by David Agron, Ph.D. | Aug 28, 2017 | 2017, Accreditation, Summer
When a school comes to us wanting help achieving accreditation, the first step is often to help them produce a document proving that the school is eligible for accreditation with their chosen agency. It is not uncommon for a school to be accredited by more than one...
by David Agron, Ph.D. | Jan 24, 2017 | 2017, Accreditation, Winter
Are you battling an accreditation self-study? Do you wonder whether it’s time to engage a good consultant? Achieving accreditation is not simply a matter of submitting correctly-written answers and perfectly-formatted documents. It is a matter of changing the...
by David Agron, Ph.D. | Oct 16, 2016 | 2016, Accreditation, Fall
The Problem: Students want to learn from you, and they might actually enroll if only they could get financial aid and even transfer their credits to other institutions. Maybe the first question their parents ask them is, “Is that college accredited?” The Solution:...
by David Agron, Ph.D. | May 3, 2016 | 2016, Accreditation, Spring
In an era filled with vision and hope, two men seized an audacious opportunity. In 1803, the French sold the Louisiana Purchase to the United States—828,000,000 square miles of uncharted territory—as large as the rest of the nation. President Thomas Jefferson asked...
by David Agron, Ph.D. | Jan 26, 2016 | 2016, Accreditation, Winter
Is Hiring an Accreditation Consultant Worth Your School’s Money? Have you wondered whether accreditation consultant prices are worth the money? Let’s consider a realistic case study: Imagine that half your board neither donates money or brings in donations. And...
by David Agron, Ph.D. | Oct 16, 2015 | 2015, Accreditation, Fall
As an accreditation consultant, I have several times been asked questions like, “What would it take for us to add ATS accreditation?” To answer that question, I often start with a discussion of full-time faculty requirements for accreditaton. While there...
