NEASC Self-Study

NEASC-accredited schools undergo periodic reviews of their programs in order to maintain their accreditation. Part of the re-accreditation is a Self-Study, with supporting documents, that examines every area of the institution. The self-study is used as a basis to determine the effectiveness of the school compared to national norms. NEASC recognizes that each institution is unique and is also careful to evaluate each institution in terms of its own self defined mission.

PDF files of the most recent NEASC Self-Study can be found here:

• NEASC Preface (PDF)
• NEASC Overview (PDF)
• NEASC Standard 1 - Mission and Purposes (PDF)
• NEASC Standard 2 - Planning (PDF)
• NEASC Standard 3 - Organization and Governance (PDF)
• NEASC Standard 4 - Academic (PDF)
• NEASC Standard 5 - Faculty (PDF)
• NEASC Standard 6 - Students (PDF)
• NEASC Standard 7 - Library and Information Resources (PDF)
• NEASC Standard 8 - Physical and Technological Resources (PDF)
• NEASC Standard 9 - Financial Resources (PDF)
• NEASC Standard 10 - Public Disclosure (PDF)
• NEASC Standard 11 - Integrity (PDF)

The PDF files listed may require the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader to be downloaded and installed.

The document that has been posted to our website represents the final form of each standard of the self-study. The full self-study provides a narrative with each standard broken into three parts:

• Description of how we function as it pertains to that standard. 
   
• Appraisal of our strengths and weaknesses. 
   
• Projection of our plans for the future, particularly as they address our weaknesses.   

The final printed Self-Study also includes, an appendix with documents, and makes reference to numerous documents that have been collected and will be available to the visiting team in a work room set up for them.  Many of the documents are also available to them electronically.

It is important to note that NEASC does not expect an institution to be perfect or completely effective in all regards.  It does expect an institution to be objective and clear sighted about its strengths and weaknesses and to have a clear plan to address its problems.  Nor does it expect institutions to conform to one norm.  It recognizes the value of each school's uniqueness and looks to the schools own self definition of mission and goals for guidance.