CUA-SLIS Achieves Full Re-accreditation

I have received the official letter from the American Library Association’s Committee on Accreditation. They have decided to release SLIS from conditional accreditation status. This returns the School to the seven (7) year accreditation cycle putting our next accreditation visit in 2016. The recent decision means that your effort, contribution, and participation in demonstrating how wonderful SLIS is, led to the successful decision at ALA that returns CUA to a re-accredited program on a seven, rather than three, year cycle. The Committee congratulated us on our efforts in planning and assessment and stated that they are confident that if we continue on our path, we will continue to be fully accredited and successful fulfilling our unique niche in the metropolitan D.C. area.

Now is not the time for complacency, however. I intend for SLIS to continue on its path of success to ensure we remain accredited and meet the ALA standards by continually assessing our progress and improving our program.

I want to thank each of you for your efforts on our behalf. I appreciate your efforts and all that it contributed to this exciting, thrilling!, outcome.

A recent Library Journal article provides some more information on the outcome of the COA's deliberations at ALA. see http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6673356.html?rssid=191 for the highlights of the recent accreditation decisions of the Committee on Accreditation.

Thanks to one and all for your participation in this very happy outcome for CUA-SLIS.
Dean Kelley