Recent Commission Actions

Actions Following September 26-27, 2024 Meeting

July 5, 2024 Action of the Executive Committee of the Commission

Actions Following June 6-7, 2024 Meeting

Actions Following April 18-19, 2024 Meeting

Actions Following February 29 – March 1, 2024 Meeting

Actions Following January 26, 2024 Meeting

Actions Following November 16-17, 2023 Meeting

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Actions Following September 26-27, 2024 Meeting

(posted October 16, 2024)

At its meeting on September 26-27, 2024 the New England Commission of Higher Education took the following actions:

  • Community College of Rhode Island, Warwick, RI (next review Spring 2034)
  • Framingham State University, Framingham, MA (next review Spring 2034)
  • Post University, Waterbury, CT (next review Spring 2025)
  • American University of Kurdistan, Duhok, Kurdistan Region of Iraq (next review Spring 2029)
  • Asian University for Women, Chittagong, Bangladesh (next review Spring 2029)
  • Effat University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (next review Spring 2029)
  • Forman Christian College, Lahore, Pakistan (next review Spring 2029)
  • Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy, MA
  • Bryant University, Smithfield, RI
  • Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield, MA
  • Boston University, Boston, MA
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
  • Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
  • Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT
  • Stonehill College, Easton, MA
  • York County Community College, Wells, ME
  • Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
  • Cambridge College, Boston, MA
  • Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
  • Massachusetts School of Law at Andover, Andover, MA
  • Springfield Technical Community College, Springfield, MA
  • University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA
  • The American University of Greece, Athens, Greece
  • Emerson College, Boston, MA
  • Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT
  • Massachusetts Bay Community College, Wellesley Hills, MA
  • Massasoit Community College, Brockton, MA
  • Nashua Community College, Nashua, NH
  • Regis College, Weston, MA
  • Rhode Island College, Providence, RI
  • Stonehill College, Easton, MA
  • Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA
  • College Unbound, Providence, RI
  • Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT
  • United States Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT
  • Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT
  • MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA
  • Mitchell College, New London, CT
  • Northern Essex Community College (2), Haverhill, MA
  • Paris College of Art, Paris, France
  • Post University, Waterbury, CT
  • Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT
  • Hult International Business School, Cambridge, MA
  • Post University, Waterbury, CT
  • Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH
  • SIT, Brattleboro, VT
  • Community College of Rhode Island, Warwick, RI
  • Emerson College, Boston, MA
  • Les Roches Global Hospitality Education, Crans Montana, Switzerland
  • Middlesex Community College, Bedford, MA
  • Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH
  • Johnson & Wales University, Providence, RI
  • Goddard College, Plainfield, VT
  • Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
  • University of New England, Biddeford, ME

July 5, 2024 Action of the Executive Committee of the Commission

(posted July 8, 2024)

On July 5, 2024, the Executive Committee, acting on behalf of the New England Commission of Higher Education, took the following action:

  • Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy, MA (effective May 30, 2025)

Actions Following June 6-7, 2024 Meeting

(posted June 26, 2024)

At its meeting on June 6-7, 2024 the New England Commission of Higher Education took the following actions:

  • Labouré College of Healthcare, Inc., Milton, MA (next review Fall 2033)
  • Community College of Vermont, Montpelier, VT
  • Providence College, Providence, RI
  • College Unbound, Providence, RI

Actions Following April 18-19, 2024 Meeting

(posted May 15, 2024)

At its meeting on April 18-19, 2024 the New England Commission of Higher Education took the following actions:

  • Cambridge College, Boston, MA
  • Connecticut State Community College, Hartford, CT
  • Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, MA
  • Post University, Waterbury, CT
  • Quincy College, Quincy, MA
  • University of Maine System, Orono, ME     
  • Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, NH
  • Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Mount Lebanon, Lebanon
  • Notre Dame University-Louaize, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
  • Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, VT
  • Bennington College, Bennington, VT
  • Bermuda College, Paget, Bermuda
  • Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy, MA
  • Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, MA
  • Hellenic College, Brookline, MA
  • Holy Apostles College & Seminary, Cromwell, CT
  • Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Mount Lebanon, Lebanon
  • Notre Dame University-Louaize, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
  • Saint John’s Seminary, Brighton, MA
  • Goddard College, Plainfield, VT
  • EHL Hospitality Business School, Lausanne, Switzerland (next review Fall 2033)
  • Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA (next review Fall 2033)
  • Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH (next review Fall 2033)
  • Quinsigamond Community College, Worcester, MA (next review Fall 2033)
  • University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA (next review Fall 2033)
  • Colgate University, Hamilton, NY (Contingent Approval pending US DOE approval)
  • Hamilton College, Clinton, NY (Contingent Approval pending US DOE approval)
  • American University of the Middle East, Egaila, Kuwait
  • College Unbound, Providence, RI
  • Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
  • Saint Joseph’s College of Maine, Standish, ME
  • Eastern Maine Community College, Bangor, MA
  • Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH
  • Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
  • Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco
  • Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology, Boston, MA
  • Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, Brookline, MA
  • SIT, Brattleboro, VT
  • Western New England University, Springfield, MA
  • Bennington College, Bennington, VT
  • Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI
  • Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT
  • White Mountains Community College, Berlin, NH
  • Maine Media College, Rockport, ME
  • Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT
  • Vermont Law and Graduate School, South Royalton, VT
  • Bay Path University, Longmeadow, MA/Cambridge College, Boston, MA
  • Cambridge College, Boston, MA
  • Northeastern University, Boston, MA
  • Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT
  • Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
  • Woodmont College, North Miami Beach, FL
  • Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI
  • University of New Haven, West Haven, CT
  • Bryant University, Smithfield, RI
  • Unity Environmental University, New Gloucester, ME
  • Wheaton College, Norton, MA
  • Dean College, Franklin, MA
  • Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy, MA
  • Maine College of Art & Design, Portland, ME
  • Babson College, Wellesley, MA
  • Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, MA
  • Tufts University, Medford, MA
  • Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco
  • Merrimack College, North Andover, MA
  • Lesley University, Cambridge, MA

