Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)
SACSCOC is the regional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and charged with ensuring the quality and integrity of higher education institutions and programs. https://sacscoc.org/
The Berry College Physician Associate Program was granted approval by The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) on January 26, 2024.
Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA)
The Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) is the accrediting agency for all physician assistant/associate programs in the United States. The ARC-PA “protects the interests of the public and PA profession by defining the standards for PA education and evaluating PA educational programs within the territorial United States to ensure their compliance with those standards.” https://www.arc-pa.org/
Berry College has applied for Accreditation-Provisional from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA). Berry anticipates matriculating its first class in August 2025, pending achieving Accreditation-Provisional status at the March 2025 ARC-PA meeting. Accreditation-Provisional is an accreditation status granted when the plans and resource allocation, if fully implemented as planned, of a proposed program that has not yet enrolled students appear to demonstrate the program’s ability to meet the ARC-PA Standards or when a program holding accreditation-provisional status appears to demonstrate continued progress in complying with the Standards as it prepares for the graduation of the first class (cohort) of students. The program will not commence in the event that Accreditation-Provisional status from ARC-PA is not received.
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