Accreditation Actions

The following represents the MSCHE accreditation actions taken in the last ten (10) years. For more information, see the Commission’s Accreditation Actions Policy and Procedures and the Substantive Change Policy and Procedures.

• January 4, 2022
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To include the additional location at 3595 State School Rd, Albion, NY 14411 within the institution's scope of accreditation. To require immediate notification when instruction commences at the additional location. To note that the Commission reserves the right to rescind this action if any developments reveal additional information that might have affected the Commission's decision and/or the requested substantive change is not implemented within one calendar year from the date of this action. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2025-2026.
• December 2, 2021
  To acknowledge receipt of the supplemental information report. To require a Substantive Change Request for the closure of the additional location, Smolny College at Saint Petersburg State University, Russia, due March 1, 2022. To remind the institution of its obligation to inform the Commission about any and all developments relevant to this action. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2025-2026.
• July 12, 2021
  Staff acted on behalf of the Commission to request a supplemental information report, due September 1, 2021, addressing recent developments at the institution which may have implications for current and future compliance with Standard IV: Support of the Student Experience. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2025-2026.
• June 23, 2021
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To include the relocation of the additional location at 150 Broadway, 20th floor, New York, NY 10038 to 20 Jay Street, Suite 912, Brooklyn, NY 11201 within the institution's scope of accreditation. To require immediate notification when instruction commences at the new location and of the date that instruction ceases at the former location. To note the Commission may rescind this action if any developments reveal additional information that might have affected the Commission's decision and/or the requested substantive change is not implemented within one calendar year from the date of this action. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2025-2026.
• April 29, 2021
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To include the branch campus at 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, MA 01238 within the institution's scope of accreditation. To direct a substantive change site visit as soon as practicable but no later than six months after the commencement of instruction at the branch campus. To require immediate notification when instruction commences at the branch campus. To request a supplemental information report, due November 1, 2021, providing evidence that the branch campus has relinquished its NECHE accreditation and its Title IV participation and degree granting authority as a branch campus have been resolved. To note that the Commission reserves the right to rescind approval of this substantive change if any developments reveal additional information that might have affected the Commission's decision and/or the requested substantive change is not implemented within one calendar year from the date of this action. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2025-2026.
• April 29, 2021
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To note the institution's decision to close the additional location at 3300 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90010 that has ceased operations. To remove the additional location from the institution's scope of accreditation. To note that the Commission reserves the right to rescind approval of this substantive change if any developments reveal additional information that might have affected the Commission's decision. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2025-2026.
• April 29, 2021
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To include the additional location at the New York Public Library, Countee Cullen Branch, 104 West 136th Street, New York, NY 10030 within the institution's scope of accreditation. To require immediate notification when instruction commences at the additional location. To note that the Commission reserves the right to rescind approval of this substantive change if any developments reveal additional information that might have affected the Commission's decision and/or the requested substantive change is not implemented within one calendar year from the date of this action.
• April 29, 2021
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To note the institution's decision to close the additional location at 345 Brook Avenue, Bronx, NY 10454 that has ceased operations. To remove the additional location from the institution's scope of accreditation. To note that the Commission reserves the right to rescind approval of this substantive change if any developments reveal additional information that might have affected the Commission's decision.
• April 29, 2021
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To note the institution's decision to close the additional location at 4999 East Bardsley Avenue, Tulare, CA 93274 that has ceased operations. To remove the additional location from the institution's scope of accreditation. To note that the Commission reserves the right to rescind approval of this substantive change if any developments reveal additional information that might have affected the Commission's decision.
• March 2, 2021
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To include the additional location at 525 E. Houston Street, New York, NY 11102 within the institution's scope of accreditation. To require immediate notification when instruction commences at the additional location. To note that the Commission reserves the right to rescind approval of this substantive change if any developments reveal additional information that might have affected the Commission's decision and/or the requested substantive change is not implemented within one calendar year from the date of this action. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2025-2026.