Actions Following February 29 - March 1, 2024 Meeting

(posted March 22, 2024)

At its meeting on February 29 – March 1, 2024 the New England Commission of Higher Education took the following actions:

  • Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA
  • Cambridge College, Boston, MA
  • Champlain College, Burlington, VT
  • Conway School of Landscape Design, Northampton, MA
  • Curry College, Milton, MA
  • Hebrew College, Newton, MA
  • Hellenic American University, Athens, Greece
  • Lasell University, Newton, MA
  • Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
  • Maine Media College, Rockport, ME
  • Monserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
  • Paris College of Art, Paris, France
  • Sampoerna University, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, VT 
  • Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA
  • Cambridge College, Boston, MA
  • Champlain College, Burlington, VT
  • Hebrew College, Newton, MA
  • Lasell University, Newton, MA
  • Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
  • Maine Media College, Rockport, ME
  • Monserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
  • Mitchell College, New London, CT
  • Paris College of Art, Paris, France
  • Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, VT
  • Hartford International University for Religion and Peace, Hartford CT (next review Fall 2033)
  • Regis College, Weston, MA (next review Fall 2033)
  • Suffolk University, Boston, MA (next review Fall 2032)
  • University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH (next review Fall 2033)
  • Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT (next review Fall 2033)
  • American College of the Mediterranean, Aix-en-Provence, France
  • Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT
  • College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
  • Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA
  • Roxbury Community College, Roxbury Crossing, MA
  • Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH
  • Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT
  • University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
  • Washington County Community College, Calais, ME
  • Wheaton College, Norton, MA
  • Boston Architectural College, Boston, MA
  • Connecticut College, New London, CT
  • Connecticut State Community College, Hartford, CT
  • Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY
  • New York College of Health Professions, Syosset, NY
  • Vermont Law and Graduate School, South Royalton, VT
  • Community College of Vermont, Montpelier, VT
  • Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT
  • Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT
  • College Unbound, Providence, RI
  • Les Roches Global Hospitality Education, Crans Montana, Switzerland
  • Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
  • Springfield Technical Community College, Springfield, MA
  • University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
 
  • Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
  • Bay Atlantic University, Washington, DC
  • American International College, Springfield, MA
  • Community College of Vermont, Montpelier, VT
  • Institute for Doctoral Studies in Visual Arts, Portland, ME
  • Springfield College, Springfield, MA

Actions Following January 26, 2024 Meeting

(posted February 2, 2024)

At its meeting on January 26, 2024 the New England Commission of Higher Education took the following actions:

  • Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts, Warner, NH

Actions Following November 16-17, 2023 Meeting

(posted December 12, 2023)

At its meeting on November 16-17, 2023 the New England Commission of Higher Education took the following actions:

  • Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA (next review Spring 2033)
  • College of Our Lady of the Elms, Chicopee, MA (next review Spring 2033)
  • Husson University, Bangor, ME (next review Spring 2033)
  • Maine College of Health Professions, Lewiston, ME (next review Spring 2033)
  • Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT (next review Spring 2033)
  • Thomas College, Waterville, ME (next review Spring 2033)
  • Tufts University, Medford, MA (next review Spring 2033)
  • Goodwin University/University of Bridgeport, E. Hartford, CT/Bridgeport, CT
  • Keene State College, Keene, NH
  • Springfield Technical Community College, Springfield, MA
  • College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME
  • Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, NH
  • New England Conservatory, Boston, MA
  • Northeastern University, Boston, MA
  • White Mountains Community College, Berlin, NH
  • American University of Greece, Athens, Greece
  • Gordon College, Wenham, MA
  • Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA
  • Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY
  • Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, VT
  • Simmons University, Boston, MA
  • University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
  • Vermont State University, Randolph, VT
  • Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, MA
  • River Valley Community College, Claremont, NH
  • Tufts University, Medford, MA
  • University of New Haven, West Haven, CT
  • Urban College of Boston, Boston, MA
  • Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT
  • Bay Atlantic University, Washington, DC
  • Suffolk University, Boston, MA
  • University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA
  • Mitchell College, New London, CT
  • Stonehill College, Easton, MA
  • Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
  • Bennington College, Bennington, VT
  • Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA
  • Nashua Community College, Nashua, NH
  • University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA
  • Bennington College, Bennington, VT
  • American University of Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
  • Cape Cod Community College, West Barnstable, MA
  • University of New Haven, West Haven, CT
  • Saint Joseph’s College of Maine, Standish, ME