2025 Middle States Self-Study

November 6, 2024: Visiting Team Chair Preliminary Visit
March 2-5, 2025: Full Team Visit
The Self-Study Visiting Team will arrive on Sunday, March 2. During their three-day visit, they will:
- meet with various campus constituents,
- ask questions and collect feedback related to the Standards, and
- review evidence we’ve provided to determine if SU is in compliance with the Middle
States Standards for Accreditation. On the morning of Wednesday, March 5, Dr. Wells will address campus in an open meeting where she will provide a brief summary of the Visiting Team’s findings. A formal written report will be sent shortly thereafter, detailing the Team’s findings on each of the seven Standards and Requirements of Affiliation. A copy of the report will be provided to SU and Middle States.

The University is preparing for our next accreditation cycle with the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE). Federal law mandates that any institution of higher education receiving federal funding is continuously accredited. As importantly, the deep introspective work that is involved in an institutional self-study and accreditation review ensures that our campus is operating resourcefully, ethically, transparently, and in the best interests of our students.

The accreditation process is based on seven standards and fifteen Requirements of Affiliation. For our self-study, five working groups will examine broad areas of University activities. Four of these areas align with our current strategic plan* and the fifth examines Middle States’ Requirements of Affiliation

Working Group 1: Academic Success and Student Development
Working Group 2: Inclusive Excellence, Support & Collaboration
Working Group 3: Access, Affordability and Academic Excellence
Working Group 4: Community Engagement
Working Group 5: Middle States’ Requirements of Affiliation

*Objectives from Goal 5 of SU’s Strategic Plan are crosscutting and will be examined by various Working Groups.