2009 Nebraska Code
Chapter 85 STATE UNIVERSITY, STATE COLLEGES, AND POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
85-1111 Private college; provisional accreditation; procedure.
The Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education may provisionally accredit a private college which has not previously been accredited by any regional accrediting association as follows:
(1) The college shall first make application for such provisional accreditation in such form as the commission may prescribe;
(2) The commission shall consider the following criteria before taking action on such application:
(a) The instructional program of the college, which must be similar in quality and content to that offered in accredited public and private colleges within the state;
(b) The educational and experience qualifications of the administrative and instructional staff must be adequate to fulfill the purposes of the college;
(c) The physical plant, including provisions for housing and student services, and the instructional equipment of the college must be adequate to carry out the educational program;
(d) The college must be financially sound and capable of carrying out its commitments; and
(e) It must be the intent of the college to become accredited by a regional accrediting association and any necessary action to obtain such accreditation must have been taken; and
(3) Such provisional accreditation shall remain in effect for not more than three years but may be renewed for a like period in the manner provided in this section.
Source-
Laws 1967, c. 513, § 7, p. 1720;
R.S.1943, (1976), § 79-2407;
Laws 1979, LB 141, § 10;
Laws 1991, LB 663, § 132.
