Accreditation

Your role in accreditation

As a public health student, alumni or community partner you can help our program throughout the accreditation process. Throughout the self-study, students and alumni have been serving on committees and providing feedback on various matters. During the site visit, students and alumni will be asked to participate in various activities and to speak with CEPH representatives about our program. You will play a pivotal role in moving our program forward and building a reputation for excellence!

Our preliminary self-study report was submitted to CEPH in December 2011 and is available for review at [preliminary self-study report].  We encourage you to read any portion of or the entire document and provide any comments/feedback you may have. Our final self-study report will be submitted to CEPH no later than April 21, 2012.

A team of external reviewers, selected by CEPH, will conduct the on-site visit on May 21-22, 2012. As a formal part of the accreditation process, CEPH provides an opportunity for all of our MPH Program constituents to provide written input into the deliberations of the site visit team up to one month prior to their visit. If you would like to provide written input to CEPH, please submit your comments directly to them no later than April 21 at the mail or email address below:

The Council on Education for Public Health

800 Eye Street NW, Suite 202

Washington, DC, 20001-3710

Phone: 202-789-1050

Fax: 202-789-1895

E-mail: kforce@ceph.org

The Council on Education for Public Health

CEPH is an independent agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit schools of public health and graduate public health programs outside schools of public health. The goal of CEPH is “to enhance health in human populations through organized community effort.” The Council’s focus is the improvement of health through the assurance of professional personnel who are able to identify, prevent and solve community health problems.

The Council’s objectives are:

• To promote quality in public health education through a continuing process of self-evaluation by the schools and programs that seek accreditation
• To assure the public that institutions offering graduate instruction in public health have been evaluated and judged to meet standards essential for the conduct of such educational programs
• To encourage - through periodic review, consultation, research, publications and other means - improvements in the quality of education for public health

Learn more about the Council on Education for Public Health.