Update 1
Welcome to our Middle States Updates. Your Middle States Self-Study Co-chairs, Dr. Michael Markowitz and Dr. Jeffery Blanchard, will provide updates on the progress of Felician University’s Self-Study process to the Felician Community.
The Spring 2025 Semester marked the start of our Middle States Commission on Higher Education Accreditation Self-Study process. The purpose of the Self-Study process is to demonstrate that Felician University is in compliance with the Commission’s standards and requirements for accreditation. The process will also provide the Felician community the opportunity to analyze our institutional processes so that we can continuously improve our services to our students and our community.
As the seven working groups began to meet and coordinate their efforts around exploratory research and organization, the overall Self-Study process took its first step: to complete a Self-Study Design. The Self-Study Design is a template developed to guide the Self Study process, ultimately helping organize the final Self-Study Report. The Self-Study design was submitted to Middle States on July 30, 2025.
Our next step is an on-site visit by our Middle States liaison, Michael Bowden. This visit will occur on October 15, 2025 during which conversations with key community, working group, and Self-Study Steering committee members will occur to transition Felician University into the research and analysis phase of the self-study process.