Updates

A number of important unified accreditation-related goals and initiatives are woven into the 2023-2028 UMS Strategic Plan (External Site). For that reason, future unified accreditation updates will be shared as part of our overall strategic plan implementation reporting, and monthly updates on this site will be discontinued. For information about the… Read More about July 2023 Update

System staff will share updates this month and throughout the summer on how we’ll use our new strategic plan to strengthen unified accreditation. Groups that we’ll be speaking to include Boards of Visitors members, the Board of Trustees’ Strategic Planning Committee, and the full Board (at its July meeting). Preparations will begin… Read More about June 2023 Update

Through our newly approved five-year System-wide strategic plan, we will make improvements identified by our regional accreditor, the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE), in a way that harmonizes that work with the aims and objectives of the overall plan. We will report on progress and outcomes through multiple… Read More about May 2023 Update