ISU reaccredited after 7-year review

Idaho State University has been reaccredited by the Northwest Commission on College and Universities after a seven-year-long evaluation.

During the reaccreditation process, a site review visited the school for two to three days and analyzed various aspects of the university.

“The effectiveness in all of the areas of budgeting and student support and enrollment,” said Laura Woodworth-Ney, ISU’s vice president of academic affairs.

The commission, composed of 162 schools throughout the Northwest, had mostly good things to say about ISU.

“We were excited that they found that we were student-centered, that we were a safe campus,” said Woodworth-Ney.

But the commission is asking ISU to better explain its mission and how it’s measuring its success.

“We have a process for going through that again and making sure our indicators tie to our core themes,” said Woodworth-Ney.

Accreditation is generally used to ensure school quality. It also determines whether credits can be transferred to other schools and whether a school is able to accept federal financial aid.