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NMC has ‘high hopes’ on reaffirming accreditation
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Posted on Feb 01 2009
The college community is full of optimism that its accreditation will be reaffirmed by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges after the positive indications shown by its commissioners during a meeting with president Dr. Carmen Fernandez in San Francisco.
During last week’s special board meeting, members were informed that the accrediting body had told the NMC president to start preparing for the midterm report of the college which is due in October.
NMC was placed in show-cause status and is waiting for the body’s decision whether the institution will be recommended for closure or re-affirm its accreditation.
Based on the commission’s new policy, a member institution has only one year to comply with the requirements or face losing its accreditation.
Failing to get a positive result, the closure is expected to take place immediately or at least two months for the transition period.
But since the president was told to start preparing for the midterm report of the college, NMC is pinning its ”high hope” that the institution will still operate beyond the expected timeframe for the closure—if WASC acted negatively on its fate.
Fernandez was in San Francisco last Jan. 6-7 for a final presentation to the commission.
Saipan Tribune learned that the president had faced 20 to 30 commissioner-panelists about the self-study, final, and supplemental reports it submitted last year.
However, seemed satisfy with all the works and progress noted in the reports and the final visit by members last November, “only a few questions” were thrown by the commissioners to the NMC president.
This “positive indication” was shared with NMC board of regents last week.
As of yesterday, NMC has yet to receive any notification from the accrediting commission.
