2013 Accreditation Decisions
In 2013, the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics made accreditation decisions during the following months:
Accreditation action definitions are as follows:
Candidacy for Accreditation — program not previously accredited that has had one site visit and is being implemented according to the ACEND Accreditation Standards. Graduates of a program designated as having candidate status have the same rights and privileges as graduates of an accredited program.
Full and Continued Accreditation — program that has had one or more site visits and is in compliance with Accreditation Standards.
Probationary Accreditation — program fails to comply with the Accreditation Standards or published policies and has been given a time period for coming into compliance.
Accreditation Withdrawn — program fails to comply with the Accreditation Standards or published policies within the specified time period.
April
ACEND of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics made the following accreditation decisions at its April 17-19, 2013 meeting.
Candidacy for Accreditation
Dietetic Internships
- University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
Full Accreditation
(Following a Site Visit)
Coordinated Program in Dietetics
- Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan
Didactic Programs in Dietetics
- Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama
- San Jose State University, San Jose, California
- Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland
- Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minnesota
- Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota
- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi
- University of Central Missouri, St. Warrensburg, Missouri
- University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada
- University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas
- Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas
- University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Dietetic Internships
- McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana
- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi
- University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
- Baptist Health System, San Antonio, Texas
- Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas
- Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas
Dietetic Technician Program
- Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, California
Full Accreditation
(Following a Program Assessment Report or Interim Report)
Coordinated Programs in Dietetics
- Florida International University, Miami, Florida
- University of Idaho, Coeur D'Alene, Idaho
- University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Didactic Programs in Dietetics
- Florida International University, Miami, Florida
- Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- D'Youville College, Buffalo, New York
- Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
- West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania
- Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
- Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas
- Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia
- University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin
Dietetic Internships
- University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
- Patton State Hospital, Patton, California
- Pasco County Health Department, New Port Richey, Florida
- Sarasota District Schools, Osprey, Florida
- Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota, Florida
- Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois
- North Oaks Medical Center, Hammond, Louisiana
- University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland
- National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- South Jersey Healthcare System, Vineland, New Jersey
- Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
- New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
- North Shore-LIJ Health System, Manhasset, New York
- Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
- Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
- Adagio Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia
- West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc., Morgantown, West Virginia
- University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin
Dietetic Technician Programs
- Florida State College at Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida
- Parkland College, Champaign, Illinois
- Camden County College, Blackwood, New Jersey
Accreditation with a Shortened Accreditation Term
(Following a Site Visit)
Dietetic Internship
- San Jose State University, San Jose, California
Accreditation with a Shortened Accreditation Term
(Following a Program Assessment Report or Interim Report)
Didactic Program in Dietetics
- University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Removed Probation and Grant Full Accreditation
(Following a Site Visit)
International Coordinated Program in Dietetics
- Universidad Iberoamericana, Lomas de Santa Fe, Mexico DF
Removed Probation with a Shortened Accreditation Term
(Following a Focused Site Visit)
Dietetic Internship
- Division of Public Health, Georgia Department of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia
Placed on or Continued Probationary Accreditation
(Following a Site Visit)
Didactic Programs in Dietetics
- Alcorn State University, Alcorn State, Mississippi
- Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tennessee
Dietetic Internship
- The University of Tennessee at Martin, Martin, Tennessee
Conduct a focused site visit
(During a Complaint Investigation)
Didactic Program in Dietetics
- Alabama A&M University, Normal, Alabama
Placed on Probationary Accreditation and Conduct a Focused Site Visit
(Following a Site Visit)
None
Placed on or Continued Probationary Accreditation
(Following a Program Assessment Report)
None
Continued on Probationary Accreditation and Conduct a Focused Site Visit
(Following a Program Assessment Report)
Placed or Continued on Probation and Conduct a Focused Site Visit
(Following an Interim Report or Major Change Request)
None
Candidacy for Accreditation Denied
(Following a Site Visit)
None
Full Accreditation Denied and Withdraw Accreditation
(Following a Site Visit)
Didactic Program in Dietetics
- Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, Georgia
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Programs Closing Voluntarily—Withdrawing from Accreditation
None
Major Programmatic Change Approved
Coordinated Program in Dietetics
- University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina - Add an International supervised practice rotation
Dietetic Internships
- California State University-Long Beach, Long Beach, California - Add a graduate degree
- Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas - Add a non-degree option
Dietetic Technician Program
- Youngstown State University, Youngstown Ohio - Add a branch campus
June
ACEND of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics made the following accreditation decisions at its June 19, 2013 meeting.
Candidacy for Accreditation
Dietetic Internship
- Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia
July
ACEND of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics made the following accreditation decisions at its July 31, 2013 meeting.
