Communication Updates
August 25, 2023
On September 11, YCP will host our Middle States re-accreditation liaisons for a Self-Study Preparation Visit. The liaisons will meet with stakeholders (faculty, staff, administration, President, and Board of Trustees representatives ) throughout the day. The campus community is invited to an Open Session on September 11, from 1:45-3:15 in Weinstock Lecture Hall. This is an opportunity to learn more about the Middle States re-accreditation process, to ask questions of our liaisons, and to provide our liaisons with a forum for engaging with our campus community. The
Self-Study Design is available for reference, and more information about the re-accreditation process is available on our
YCP Middle States web page.
May 4, 2023
All campus community members are invited to join one of the virtual forums on May 9th to learn more about the Middle States Re-Accreditation process and to share feedback on the draft of the Self-Study Design.
- May 9th at 10-11 am.
- May 9th at 2-3 pm.
March 20, 2023
The Middle States Re-Accreditation Steering Committee has finalized the Priorities, Outcomes, and Lines of Inquiry that will serve as the framework for how the Working Groups assigned to each re-accreditation Standard will evaluate York College’s fulfillment of the Standard’s criteria. Forty-six members of the YCP community, including faculty, staff, administrators, Board of Trustee members, and alumni have agreed to serve on Middle State Working Groups, and current students will also be invited to participate in the process. The Working Groups will begin their work in Fall 2023. A website has been created to post information about our Middle States Re-Accreditation process. Information about the Priorities, Outcomes, and Lines of Inquiry, Working Group membership, events, and opportunities to provide feedback and to participate in the process, which extends through Spring 2025, is available on this website.
January 11, 2023
York College begins the two year Self Study accreditation process in Spring 2023. Patrice DiQuinzio (Interim Provost) serves as the chief academic officer for the Self Study, and Holly Sypniewski (Director of Faculty Development and Global Initiatives) and Kay McAdams (Associate Professor of History and Director of General Education) serve as co-chairs of the Self Study. The leadership Steering Committee comprised of Working Group chairs, each of which is assigned to evaluate a Middle States Standard of Accreditation, held its first meeting on January 10, 2023 to launch its work. This spring, the goal of the Middle States Steering Committee is to draft a Self Study Design proposal, and to establish Working Groups for each Standard. Working Groups will be potentially comprised of faculty, staff, administrators, students, alumni, and Board of Trustee members. Information about the process can be obtained from Kay McAdams or Holly Sypniewski, and if you are interested in assisting with the Self-Study please contact Kay or Holly. We will update the YCP community periodically throughout the process.