During this webinar, the executive director of the Inclusive Higher Education Accreditation Council and directors from the first three accredited programs shared valuable insights and proven strategies for accreditation success. These pioneering programs discussed how they prepared, organized, and staffed their teams for a smooth accreditation process, offering tips to help others prepare their own programs.
This is a recording of a webinar presented by Mary Judge Diegert and Martha Mock on December 14, 2023 for Midwest Inclusive Postsecondary Education Alliance (MIPSA).
Webinar: MIHEC Community of Practice Event: National Accreditation Standards and Resources for Program Accreditation (January 23)
The webinar, held February 6, 2024, provided practical insights on accreditation's benefits for students and programs, offering an overview of the process and its application. Participants were guided through applying standards and creating program plans efficiently. It highlighted the significance of accreditation in higher education, exemplified by Western Carolina's pioneering UP Program and its national recognition for inclusive education.
On this podcast, Dr. Martha Mock, professor and director of the Center for Disability and Education at University of Rochester and chair of Think College National Coordinating Center Accreditation Workgroup, shares what the workgroup has been doing to develop and launch accrediting processes for college and university programs for students with ID. Topics covered in the podcast include:
This slide deck shares information that postsecondary education programs for students with intellectual disability can use to understand the current status of program accreditation and learn about tools that are available from Think College to support programs in becoming accreditation-ready. Future steps to refine and finalize an accrediting process and develop an accrediting agency are also shared.
This resource shares the PPT slides from a session at the State of the Art Conference 2021 that shared the current status of the accreditation process as well as the recommendations from the recent Report to Congress. This session was presented by: Martha Mock, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, University of Rochester, Debra Hart, Director of Education and Transition, Institute for Community Inclusion, and Stephanie Smith Lee, Senior Policy Advisor, National Down Syndrome Congress.
