85-1111 Private college; provisional accreditation; procedure. - Nebraska Statutes

85-1111. Private college; provisional accreditation; procedure.The Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education may provisionally accredit a private college which has not previously been accredited by any regional accrediting association as follows:(1) The college shall first make application for such provisional accreditation in such form as the commission may prescribe;(2) The commission shall consider the following criteria before taking action on such application:(a) The instructional program of the college, which must be similar in quality and content to that offered in accredited public and private colleges within the state;(b) The educational and experience qualifications of the administrative and instructional staff must be adequate to fulfill the purposes of the college;(c) The physical plant, including provisions for housing and student services, and the instructional equipment of the college must be adequate to carry out the educational program;(d) The college must be financially sound and capable of carrying out its commitments; and(e) It must be the intent of the college to become accredited by a regional accrediting association and any necessary action to obtain such accreditation must have been taken; and(3) Such provisional accreditation shall remain in effect for not more than three years but may be renewed for a like period in the manner provided in this section. SourceLaws 1967, c. 513, § 7, p. 1720; R.S.1943, (1976), § 79-2407; Laws 1979, LB 141, § 10; Laws 1991, LB 663, § 132.