School of Nursing receives accreditation

The KU School of Nursing has received a 10-year accreditation by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education for the school’s baccalaureate and master’s degree programs.

The Board of Commissioners of CCNE determined that both the bachelor’s and master’s degree programs met all four accreditation standards and presented no compliance concerns with respect to key elements for review.

The four standards are 1) program quality: mission and governance, 2) program quality: institutional commitment and resources, 3) program quality: curriculum and teaching-learning practices and 4) program effectiveness: student performance and faculty accomplishments.

The accreditation process included a self-study process, a visit by an evaluation team of peers appointed by the commission, institutional response to the team’s report, review by the CCNE board and periodic reviews by the commission.

The CCNE is one of more than 50 educational accrediting agencies that provide an unbiased assessment of the quality of professional education programs.

The commission is an autonomous accrediting agency of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, which is dedicated to improving the public’s health.