Accreditation Team Positive

Sue says:

An accreditation team visited our campus last week. The visit resulted in a valuable interchange of ideas. The members made an effort to be approachable from our first meeting at a potluck at the campus guest house. Professors from the University of PNG and Pacific Adventist University in Port Moresby and Divine Word University in Madang and employees of the Office of Higher Education were on the team.

They sat in on classes, peeked into student houses, reviewed our finances and organization, met with departmental heads, viewed all aspects of the farm operation and held sessions with different groups on campus. In the end (pictured above) they assured us they would give a positive recommendation to the Office of Higher Education (OHE).

There are still two committees at OHE which must also endorse our application for accreditation, and it will probably be the beginning of next year before the final written recommendation comes back to us. When it comes, it will have suggestions for our improvement as well as praises for what we do well. Accreditation would mean that our diplomas and degrees are recognized by other universities within the country and outside.

In the mean time we thank those of you who prayed for this event. It was a little daunting to have folks sitting in on our classes, but we feel we all have benefited from the new relationships that have begun as a result of the visit.