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Queensborough Community College is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and undergoes every ten years a comprehensive self-study conducted by the institution itself, followed by a site visit and report by representatives of the Middle States Commission.

This website provides an overview of the process toward reaccreditation, the faculty and staff who are involved in the project, and the timeline leading to final reaccreditation.

WHAT IS THE SELF-STUDY?

The Middle States Commission on Higher Education is an accrediting body comprising faculty peers from the region. Middle States has 14 standards of excellence by which it evaluates an institution, with particular emphasis on outcomes assessment and continuous improvement plans. Queensborough Commmunity College, which is currently accredited by Middle States, is reaccredited every ten years by the commission. During the process of reaccreditation, which takes place over three years, the college produces a comprehensive self-study of the institution; this, coupled with the site visit by a Middle States team of faculty peers, will form the basis for the decision to reaccredit the institution.

WHY IS ACCREDITATION IMPORTANT?

Accreditation indicates that an institution is healthy, rigorous in its academic programs, and responsive to its constituents and has a well credentialed faculty, good academic support services, and a comprehensive and clear continuous improvement plan. Losing one’s accreditation would mean complete loss of federal funding and difficult, if not impossible, transfer of credit for students. The process leading to reaccreditation, a challenging one for the entire campus, is also an opportunity for substantive reflection on the structures and processes by which we operate and for serious and committed consideration of recommendations for the future. In short, the process should be meaningful to the institution and provide a vision for future growth.


 

WHERE ARE WE NOW?

Using the self-study design approved by the college’s liaison, Dr. Michael Kiphart, vice president of the Middles States Commission on Higher Education, as the blueprint for the self-study project, the eight working groups have been working all semester on their draft reports, each group assigned to one or two Middle States standards of excellence. At the open hearings on February 26 and 27, the eight working groups presented their preliminary findings in a campus-wide venue. Following the open hearings, the groups have been refining and modifying their reports based on the campus input and in consultation with the steering committee. Final reports from the working groups are due at the end of May.

In preparation for next year, the college has accepted the recommendation from the Middle States Commission of Dr. Edna Baehre, president of Harrisburg Area Community College, as the chair for the evaluation team that will visit the campus in March 2009. The evaluation team chair’s preliminary visit of Queensborough will take place in November 2008.

 

PARTICIPANTS

Many of your colleagues are devoting both time and effort to this process, and we thank them for their dedication. Involved are:

STEERING COMMITTEE - Arthur Corradetti, Assistant Dean & Chair
Diane Call, VP for Finance & Adminiatration
Ellen Hartigan, VP for Student Affairs
Dan King, VP for Academic Affairs
Rosemary Zins, VP for Institutional Advancement
Karen Steele, Dean for Academic Affairs
Stuart Asser, Chair ECET
Paris Svoronos, Chair Chemistry
Lorena Ellis, Associate Professor - Foreign Languages & Literatures
Anne Marie Menendez, Associate Professor - Nursing
Linda Reesman, Associate Professor - English
Anna May Jagoda, Director - Institutional Research and Assessment
Dion Pincus, Director - Campus Writing Center
Susan Sciammarella, Assistant Professor - Library

WORKING GROUPS

Group 1: Mission, Goals, and Integrity
Phil Pecorino (Co-chair), Social Sciences
Gisela Rivera (Co-chair), Student Activities
Tina Bayer, Nursing
Patty Beale, Academic Advisement
Nadine Donahue, Nursing
Daqing Gao, Chemistry
Jo Pantaleo, Basic Skills Learning Center
Mary Ann Rosa, Nursing
Margaret Stroehlein, Nursing
Kathleen Wentrack, Art and Photography

Group 2: Planning, Resources, and Institutional Renewal
Belle Birchfield (Co-chair), Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology
Bill Faulkner (Co-chair), Finance and Administration
Indra Avens, Foreign Languages and Literatures
Barbara Bonous-Smit, Library
Jean Darcy, English
Todd Holden, Physics
Chris Johnson, Sponsored Programs
Dwight Meyer, Biological Sciences and Geology
Tian Ren, Mathematics and Computer Science
Aimee Vargas Rodriguez, Business

Group 3: Leadership, Governance, and Administration
Susan Jacobowitz (Co-chair), English
George Muchita (Co-chair), Transfer Coordinator
Trikartikaningsih Byas, English
Megan Elias, History
Robert Holt, Mathematics and Computer Science
Joel Kuszai, English
Robin Levine, Campus Writing Center
Lisa Mertz, Health, Physical Education, and Dance
Traci Powell, Adjunct Services
Alicia Sinclair, Health, Physical Education, and Dance
Christina Grant-Spencer, New Student Enrollment Services 

Group 4: Student Admissions and Support Services
Marge Reilly (Co-chair), Nursing
Brian Kerr (Co-chair), Academic Advisement
Gina Capozzoli, Counseling
Mary Casatelli, COPE
Edmund Clingan, History
Georgina Colalillo, Nursing
Bonnie Cook, Campus Learning Center
Susan Curtis, Student Affairs
Debra DiBattista, CETL
Susan Manel, Buildings and Grounds
Zivah Perel, English
Andrea Salis, Health, Physical Education, and Dance
Elisabeth Scheiner, Academic Advisement
Ann Tullio, Registrar

Group 5: Faculty
Matthew Trachman (Co-chair), Social Sciences
Liza Larios (Co-chair), Human Resources and Labor Relations
Bahar Baheri, Mathematics and Computer Science
Julia Carroll, Basic Educational Skills
Andrea Cohen, Counseling
Jeanne Galvin, Library
Jose Luis Madrigal, Foreign Languages and Literatures
Pellegrino Manfra, Social Sciences
Jean Murley, English
Meg Tarafdar, CETL
Dolores Weber, Nursing

Group 6: Educational Offerings
Patrick Wallach (Co-chair), Mathematics and Computer Science
Paul Jean-Pierre (Co-chair), Student Affairs
Karen Grant, Business
Jenny Lin-Martinez, Foreign Languages and Literatures
Christine Mooney, Business
Regina Polizzotto, Nursing
Sharon Reeves, Foreign Languages and Literatures
Warren Soare, Academic Advisement
Rosanne Vogel, Speech Communication and Theatre Arts
Lana Zinger, Health, Physical Education, and Dance

Group 7: General Education and Related Educational Activities
Sheila Beck (Co-chair), Library
Bruce Naples (Co-chair), Academic Computing Center
Diana Berkowitz, CLIP
Beth Counihan, English
Adrienne Crosson, Academic Advisement
Helene Dunkelblau, Basic Educational Skills
Galatia Iakovou, Nursing
Devin Feldman McKay, Library
Hamid Namdar, Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology
Debra Rosenwasser, Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology
Margot Small, Mathematics and Computer Science
Vincent Stigliano, Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology
Denise Ward, Office of Continuing Education and Workforce Development Haishen Yao, Mathematics and Computer Science

Group 8: Institutional assessment and student learning assessment
Bob Rogers (Co-chair), Art and Photography
Bridget Orozco (Co-chair), Campus Writing Center
Patricia Burke, Nursing
Victor Fichera, Testing Services
Alex Flamholz, Physics
Jeanne Galvin, Library
Joseph Labozzetta, Campus Writing Center
Andrew Nguyen, Biological Sciences and Geology
Ann Liao, Speech Communication and Theatre Arts
Vera Melella, Sponsored Programs
Maurizio Santoro, Foreign Languages and Literatures
Cheryl Spencer, Nursing
Julian Stark, Biological Sciences and Geology
Edward Volchok, Business

 

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