School Accreditation

[Tarutaru]

Does anyone know which Pharmacy schools are in jeopardy of losing their accrediation? It would be nice to lay it out on the table for those of us who are applying and deciding which schools to attend. It would be horrible to start school only to find out later that the school loses its accreditation and the faculty packed up and left (It's happened before).

 

[RyanRyan]

Wow I'm really uneducated about these things.. I didn't know that could happen. I was wondering.. what if you are a student about to graduate and suddenly your school loses accreditation... what happens to you?

Also I was thinking of applying to Touro university and its not accredited yet.. is that advisable?

 

[eddavatar]

Does anyone know which Pharmacy schools are in jeopardy of losing their accrediation? It would be nice to lay it out on the table for those of us who are applying and deciding which schools to attend. It would be horrible to start school only to find out later that the school loses its accreditation and the faculty packed up and left (It's happened before).

I heard that Howard is put on probation.

For more accreditation news:

http://www.acpe-accredit.org/news/default.asp

 

[kwizard]

I heard that Howard is put on probation.

For more accreditation news:

http://www.acpe-accredit.org/news/default.asp

Any new pharmacy school that hasn't graduated a class yet is not accredited until they graduate that first class. When the school initially starts, I think they have an accredidation pending status w/ occasional review by ACPE. However, I'd check w/ ACPE to make sure.

Any school on probation is listed at the ACPE site mentioned in previous post. While it certainly isn't a good thing to be put on probation it is fairly rare and even less likely that any of those schools on probation loose their accredidation. It just doesn't serve anyone well (not ACPE, pharmacy as a whole, or the institution). ACPE will typically take the approach of trying to provide as much guidance as possible to bring any school on probation up to par so from a University perspective if the Dean or others in administration aren't getting the job done they will quickly be replaced and bring in someone who can get the job done to restore full accredidation status. Like I said, things rarely get to this point given the severity of the situation; however, I guess you could also argue that if the severity of the situation (i.e. maintaining accredidation) was fully appreciated than the probation status wouldn't of occurred in the first place. Faculty on the other hand typically will ride the situation out (where else would they go?). Going back to the "real-world" of clinical practice isn't that appealing if the financial benefits aren't a draw b/c the benefits (vacation time, scheduling, and working conditions/requirements) are far better in academia. Secondly it might be kind of hard marketing yourself as a faculty member for other pharmacy schools when your school is on probation or has lost accredidation (unless of course your CV is exemplary).

 

[ashin]

i know when U Hawaii lost their accredidation status, a friend's gf who was in her last year there had to apply to pharm school again. I think she's on the process of applying. not sure though

 

[JTD1972]

i know when U Hawaii lost their accredidation status, a friend's gf who was in her last year there had to apply to pharm school again. I think she's on the process of applying. not sure though

Hawaii College of Pharmacy was never accredited. They were only open for less than a year so no one was in their final year of the program, just the last year of the school operating.

 

[ultracet]

Hawaii College of Pharmacy was never accredited. They were only open for less than a year so no one was in their final year of the program, just the last year of the school operating.

Hawaii College of Pharmacy was a special case all together.....

They didn't follow the traditional route of accreditation...
there are far too many threads around here about it if you care to look

 

[Abilify]

and just to be clear...

Don't confuse Hawaii College of Pharmacy with the University of Hawaii Hilo

They are two different programs all together and UH-Hilo will be accepting students next year.

 

[ghabpharm]

so what if a school isnt accredited yet, for instance University of Charleston's first grad class will be 2010, what does that mean for the students that graduate that year?