• March 2, 2021
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To include the additional location at 30-20 Thompson Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101 within the institution's scope of accreditation. To require immediate notification when instruction commences at the additional location. To note that the Commission reserves the right to rescind approval of this substantive change if any developments reveal additional information that might have affected the Commission's decision and/or the requested substantive change is not implemented within one calendar year from the date of this action.
• January 4, 2021
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To include alternative delivery method-distance education within the institution's scope of accreditation. To note that the Commission reserves the right to rescind approval of this substantive change if any developments reveal additional information that might have affected the Commission's decision and/or the requested substantive change is not implemented within one calendar year from the date of this action. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2025-2026.
• January 4, 2021
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To include the reclassification of the other instructional site at 108 W. 39th Street, Suite 1000A, New York, NY 10018 to an additional location within the institution's scope of accreditation. To require written evidence of approvals from all necessary licensing, regulatory, or other legal entities as necessary, including the New York State Education Department (NYSED). To require immediate notification when the change is implemented. To note that the Commission may rescind this action if the requested substantive change is not implemented within one calendar year from the date of this action. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2025-2026.
• April 16, 2020
  To acknowledge receipt of formal written notice from the institution in response to the Commission's request of March 9, 2020. To temporarily waive Substantive Change Policy and Procedures and allow the use of distance education to accommodate students impacted by coronavirus (COVID-19) interruptions, in accordance with United States Department of Education (USDE) guidelines published March 5, 2020. Continued use of distance education beyond the limitations of USDE guidelines will require substantive change approval in accordance with Substantive Change Policy and Procedures. This flexibility is not available for clock-hour courses that lead to licensure if the licensing body will not accept distance learning courses or hours or give credit for them toward the number of hours a student must complete. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2025-2026.
• January 3, 2020
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To include the relocation of the International Center of Photography – Bard Program in Advanced Photographic Studies, 1114 Avenue of the Americas at 43rd Street, New York, NY 10036 to 79 Essex Street, New York, NY 10002 within the institution's scope of accreditation. To require immediate notification when instruction commences at the new address and of the date that instruction at the former address ceases. To note the Commission may rescind this action if instruction does not commence within once calendar year from the date of this action. The next evaluation is scheduled for 2025-2026.
• October 29, 2019
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To note the institution's decision to close the additional location at Harlem Children's Zone, 3 East 118th Street, New York, NY 10035. To require immediate notification when instruction ceases at the additional location. To note that the Commission may rescind this action if the requested substantive change is not implemented within one calendar year from the date of this action. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2025-2026.
• July 2, 2019
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To include the additional location at Bard Graduate Center, 38 West 86th Street, New York, NY 10024 within the institution's scope of accreditation. To require immediate notification when instruction commences at the additional location. To note that the Commission may rescind this action if instruction does not commence within one calendar year from the date of this action.
• July 2, 2019
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To note the institution's decision to close the additional location at Bard High School Early College (BHSEC) Cleveland - East Campus, 3817 Martin Luther King Drive, Cleveland, OH 44105. To require immediate notification when instruction ceases at the additional location. To note that the Commission may rescind this action if the requested substantive change is not implemented within one calendar year from the date of this action. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2025-2026.
• April 30, 2019
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To include the additional location at Bard High School Early College DC, 4430 H Street SE, Washington, DC 20019 within the institution's scope of accreditation. To note that the Commission may rescind this action if instruction does not commence within one calendar year from the date of this action. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2025-2026.
• January 4, 2019
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To include the additional location at New York Power Authority Main Office Building, 123 Main Street, White Plains, NY 10601within the scope of the institution's accreditation. The Commission requires notification within thirty days of the commencement of operations at this additional location. Operations at the additional location must commence within one calendar year from the date of this action. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2025-2026.
