What is Middle States?
Middle States is a nationally recognized accreditation process dedicated to educational excellence and improvement through peer evaluation of public and private universities and colleges. Middle States accreditation instills public confidence in institutional mission, goals, performance, and resources through its rigorous accreditation standards and their enforcement. Middle States accreditation is managed by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE), a voluntary, non-governmental, membership association that is dedicated to quality assurance and improvement through accreditation via peer evaluation.
UMBC’s Self-Study
The purpose of UMBC’s Self-Study is to engage the institution in a collaborative and inclusive process of self-reflection. Our Self-Study should produce a report that not only meets the MSCHE expectations for each of the seven Standards of Affiliation, but results in broad institutional self-knowledge of our mission, goals, challenges and opportunities, reaffirming our commitment to continuous improvement. Our Self-Study will be a campus-wide initiative, promoting diverse reflection and dialogue on UMBC’s priorities. It will be conducted in concert with on-going institutional strategic planning, so that the two processes synergistically contribute to both a thoughtful Self-Study and a forward-thinking, achievable strategic plan for UMBC’s future.
View UMBC’s 2016-2017 Self-Study content.