateuniversitieslikewise typeofcontrolthroughthepracticeofacceptingin full, exercisea a in part, ornot atall,creditsearnedinotherinstitutionswithin givenState. approvalofStateagencies,accreditation 111 addition tothelimited In and onbyvoluntaryagencies.representingeducational iscanied of estab- profeEsionai groups.Theprocessofaccreditingconsists indeterniini lishingstandardsorcriteriabelieved tobesignificant quality ofaninstitution's programandapplyingthes6standards the institution meets an to aninstitution todiscover towhat extentthe accreditingagenciesexercise maintainsthestandards.Thevoluntary but do exert agreatdeal ofinfluence nolegal control, overinstitutions throughtheir publishedlists ofaccreditedinstitutions. Office ofEducationdoes notaccreditorapprovee&cational The of institutioz9.It doesfuirnishinformationabout thea-meditation throughthis institutionsby otherrecognizedagencia,principally andthrough theL-`'amtionDirett3rd,Part 3;Higher&kaki bulletin , tion,publishedannually. a . .. 4 ." C,7$1.1) 2 ACCREDITEDHIGHERINSTITUTIONS,1952 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS I. Sincethepublication of the1948 editionofAccreditedHigher Instit1Jtion4,a number of activitiesworthyofrecordhaveoccurred. REGIONALASSOCIATIONS TheWestern CollegeAssociationhasassumedresponsibility accrediting4-year liberal for arts collegesinArizona,California,and Nevada.There :a nowsixregionalaccrediting every associationscovering sectionofthecountry, includingTerritoriesand sions.The outlyingposses- names and addressesof thesecretariesof, the associations regional andtheareas coveredby eachassociation on page 66. maybe found The sixregional accreditingassociationshaveestablisheda National Committeeof- RegionalAccredit*Agenciesforthepurpose "of coordinatifigtheactivities ofregionalaccreditingagencies,andto cooperate withsimilar nationalagencies,in thehopethatwaysmay be foundto minimizesomeofthe evilsthat have rapidly accompaniedthe expandingaccreditingmovement."Annuallyon January first theCommitteeissuesa listofIn8titution,Accreditedby theRegional AccreditingAgenciesof theUnitedStates. PROFES S IONALASSOCIATIONS Leadersinnursing graduallyrealizedthataccreditation,bya number ofautonomous organizationsresultedinduplicationof effortand confusiononthe cost; part ofinstitutions,students,theprofession, public;and and the fractionalratherthancomprehensiveevaluation. were initiated which Steps ledto theestablishmentin1949 of Nursing theNational AccreditingService.Thefirst listofprograms in nursing approvedby thisnewservicewas releasedinOctober1':!---g2.) andreplaced theaccreditedlistsof the NationalOrganizationforPublicHealth Nursing,theAssociation ofCollegiateSchoolsofNursing,theNational League ofNursingEducation,and theCatholic The HospitalAssociation. NationalAssociationofChiropodistsappearsas a recognized accreditingagency for the firsttime inthisedition.Ito sixmember institutionsarelisted inPart 11of tbebulletin. NATIONALCOMMISSIONONAfatEDITING Representativesof theAssociationofLand-Grant Universities,the Collegesand NationalAssociationof StateUniversities, Association the ofUrbanUniversities,theAwociationof Universities,the American AssociationofAmericanColleges,theAssociation TeacherEducation of Institutions,andtheAmericanAssociationof JuniorCollegeshave formedtheNationalCommissiononAceriting INTRODUCTION (formerly the Joint CommitteeonAccrediting).This Commission does not plan to accredit institutions ofhigher educationbutto recommendtomember institputionsthose accrediting bodieswhich it considers worthy of recognition.Associations seekingrecognitionare . nowreferredtothe National CommissiononAccrediting. ORGANIZATION OF THISBULLETIN This bulletin is divided intotwo parts.Part Icontainsa com- pilation of institutions of highereducation accreditedby thesix regional associations and by Stateuniversities and Statedepartments of education.Accreditation byState universities isshownonthree levels: (1) For =conditionaladmissionto graduate school, (2) for full transfer credit, and (3) for partialtransfer credit.Accreditation by Stateapartmentsof education is shownfor general collegiate purposesand for teacher-certificationpurposes. Part II contains listsof professional andtechnical schools,some orall of theunits of whichareaccredited byorhold membership in the appropriate organization.Accreditation is shown bycurricula Hill II in undergraduateengineering, in technicaltype institutes, and in 'II nuning. 111111111 IIII 11111111111 11111 t II 11111E11111104i ""' ""''' I1111111111111111111"" '44 o. 4 9 % . , f 4 . ,A'A . _ - mmel .1 PARTI InstitutionsofHigherEducation gional Accreditedby Rem Associations,StateUniversities,andState DepartmentsofEducation Explanationofsymbols: xAccredited. x-j--Institutionoffersa 4-yearcurriculum,but isaccredited institution. as a 2-year x-po--Provisionallyaccredited. "precedingthename and address ofan institutionindicatesthatthe institution isattendedpredominantlybyNegroes. OMM.1.11.- State State Dui depart C-r milky mostof educe- tion Re- ,. Institution gionalUogorap- also- - dationadmis- FunPartial Gen- oral Teeth- sion totrawler cif edu- grodu- mothwait 11111 ate peascation 4 school 7 ALABAMA **AlabamaAgriculturaland Mechanical College,Normal AlabamaCollege,Montevallo AlabamaPolytechnicInstitute,Auburn__ AthensCollege,Athens 1 I Birminghain-SouthernCollege,Birming- ham HowardCollege, Birminghadi _MP HuntingdonCollege, Montgomen7 41. e JudsonCollege,Marion MarionInstitute, I. Marion(2-yr.)._=I _ _ MD MP 111O 1111 **MilesCollege,Birmingham MontgomeryBibleCollege,Montgomery (2-Yr )------------- ----- - x-p **OakwoodCollege,Huntsville SacredHeart JuniorCollege,Cullman St. x-p.OM .1,Mr BernardCollege, St.Bernard(2-yr.)_ SneadJunior College,Boas s I Creditfor 3years worksoma* I Approved forSecondaryBTemporaryemillicato. Approval to beterminatedLug. 141962. 4 ssXv9 fit ACCREDITED HIGHERINSTInmONS---ALABAMA , 5 State depart- P tate tint vanity ment of educe. tion Re- Institution rims! Uncap- atop-ditiana) (tabor) admit*. Full Gen- Partial eral Teach- gon to trawder erc4o- grad°.erde I tcredit Pur- cation ato poses school 6 7 411a- .11 111111114 ALABAMA ConttnuCKI gouthemtkrn Rible __ College, Birmingham_ 40. dB.