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 6, 2023
  To acknowledge receipt of documentation of approval from the Puerto Rico Board of Post-Secondary Institutions for the Doctor's - Professional Practice - Doctorate in Optometry.
• October 27, 2022
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To note the institution's decision to close the branch campus at 3010 N. Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, Texas, 75247 that ceased operations on August 31, 2022. To remove the branch campus from 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 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the United States Department of Education. To require the submission of the updated Eligibility and Certification Approval Report (ECAR) reflecting the substantive change as soon as it is available. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2022-2023.
• April 28, 2022
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To note the institution's decision to close the additional location at Calle Figueras #2, Jayuya, PR 00664. To require immediate notification when instruction ceases at the additional location. To require written evidence of approvals from all necessary licensing, regulatory, or other legal entities as necessary, including the Puerto Rico Board of Postsecondary Institutions. 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.
• April 28, 2022
  To acknowledge receipt of the teach-out plan. To approve the teach-out plan. To approve the teach-out agreement(s) with Universidad Ana G. Méndez Gurabo Campus, Gurabo PR. To note that the Universidad Ana G. Méndez Jayuya additional location will close by December 2022. To note that students may obtain academic records at UAGM-Cupey Campus, San Juan, PR. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2022-2023.
• June 23, 2021
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To include the second Doctor's - Professional Practice - Doctorate in Physical Therapy 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 Puerto Rico Board of Post-Secondary Institutions. 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.
• June 23, 2021
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To include the first Doctor's - Professional Practice - Doctorate in Optometry 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 Puerto Rico Board of Post-Secondary Institutions. To note 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 2022-2023.
• January 11, 2021
  To acknowledge receipt of documentation of approval for the alternative delivery method - distance eduation from the Puerto Rico Board of Post-Secondary Institutions.
• 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 require written evidence of approvals from all necessary licensing, regulatory, or other legal entities as necessary, including the Puerto Rico Board of Post-Secondary Institutions. 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 2022-2023.
• October 29, 2020
  To acknowledge receipt of the teach-out plan. To approve the teach-out plan. To approve the teach-out agreements with Washington Adventist University, Takoma Park, MD; The University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD; UAGM-Gurabo Campus, Gurabo, PR; UAGM-Online Campus, San Juan, PR; University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; Clarkson College, Omaha, NE. To note that the Capital Area branch campus will close by December 31, 2020. To note that students may obtain academic records at UAGM-Cupey Campus, San Juan, PR.
• October 29, 2020
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To note the institution's decision to close the branch campus at Suites 100-200, Inventa West Tower, One Discovery Place Silver Spring, MD 20910. To require immediate notification when instruction ceases at the branch campus. 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 2022-2023.
• April 30, 2020
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To note the institution's decision to close the additional location at Universidad Ana G. Mendez - Comerio Learning Site, #25 Georgetti Street, Comerio, PR 00782. 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 2022-2023.
• 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 2022-2023.
• March 5, 2020
  To note that the Mid-Point Peer Review has been conducted. To request that, beginning in 2020 and in conjunction with each Annual Institutional Update prior to the self-study visit in 2022-2023, the institution provide further evidence of (1) adequate fiscal and human resources, including physical and technical infrastructure, to support operations (Standard VI) and (2) demonstrated strategies to measure and assess the adequacy of institutional resources to support mission and goals (Standard VI).
• October 29, 2019
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To include the relocation of the Universidad Ana G. Mendez - Capital Area Branch Campus, 11160 Veirs Mill Road, Wheaton, MD 20902 to Suites 100-200 Inventa West Tower, One Discovery Place, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 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 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 one calendar year from the date of this action. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2022-2023.
• November 15, 2018
  To acknowledge receipt of the supplemental information report. To note that a follow-up team visit will not be conducted. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2022-2023.
• June 21, 2018
  To note the visit by the Commission's representative and to affirm inclusion of the branch campus at South Florida University Center, 15201 NW 79th Ct., Miami Lakes, Florida 33016 within the scope of the institution's accreditation. To remind the institution of the Commission's request for a supplemental information report, due August 1, 2018, regarding the status of the institution. A small team visit may follow submission of the report. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2022-2023.
• March 15, 2018
  To accept the Supplemental Information report. To request a Supplemental Information report, due August 1, 2018, regarding the status of the institution. A small team visit may follow submission of the report. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2022-2023.
• December 13, 2017
  To acknowledge receipt of documentation of approval to operate from the Florida Commission for Independent Education and to include the branch campus at South Florida University Center, 15201 NW 79th Ct., Miami Lakes, Florida 33016 within the scope of the institution's accreditation pending a site visit.