Candidacy for Accreditation
Dietetic Technician
- Stark State College, North Canton, Ohio
October
ACEND of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics made the following accreditation decisions at its October 16-18, 2013 meeting.
Candidacy for Accreditation
Dietetic Internships
- Priority Nutrition Care, Hingham, Massachusetts
- Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
International Coordinated Program in Dietetics
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American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
Full and Continued Accreditation
(Following a Site Visit)
Coordinated Program in Dietetics
- University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
Didactic Programs in Dietetics
- University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Fayetteville, Arkansas
- California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California
- University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
- Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky
- Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
- Keene State College, Keene, New Hampshire
- Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
- Buffalo State University, SUNY, Buffalo, New York
- East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
- Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green Ohio
- Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
- Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee
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Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas
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Radford University, Radford, Virginia
Dietetic Internships
- Alabama State Department of Education, Montgomery, Alabama
- California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California
- San Jose State University, San Jose, California
- University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
- Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky
- Sodexo Health Care Services, Waltham, Massachusetts
- Beaumont Health System, Royal Oak, Michigan
- Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota
- Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
- Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Jefferson, Missouri
- Keene State College, Keene, New Hampshire
- Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
- Sodexo Health Care Services, Allentown, Pennsylvania
- ARAMARK Healthcare, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Utah State University, Salt Lake City, Utah
Dietetic Technician Programs
- La Guardia Community College, Long Island, New York
- Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio
- Community College of Allegheny, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Full and Continued Accreditation
(Following a Program Assessment Report or Interim Report)
Coordinated Programs in Dietetics
- John's Hopkins University/Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland
- The University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, Texas
Didactic Programs in Dietetics
- Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama
- University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho
- University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
- University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana
- Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana
- Boston University/Sargent College, Boston, Massachusetts
- New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico
- University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina
- South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota
Dietetic Internships
- Carondelet St. Mary's Hospital, Tucson, Arizona
- Bay Pines VA Healthcare Systems, Bay Pines, Florida
- Southern Regional Medical Center, Riverdale, Georgia
- Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho
- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
- University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana
- Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana
- Boston University/Sargent College, Boston, Massachusetts
- University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina
- Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas
- University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas
Dietetic Technician Programs
- Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, California
- Delgado Community College, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Erie Community College, Williamsville, New York
- Milwaukee Area Technical College, West Allis, Wisconsin
Accreditation with a Shortened Accreditation Term
(Following a Site Visit)
Coordinated Program in Dietetics
- Howard University, Washington, District of Columbia
Dietetic Internships
- Maricopa County Department of Health, Phoenix, Arizona
- East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
Didactic Programs in Dietetics
- McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana
- Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York
Dietetic Technician Program
- Columbus State Community College, Columbus, Ohio
Accreditation with a Shortened Accreditation Term
(Following a Program Assessment Report or Interim Report)
Didactic Program in Dietetics
- South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, South Carolina
Dietetic Internships
- University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
- Division of Public Health, Georgia Department of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia
Dietetic Technician Program
Southern Maine Community College, South Portland, Maine
Removed Probation and Grant Full Accreditation
(Following a Site Visit)
None
Removed Probation with a Shortened Accreditation Term
(Following a Focused Site Visit)
Dietetic Internship
- University of Tennessee at Martin, Martin, Tennessee
Placed on or Continued Probationary Accreditation
(Following a Site Visit)
Didactic Programs in Dietetics
- Alcorn State University, Alcorn State, Mississippi
- Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tennessee
Dietetic Internship
- Texas WIC Dietetic Internship, Austin, Texas
Placed on Probationary Accreditation
(Following a Focused Site Visit for a Complaint Investigation)
Didactic Program in Dietetics
- Alabama A &M University, Normal, Alabama
Placed on Probationary Accreditation and Conduct a Focused Site Visit
(Following a Site Visit)
None
Placed on or Continued Probationary Accreditation
(Following a Program Assessment Report or Interim Report)
Coordinated Program in Dietetics
- Florida International University, Miami, Florida
Didactic Program in Dietetics
- Delaware State University, Dover, Delaware
Continued on Probationary Accreditation and Conduct a Focused Site Visit
(Following a Program Assessment Report)
None
Placed or Continued on Probation and Conduct a Focused Site Visit
(Following an Interim Report or Major Change Request)
None
Candidacy for Accreditation Denied
(Following a Site Visit)
None
Full Accreditation Denied and Withdraw Accreditation
(Following a Site Visit)
None
Programs Closing Voluntarily—Withdrawing from Accreditation
None
Major Programmatic Change Approved
Dietetic Internship
- College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, New Jersey - Add a graduate degree
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