• August 27, 2018
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To include the reclassification of the other instructional sites at (1) Harlem Children's Zone, 3 East 118th Street, New York, NY 10035; and (2) Houde Academy, Guan Sheng Wu Lu #9, Longhua District, Shenzhen China 518113 as additional locations and to include the locations within the scope of the institution's accreditation. To note that documentation of approval from the state is required. The Commission requires written notification within thirty days of the commencement of operations as an additional location. Operations at the additional locations must commence within one calendar year from the date of this action. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2025-2026.
• April 30, 2018
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To include the reclassification of the other instructional site at Bard Early College Academy, 3820 St. Claude Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70117 as an additional location and to include the location within the scope of the institution's accreditation. The Commission requires written notification within thirty days of the commencement of operations at this additional location. Operations at the additional location must commence within one calendar year from the date of this action. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2025-2026.
• October 30, 2017
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To include within the scope of the institution's accreditation the relocation of the additional location from the Heart of Los Angeles, 2701 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90057 to Immanuel Presbyterian Church, 3300 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90010 and to include the new location, to be effective upon receipt of the necessary institutional approvals. The Commission requires written notification within thirty days of the commencement of operations at the new location and the closure of the old location. Operations at the additional location must commence within one calendar year from the date of this action. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2025-2026.
• June 22, 2017
  To reaffirm accreditation. To acknowledge the institution's participation in the Collaborative Implementation Project and to commend the institution for the quality of the self-study process. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2025-2026.
• May 1, 2017
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To include the additional location at Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library, 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11238 within the scope of the institution's accreditation. The Commission requires written notification within thirty days of the commencement of operations at this additional location. Operations at the additional location must commence within one calendar year from the date of this action. To note that the evaluation visit has occurred and will be acted upon by the Commission at the June meeting.
• February 27, 2017
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To include the additional locations at (1) Bard High School Early College (BHSEC) Cleveland - East Campus, 3817 Martin Luther King Drive, Cleveland, OH 44105; and (2) Bard High School Early College (BHSEC) Newark, 321 Bergen Street, Newark, NJ 07103 within the scope of the institution's accreditation. The Commission requires written notification within thirty days of the commencement of operations at these additional locations. Operations at the additional locations must commence within one calendar year from the date of this action. To note that the evaluation visit has occurred and will be acted upon by the Commission at the June meeting.
• January 3, 2017
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To include within the scope of the institution's accreditation the relocation of the BHSEC Baltimore additional location from 1101 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21213 to 2801 N. Dukeland Street, Baltimore, MD 21216. The Commission requires written notification within thirty days of the commencement of operations at the new location and the closure of the old location. Operations at the additional location must commence within one calendar year from the date of this action. To remind the institution of the Commission's request of August 31, 2015 regarding the self-study in preparation for the evaluation visit in 2016-2017.
• June 27, 2016
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To approve the relocation of the additional location from Bard MBA in Sustainability, 394 Broadway, New York, NY 10013 to LMHQ, 150 Broadway, 20th floor, New York, NY 10038 and to include the new additional location within the scope of the institution's accreditation. The Commission requires written notification within 30 days of the commencement of operations at the new additional location and the closure of the old location. In the event that operations at the additional location do not commence within one calendar year from the approval of this action, approval will lapse. To remind the institution of the Commission's request of August 31, 2015 regarding the self-study in preparation for the evaluation visit in 2016-2017.
• February 29, 2016
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To approve the reclassification of the instructional site at The Care Center, 247 Cabot Street, Holyoke, MA 01040 as additional location and to include the location within the scope of the institution's accreditation. To remind the institution of the Commission's request of August 31, 2015 regarding the self-study in preparation for the evaluation visit in 2016-2017.