• October 19, 2017
  To request a supplemental information report due December 1, 2017, regarding the status of the institution.
• July 5, 2017
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To include within the scope of the institution's accreditation the relocation of the branch campus from South Florida University Center, 3520 Enterprise Way, Miramar, Florida 33025 to South Florida University Center, 15201 NW 79th Ct., Miami Lakes, Florida 33016 and to include provisionally the new location pending a site visit within six months of commencing operations and effective upon receipt of state approval. The Commission requires written notification within thirty days of the commencement of operations at the new campus and the closure of the old campus. Operations at the branch campus must commence within one calendar year from the date of this action. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2022-2023.
• November 19, 2015
  To accept the progress report. The Periodic Review Report is due June 1, 2018.
• June 25, 2015
  To note the visit by the Commission's representative and to affirm inclusion of the branch campus at 2998 N. Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, Texas 75247 within the scope of the institution's accreditation. To remind the institution of the progress report, due September 1, 2015, documenting further progress in the implementation of an organized and sustainable assessment process that includes direct evidence of student learning, with evidence that results are used to improve teaching and learning (Standard 14). The Periodic Review Report is due June 1, 2018.
• January 5, 2015
  To acknowledge receipt of documentation of approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and to provisionally include the Dallas branch campus at 2998 N. Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, Texas 75247 within the scope of the institution's accreditation pending a site visit within six months of the commencement of operations.
• October 27, 2014
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To include provisionally the branch campus at 2998 N. Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, Texas 75247 within the scope of the institution's accreditation pending a site visit within six months of the commencement of operations and effective upon receipt of state approval. The Commission requires written notification within thirty days of the commencement of operations at this branch campus. In the event that operations at the branch campus do not commence within one calendar year from the approval of this action, approval will lapse. To remind the institution of the progress report, due September 1, 2015, documenting further progress in the implementation of an organized and sustainable assessment process that includes direct evidence of student learning, with evidence that results are used to improve teaching and learning (Standard 14). The Periodic Review Report is due June 1, 2018.
• November 21, 2013
  To accept the monitoring report, to note the visit by the Commission's representatives, to remove the warning, and to reaffirm accreditation. To request a progress report, due September 1, 2015, documenting further progress in the implementation of an organized and sustainable assessment process that includes direct evidence of student learning, with evidence that results are used to improve teaching and learning (Standard 14). The Periodic Review Report is now due June 1, 2018.
• November 15, 2012
  To warn the institution that its accreditation may be in jeopardy because of insufficient evidence that the institution is currently in compliance with Standards 10 (Faculty), 12 (General Education), and 14 (Assessment of Student Learning). To note that the institution remains accredited while on warning. To request a monitoring report, due September 1, 2013, documenting evidence that the institution has achieved and can sustain compliance with Standards 10, 12, and 14. To request that the monitoring report include, but not be limited to, documentation of (1) evidence that faculty and other professionals are appropriately prepared and qualified for the positions that they hold, with roles and responsibilities clearly defined, and sufficiently numerous to fulfill those roles appropriately (Standard 10); and (2) implementation of an organized and sustained assessment process to evaluate and improve student learning, in all programs including general education, with evidence that assessment results are used to improve teaching and learning (Standards 12 and 14). A small team visit will follow submission of the monitoring report. To direct a prompt Commission liaison guidance visit to discuss the Commission's expectations for reporting. The Periodic Review Report submission date will be established when accreditation is reaffirmed.
• June 28, 2012
  To note the visit by the Commission's representatives and to affirm inclusion of the branch campus at Westfield Wheaton Shopping Center, 11160 Veirs Mill Road, Wheaton, MD 20902 within the scope of the institution's accreditation. To note that the evaluation visit has occurred and will be acted on at the November Commission Meeting.
• November 1, 2011
  To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request and to provisionally include the branch campus at Westfield Wheaton Shopping Center, 11160 Veirs Mill Road, Wheaton MD 20902 within the scope of the institution's accreditation pending a site visit within six months. 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. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2011-2012.
• March 3, 2011
  To note the visit by the Commission's representative and to affirm the inclusion of the Tampa Bay Branch Campus at 3655 West Waters Ave., Tampa, Florida 33614 within the scope of the institution's accreditation. To remind the institution that the self-study conducted in preparation for the evaluation visit scheduled for 2011-2012 should document further implementation of an organized, comprehensive, and sustained process for the assessment of student learning outcomes, including evidence that assessment results are used to improve teaching and learning (Standard 14).