FIU earns 10-year SACS reaffirmation


The Board of Trustees of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) – Commission on Colleges has approved Florida International University’s reaffirmation of accreditation.

The decision represents years of planning and documentation for the university’s Compliance Certification Report, Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) and March 2010 site visit.

FIU Tamiami entrance

“The reaffirmation came with no reservations and no follow-up requirements,” said FIU Provost Douglas Wartzok. “It was a clean, complete, unqualified reaffirmation.”

The QEP is a carefully designed plan for enhancing student learning. In order to have its accreditation reaffirmed, FIU needed to design a focused QEP addressing a single topic-one that inspires and pulls together the entire university community to support higher levels of student learning and achievement.

FIU’s Global Learning for Global Citizenship QEP is the university’s roadmap for enabling every undergraduate to act as an engaged global citizen. The implementation of this five-year initiative marks a new era in FIU’s World’s Ahead curriculum reform.

Under the direction of Hilary Landorf, associate professor of education, the QEP has already gained national recognition for its innovative approach to integrating curriculum and co-curriculum for global learning. Nearly every academic, Student Affairs and administrative department has been involved in the development and design of Global Learning for Global Citizenship.

“This strong commitment to the QEP, along with ongoing assessment of student learning outcomes of each degree program, contributed to FIU’s successful reaffirmation,” said Wartzok.

Media Contact: Jean-Paul Renaud at 305-348-2716.

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