Council on Social Work Education Commission on Accreditation June 2006 Decisions

The Commission on Accreditation (COA) took the following actions at its June 2006 meeting.

Reaffirm Accreditation for Eight Years Uphold and Revise the Original Decision Baccalaureate from Place on Conditional Accreditation Central Connecticut State University (CT) and to Reaffirm with Progress Report Western New England College (MA) Combined University of Nebraska at Omaha (NE) Master’s Newman University (KS) Uphold and Revise the Original Decision from Withdraw Accreditation Status to Full Combined Accreditation Status Norfolk State University (VA) Master’s Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Reaffirm Accreditation for Eight Years with a (FL) Progress Report Baccalaureate Grant Initial Accreditation for Four Years Bradley University (IL) Baccalaureate Colorado State University- Pueblo (CO) California State University, San Bernardino (CA) Goshen College (IN) Mount Vernon Nazarene University (OH) Hawaii Pacific University (HI) Park University (MO) (Vakalahi) Mountain State University (WV) (PA) Master’s Southwestern Oklahoma State University (OK) Fayetteville State University (NC) University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and Combined Oshkosh (WI) Brigham Young University (UT) University of Southern Mississippi (MS) Grant Initial Accreditation for Four Years with a Progress Report Restore Accreditation Master’s Baccalaureate California State University, East Bay (CA) University (KY) Western University (KY) Northern Arizona University (AZ) Grant Candidacy Status Restore Accreditation with Staff Report Master’s Combined Hawaii Pacific University (HI) University of Vermont (VT) Mississippi Valley State University (MS)

Uphold the Original Decision to Place on Place on Conditional Accreditation Conditional Accredited Status on AS 3.1.4, Baccalaureate AS 4.0, AS 4.2 and Revise Original Dordt College (IA) Decision on AS 5.7 from Noncompliance to Concern Accept First Progress Report Baccalaureate Baccalaureate Westfield State College (MA) La Salle University (PA) Long Island University-Brooklyn Campus (NY) Pittsburg State University (KS) Rust College (MS) University of Sioux Falls (SD)

1 of 2 Master’s Total Number of Accredited Programs-- 636 Cleveland State University/University of Akron Baccalaureate: 457 (OH) Master’s: 179 Louisiana State University (LA) Total Number of Programs in Candidacy-- 38 Northwest Nazarene University (ID) Baccalaureate: 20 Simmons College (MA) Master’s: 18

Receive First Progress Report and Request a Second Progress Report Baccalaureate Luther College (IA) Siena Heights University (MI) Wartburg College (IA)

Master’s Springfield College (MA)

Accept Second Progress Report Baccalaureate Cornerstone University (MI) Texas A&M University, Kingsville (TX) University of Akron (OH)

Combined Kean University (NJ)

Authorize a Site Visit Baccalaureate Brigham Young University -Idaho (ID) Dalton State College (GA) Elizabeth City State University (NC) Messiah College (PA) University of Texas of the Permian Basin (TX)

Master’s Bridgewater State College (MA) East Tennessee State University (TN) Long Island University -C.W. Post and Brooklyn (NY)

Grant Permission to Seek Site Visit Authorization Master’s Humboldt State University (CA) University of Toledo (OH)

Grant a Second Year of Candidacy Master’s University of North Carolina at Wilmington (NC)

Defer Decision on Authorizing a Site Visit to the October 2006 COA Meeting Baccalaureate Dominican University (OH) 2 of 2