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Accreditation/degree mills
ACEJMC supports the position taken by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) that "degree mills demean the value of learning and the importance of educational standards by treating degrees as a commodity to be bought and sold." http://www.chea.org/degree mills/frmPaper.htm

The Value of Accreditation
Answers frequently asked questions about what accreditation means to students and the public. (CHEA).

Ask Before You Decide:
Provides an understanding of the value of accreditation and the importance of knowing accredited status before making any decision on whether to attend an institution or program. (CHEA).

Standards Revisions

The Accrediting Council approved revisions to the accreditation standards, including adjustment of the 80/65 credit requirement to a minimum of 72 credit hours outside of the unit. Approved revisions can be viewed at Revised Standards. Changes are indicated by bold type. Revisions go into effect in the 2013-14 academic year.

Welcome to the ACEJMC
Online Information Center.

The Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism
and Mass Communications, or ACEJMC, is the agency responsible for the evaluation of professional journalism and mass communications programs in colleges and universities.
Accreditation status of programs

Public accountability and disclosure

ACEJMC requires its accredited programs to provide retention and graduation data to the public. Data are to be updated annually. The deadline to comply with this requirement is Sept. 3. Programs not meeting this requirement will be placed on probation. Information and instructions for meeting this requirement can be found at Public Accountability.


2013 Accrediting Council Decisions

At its May 3 meeting in Phoenix, the Accrediting Council made decisions on 18 programs. Actions are as follows. For a complete report of the Council meeting, click here.

Denied:
 -- East Tennessee State University Department of Communication. (Noncompliant in standards 1, 3 and 9. Can reapply for accreditation in two years.)

Provisional Accreditation:
-- Abilene Christian University Department of Journalism and Mass Communication (Noncompliant in Standard 3)

Initial Accreditation:
 -- Shippensburg University Department of Communication and Journalism (Removed from provisional.)

-- Qatar University Department of Mass Communication
(Noncompliant in Standard 6)

-- University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo Department of Tele-Radial Communication

Reaccredited:

-- Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

-- Norfolk State University Department of Mass Communications and Journalism (Removed from provisional.)

-- Ohio University E.W. Scripps School of Journalism
(Noncompliant in Standard 9)

-- Pennsylvania State University College of Communications

-- Savannah State University Department of Mass Communications (Noncompliant in Standard 1)

-- Southeast Missouri State University Department of Mass Media (Removed from provisional, noncompliance in Standard 9)

-- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Media

-- University of Memphis Department of Journalism

-- University of Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communication

-- University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication (Removed from provisional, noncompliance in Standard 9)

-- University of Colorado Journalism and Mass Communication program. Graduate and undergraduate. (Removed from provisional.)

-- Washington and Lee University Department of Journalism and Mass Communications

-- St. Cloud State University Department of Mass Communications. (Removed from provisional.)

Lapsed accreditation:
-- University of South Florida School of Mass Communications

For more information, contact the ACEJMC office at 785-864-3986.

Web site coordinator: Cindy Reinardy
All contents of the ACEJMC website ©1996-2013, the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications. Pages may be copied or printed for personal or educational use but may not be published or used for commercial purposes without permission
of the site owners. Links are provided to the websites for users' convenience only. ACEJMC makes no endorsements and takes no responsibility for the accuracy or operability of websites supported by other entities.

RESOURCES

ACEJMC's
annual publication
A guide to policies, procedures and programs

ACEJMC Guide
to Assessment
explains ACEJMC's expectations of an assessment plan and offers suggestions for assessing student learning.

Preparation for Accreditation:
A Guide to the Years Before the Self-Study

Mission and Plans:
Information on writing a mission statement and creating a diversity plan, an assessment plan and a long-range strategic plan

Diversity: Best Practices
Describes actions schools have taken to successfully diversify.

Self-study examples:
ACEJMC has available for loan self-studies that were well executed. Some are in print format; others are available in digital formats. The self-study prepared by
the School of Communications at Elon University is a strong example and has been made available at: Elon Self-Study.

Calendar
Information session at AEJMC:
8:15 to 9:45 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 8

Council meeting:
Aug. 23, Westin
Chicago