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I know that UNE being a recently found dental school doesn't have "full accreditation" yet. It says on their site that they have received "initial accreditation".

More info here: http://www.une.edu/dentalmedicine/upload/AccreditationStatement082012.pdf

However, I was wondering for UNE, but also for other new schools as well, how risky is it applying to dental schools without full accreditation? Have there been several cases of schools never receiving full accreditation so current students never received a degree? I wouldn't want to make a huge financial investment just to know that I may be wasting my time and money.

Also, I'm not familiar with the accreditation aspect of dental schools, so if I said something wrong, please feel free to correct me.
 
I wouldn't sweat it. I can't recall ever hearing anything about a school not receiving accreditation. It's a long process and this initial accreditation is as far as they can get for now. As I understand, if they did something to risk accreditation, there's a process for that too where they can make the changes or whatever they need to do. But these things are a big undertaking with experienced people getting things off the ground. This part I'm not sure about....but I think once you are enrolled, you won't just be dumped out on the street. If they are found to be grossly out of line and denied accreditation, I think you'll be okay. If I had time to look around about that, I would. Someone else may know better. Or maybe that's FB propaganda or something.

Short answer: don't worry about it.


Edit: This is in the CODA procedures. I don't know how 'initial accreditation' falls into it.

'In the event the Commission withdraws accreditation from a program, students currently enrolled in the program at the time accreditation is withdrawn and who successfully complete the program, will be considered graduates of an accredited program. Students who enroll in a program after the accreditation has been withdrawn will not be considered graduates of a Commission accredited program. Such graduates may be ineligible for certification/licensure examinations.'
 
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jeffity said:
I wouldn't sweat it. I can't recall ever hearing anything about a school not receiving accreditation. It's a long process and this initial accreditation is as far as they can get for now. As I understand, if they did something to risk accreditation, there's a process for that too where they can make the changes or whatever they need to do. But these things are a big undertaking with experienced people getting things off the ground. This part I'm not sure about....but I think once you are enrolled, you won't just be dumped out on the street. If they are found to be grossly out of line and denied accreditation, I think you'll be okay. If I had time to look around about that, I would. Someone else may know better. Or maybe that's FB propaganda or something.

Short answer: don't worry about it.


Edit: This is in the CODA procedures. I don't know how 'initial accreditation' falls into it.

'In the event the Commission withdraws accreditation from a program, students currently enrolled in the program at the time accreditation is withdrawn and who successfully complete the program, will be considered graduates of an accredited program. Students who enroll in a program after the accreditation has been withdrawn will not be considered graduates of a Commission accredited program. Such graduates may be ineligible for certification/licensure examinations.'
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Hmm. That's interesting. Yeah, it would be nice to know where the initial accreditation falls into it. It sounds like the accreditation they're talking about here is "full accreditation". I just don't see how even "students currently enrolled int he program at the time accreditation is withdrawn" can be considered graduates of an accredited program. Does this mean they will finish the remainder of their years somewhere else or no?
 
Does anyone know the class size UNE? I heard a rumor that they recently increased it.
 
Is it true that USC received warnings a little while back that it was going to lose its accreditation? That's what other people were saying at my USC interview.
 
Initial accreditation means you, as a student, are guaranteed to graduate from a accredited institution (thus no risk to you) and really just means a school has a CODA site visit during year 2 and 4. Once a school is fully accredited, CODA only visits every 7 years. So as long as a school has initial accreditation, you're good.
 
How is initial accreditation for dental schools different for pharmacy schools? I know that Cal State Northridge Pharm school lost their accreditation after the initial accreditation and the students got screwed.
 
DancingBull said:
How is initial accreditation for dental schools different for pharmacy schools? I know that Cal State Northridge Pharm school lost their accreditation after the initial accreditation and the students got screwed.
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Northridge? Or Northstate? I'm not sure this is quite the same thing anyway. Even then, I'd rather get the info from CODA rather than compare with ACPE.
 
DancingBull said:
How is initial accreditation for dental schools different for pharmacy schools? I know that Cal State Northridge Pharm school lost their accreditation after the initial accreditation and the students got screwed.
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pharmacy schools receive full accreditation AFTER first class graduates.. so you are on the whim or mercy while in school....

those kids must be shytting bricks and be praying to God, Allah, Buddha, and etc. at the same time..
 
Also, does anyone know what kind, and how many, LORs UNE requires? I can't seem to find that info on their website.
 
I am pretty sure the school is private, but they favor people from Maine, NH, and VT. However they definitely take people out of state and out of NE. Figure there are not a ton of people from those three mentioned state that apply to dental school each year and that all who apply are not qualified, so there should be a decent amount of OOS seats.
 
Per the latest ADEA guide book, UNE is a private school that gives preference to residents of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont
 
UNE is private, but one of the reasons they were created was to service the local NE area so they give preference to people in surrounding states.
 
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