What are the reasons for the decision not to seek accreditation?
Answer. I was given two reasons. The first is that SIMS is still a very new program; we have only hired 2/3 of the number of faculty slots allocated to the school, and we haven’t even graduated our first class of students. In the administration’s view it made sense to wait a few years to see how faculty, student, and employer interests develop before considering accreditation by any organization. The second reason was that the administration is not enthused with accreditation for professional schools in general since it tends to be expensive and time-consuming. They are not encouraging programs to get accreditation of any sort unless it is absolutely necessary. Question.