• August 31, 2015
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To approve the relocation of the Bard High School Early College Campus Cleveland additional location from 11801 Worthington Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44111 to 13501 Terminal Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44135 and to include the additional location within the scope of the institution's accreditation. The Commission requires written notification within 30 days of the commencement of operations at this additional location and the closure of the other location. In the event that operations at the additional location do not commence within one calendar year from the approval of this action, approval will lapse. To remind the institution that the self-study in preparation for the evaluation visit in 2016-2017 should document continued implementation of planning and improvement processes that are clearly communicated, provide for constituent participation, incorporate the results of assessment results, and are linked to resource allocation (Standard 2).
• June 29, 2015
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To include the additional location at BHSEC Baltimore, 1101 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21213 within the scope of the institution's accreditation. The Commission requires written notification within thirty days of the commencement of operations at this additional location. In the event that operations at the additional location do not commence within one calendar year from the approval of this action, approval will lapse.
• June 29, 2015
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To approve the relocation of the Bard Global and International Affairs Program additional location from 36 West 44th Street, Suite 1101, New York, NY 10036 to 394 Broadway, New York, NY 10013 and to include the new additional location within the scope of the institution's accreditation. The Commission requires written notification within 30 days of the commencement of operations at this additional location and the closure of the other location. In the event that operations at the additional location do not commence within one calendar year from the approval of this action, approval will lapse. To remind the institution that the self-study in preparation for the evaluation visit in 2016-2017 should document continued implementation of planning and improvement processes that are clearly communicated, provide for constituent participation, incorporate the results of assessment results, and are linked to resource allocation (Standard 2).
• September 2, 2014
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To approve the reclassification of the instructional site at the International Center for Photography, 1114 Avenue of the Americas at 43rd Street, New York, NY 10036 as an additional location and to include the location within the scope of the institution's accreditation. To remind the institution that the self-study in preparation for the evaluation visit in 2016-2017 should document continued implementation of planning and improvement processes that are clearly communicated, provide for constituent participation, incorporate the results of assessment results, and are linked to resource allocation (Standard 2).
• June 30, 2014
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To approve the reclassification of the instructional sites at (1) Fishkill Correctional Facility, 18 Strack Drive, Beacon, NY 12508-0307; and (2) Taconic Correctional Facility, 250 Harris Road, Bedford Hills, NY 10507 as additional locations and to include the locations within the scope of the institution's accreditation.
• June 30, 2014
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To note that the institution has closed its additional location at Bayview Correctional Facility, 550 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-2678. To remove this additional location from the institution's accreditation.
• June 30, 2014
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To include the additional locations at Bard High School Early College Campus, 11801 Worthington Avenue, Cleveland, OH 22111 within the scope of the institution's accreditation. The Commission requires written notification within thirty days of the commencement of operations at this additional location. In the event that operations at the additional location do not commence within one calendar year from the approval of this action, approval will lapse. To remind the institution that the self-study in preparation for the evaluation visit in 2016-2017 should document continued implementation of planning and improvement processes that are clearly communicated, provide for constituent participation, incorporate the results of assessment results, and are linked to resource allocation (Standard 2).
• June 26, 2014
  To accept the progress report. To remind the institution that the self-study in preparation for the evaluation visit in 2016-2017 should document continued implementation of planning and improvement processes that are clearly communicated, provide for constituent participation, incorporate the results of assessment results, and are linked to resource allocation (Standard 2).
• September 3, 2013
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request and to approve the relocation of the additional location from Paramount Bard Academy, 1942 Randolph Street, Delano, CA 93215 to Tulare College Center of the College of the Sequoias, 4999 East Barclay Avenue, Tulare, CA 93274, and to include the new additional location within the scope of the institution's accreditation. To remind the institution that the progress report, due April 1, 2014, should document (1) inclusion of ECLA of Bard in the institution's process for assessing institutional effectiveness (Standard 7), and (2) implementation at ECLA Bard of a comprehensive and sustainable process for the assessment of student learning, including the identification of student learning outcomes at all levels and the use of assessment results to improve teaching and learning (Standard 14), and that the self-study in preparation for the evaluation visit in 2016-2017 should document continued implementation of planning and improvement processes that are clearly communicated, provide for constituent participation, incorporate the results of assessment results, and are linked to resource allocation (Standard 2).
