Read the final team report

New School University completed its institutional review by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) in spring, 2003. MSCHE is a professional association devoted to educational improvement through accreditation. Accreditation is the means of self-regulation and peer review adopted by the educational community. The accreditation process strengthens the quality and integrity of higher education, making it worthy of public confidence and minimizing external government control.

Parsons School of Design was reviewed by the National Association of Schools of Art & Design (NASAD) simultaneously. The MSCHE and NASAD teams worked together in a joint review of New School University as a whole and Parsons in particular. NASAD added extra members to the peer review team who will evaluate Parsons using NASAD's specialized criteria.

In conjunction with the reaccredidation, the Provost's office completed the Self-study Report, which addresses the university's strengths and weaknesses and outlines its mission, goals and objectives.

This page has links to information regarding the university's organization and progress for the self-study review and to some documentation directly from the MSCHE and NASAD web sites. Please take a look at this information, familiarize yourself with the process, and periodically check back to this page for updated information.

Self-study Coordinating Committee for 2003:
Elizabeth Dickey, Provost
Jackson Kytle, Deputy Provost -- Self-study Coordinator
Bryna Sanger, Professor, Milano -- Self-study Co-chair
David Shapiro, Professor, Graduate Faculty -- Self-study Co-chair
Marianthi Zikopoulos, Director of Institutional Research
Amos Himmelstein, Chief of Staff, Office of the Provost
Aimee Silverman, Assistant to the Deputy Provost