Ninety programs now accredited.Ninety programs are currently accredited by the NRPA-AALR Council on Accreditation. Kent State University has been fully approved this last year, and several institutions are preparing initial applications. They should be added to the list within the next year. This year marked a milestone for accreditation when two programs passed their fifteen-year review: North Carolina State University History
 at Northridge. Thirteen additional programs were granted continuing accreditation. Six passed their ten-year mark: San Jose State University; Cal State, Long Beach; Aurora University; Brigham Young University Brigham Young University, at Provo, Utah; Latter-Day Saints; coeducational; opened as an academy in 1875 and became a university in 1903. It is noted for its law and business schools. ; Longwood College in Virginia; and Washington State University Washington State University, at Pullman; land-grant and state supported; chartered 1890, opened 1892 as an agriculture college. From 1905 to 1959 it was the State College of Washington. . Seven passed the five-year renewal: California Polytechnic State University This article is about the university in San Luis Obispo, California. For Cal Poly Pomona, see California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. California Polytechnic State University, commonly called Cal Poly at Pomona; the University of Iowa Not to be confused with Iowa State University. The first faculty offered instruction at the University in March 1855 to students in the Old Mechanics Building, situated where Seashore Hall is now. In September 1855, the student body numbered 124, of which, 41 were women. ; the State University of New York at Brockport The State University of New York at Brockport, also known as SUNY Brockport, Brockport State University or the State University of New York College at Brockport, is a four-year liberal arts college located in Brockport, Monroe County, New York, near Rochester. ; West Virginia State College; West Virginia State University The school was established as the West Virginia Colored Institute in 1891 under the second Morrill Act which provided for land-grant institutions for black students in the 17 states that had segregated schools. ; San Jose State University; and Washington State University. Although this has been a difficult economic year, only a few programs have not reapplied. These include the University of Maryland University of Maryland can refer to:
New Council Activities The new accreditation standards, effective January 1, 1990, (technical revision March 1990), have been followed by revised Procedural Guidelines, approved by the Council at its October 1991 meeting in Baltimore. To streamline the application and review process and provide more complete information to programs involved in the accreditation process, substantial attention has been given to edition and revising the Procedural Guidelines for the Accreditation process and the extensive Handbook of the Accreditation Process visitors chairs. All three accreditation publications are now available at no cost. Procedures for conducting hearings by telephone conference call were initiated this year as an option for programs who choose not to send both their program administrator and the accreditation visitor to the Council meeting. This option is available to those schools in the mid-cycle review process. At least five weeks before the Council meeting the program chair, accreditation visitor and four Council representatives review the program by telephone as they would at a regular hearing. Then a written report, approved by participants as accurate, is mailed to the entire Council to prepare them for the Council's review and decision at the Council meeting. This procedure proved quite satisfactory for Aurora University in Illinois, which underwent the first such hearing in September. Carter, Jensen Head 1992-1993 Council Dr. Marcia Jean Carter, Director of the Recreation Education Program at Baylor University, Waco, Texas, is the new chair of the Council, and Dr. Marilyn Jensen, Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs at California State University, Long Beach, is Council Vice Chair. Dr. William Niepoth of California State University at Chico continues as a member of the Council, representing the Society of Park and Recreation Educators. A new practitioner representative is being selected, and a replacement for Dr. Zaso who has resigned to focus on new professional responsibilities. Other Council members are: Dr. Herbert Brantley, Department of Recreation and Park Administration at Indiana University, representing AALR; Dr. Roger Coles, Department of Recreation and Park Administration at Central Michigan University, representing SPRE; Jerrold Soesbe, Director of the Robert Allerton Conference Center of the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, representing NSPR; James Colley, Director of Parks, Recreation and Libraries in Phoenix, Arizona; Arthur Tufts, a public representative from Exeter, New Hampshire, and member of the NRPA Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. . Michelle Park, CLP former director of the Maryland Recreation and Park Association, continues to serve the Council as Staff Liaison, assisted by Jeanne Houghton of the NRPA staff. A complete listing of accredited programs follows. |
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