Middle States Accreditation

What is Middle States?

The Middle States Commission on Higher Education is one of seven institutional accrediting bodies in the United States that are authorized by the US Department of Education to accredit educational institutions. As an accredited institution by the Middle States Commission, Queensborough Community College is authorized to offer federal financial aid to students and students are assured acceptance of college credits when they transfer from Queensborough to another institution of higher education.

The Middle States Commission has seven standards of excellence by which it evaluates an institution, with particular emphasis on comprehensive, integrated, and sustained assessment processes and the assessment of institutional effectiveness in achieving institutional mission and goals. The seven standards are: 1) mission and goals; 2) ethics and integrity; 3) design and delivery of the student learning experience; 4) support of the student experience; 5) educational effectiveness assessment; 6) planning, resources, and institutional improvement; and 7) governance, leadership, and administration.

Self-Study Process

According to the new accreditation schedule, the college undergoes an accreditation event every eight years, the self-study, a comprehensive self-appraisal of the institution, which is prepared and submitted to the commission. A site visit is then arranged in which a group of external reviewers, colleagues from the region, visits the campus and files a report with the college and the commission. Following this, the commission meets and renders a decision on reaccreditation, which is reported to the college.

Documents Submitted for Reaccreditation

The three documents submitted to the Middle States evaluation team are available as a PDF for you to download and read.

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Verification of Compliance PDF opens in a new window

Self-study Design PDF opens in a new window

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Queensborough Art Gallery exterior in the afternoon

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