• June 27, 2013
  To note the visit by the Commission's representative and to affirm the inclusion of the branch campus at ECLA of Bard, Platanenstr. 24, Berlin, Germany within the scope of the institution's accreditation. To remind the institution that the progress report, due April 1, 2014, should document (1) inclusion of ECLA of Bard in the institution's process for assessing institutional effectiveness (Standard 7), and (2) implementation at ECLA Bard of a comprehensive and sustainable process for the assessment of student learning, including the identification of student learning outcomes at all levels and the use of assessment results to improve teaching and learning (Standard 14), and that the self-study in preparation for the evaluation visit in 2016-2017 should document continued implementation of planning and improvement processes that are clearly communicated, provide for constituent participation, incorporate the results of assessment results, and are linked to resource allocation (Standard 2).
• April 29, 2013
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request, to approve the reclassification of the instructional site at the Heart of Los Angeles, 2701 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90057 as an additional location, and to include the location within the scope of the institution's accreditation. In the event that operations at the additional location do not commence within one calendar year from the approval of this action, approval will lapse. To remind the institution of the previous request that the self-study in preparation for the evaluation visit in 2016-2017 document continued implementation of planning and improvement processes that are clearly communicated, provide for constituent participation, incorporate the use of assessment results, and are linked to resource allocation (Standard 2).
• November 15, 2012
  To note the visit by the Commission's representative and to include the branch campus at the Longy School of Music of Bard College, One Follen Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, within the scope of the institution's accreditation.
• November 15, 2012
  To acknowledge receipt of the complex substantive change request, to note the acquisition by the institution of the European College of Liberal Arts, and to provisionally include the branch campus at ECLA of Bard, Platanenstr. 24, Berlin, Germany, within the scope of the institution's accreditation, pending a site visit to the branch campus within six months of Bard's commencing operations at the site. The Commission requires written notification within thirty days of the commencement of operations at this branch campus. In the event that operations at this branch campus do not commence within one calendar year from the approval of this action, approval will lapse. To request a progress report, due April 1, 2014, documenting (1) inclusion of ECLA at Bard in the institution's process for assessing institutional effectiveness (Standard 7), and (2) implementation at ECLA Bard of a comprehensive and sustainable process for the assessment of student learning, including the identification of student learning outcomes at all levels and the use of assessment results to improve teaching and learning (Standard 14).
• November 15, 2012
  To accept the Periodic Review Report, to reaffirm accreditation, and to commend the institution for the quality of the Periodic Review Report. To request that the self-study in preparation for the evaluation visit in 2016-2017 document continued implementation of planning and improvement processes that are clearly communicated, provide for constituent participation, incorporate the use of assessment results, and are linked to resource allocation (Standard 2).
• October 31, 2012
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request and to reclassify the branch campus at the Abu Deis Campus of Al-Quds University, West Bank, POB 51000, Jerusalem, as an additional location. To note that the Period Review Report, due June 1, 2012, has been received and will be acted on by the Commission at its November meeting.
• July 2, 2012
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request, to include the additional locations at (1) Bayview Correctional Facility, 550 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-2678, (2) Eastern New York Correctional Facility, 30 Institution Road, P.O. Box 338, Napanoch, NY 12458-0338, and (3) Woodbourne Correctional Facility, 99 Prison Road, P.O. Box 1000, Woodbourne, NY 12788-1000 within the scope of the institution's accreditation, and to reclassify the existing instructional sites at (4) Coxsackie Correctional Facility, 11260 Route 9W, P.O. Box 200, Coxsackie, NY 12051-0200 and (5) Green Haven Correctional Facility, 594 Route 216, Stormville, NY 12582 as additional locations. The Periodic Review Report due June 1, 2012 has been received and will be acted upon by the Commission at its November meeting.