Recent Commission Actions

December 8, 2025 Action of the Executive Committee of the Commission

Actions Following the November 20-21, 2025 Meeting

Actions Following September 25-26, 2025 Meeting

July 24, 2025 Action of the Executive Committee of the Commission

Actions Following June 5-6, 2025 Meeting

Actions Following April 24-25, 2025 Meeting

Actions Following March 6-7, 2025 Meeting

Actions Following January 17, 2025 Meeting

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December 8, 2025 Action of the Executive Committee of the Commission

(posted December 18, 2025)

On December 8, 2025, the Executive Committee, acting on behalf of the New England Commission of Higher Education, took the following action:

  • Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, VT

Actions Following November 20-21, 2025 Meeting

(posted December 17, 2025)

At its meeting on November 20-21, 2025 the New England Commission of Higher Education took the following actions:

  • Maine College of Art & Design, Portland, ME (next review Spring 2035)
  • Massachusetts Bay Community College, Wellesley Hills, MA (next review Spring 2035)
  • Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA (next review Spring 2035)
  • University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA (next review Spring 2035)
  • Urban College of Boston, Boston, MA (next review Spring 2035)
  • Habib University, Karachi, Pakistan
  • Bahçeşehir University, İstanbul, Turkey
  • University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
  • College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
  • Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT
  • Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA
  • Norwich University, Northfield, VT
  • Perrotis College, Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, VT
  • Springfield College, Springfield, MA
  • Curry College, Milton, MA
  • Dean College, Franklin, MA
  • EHL Hospitality Business School, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
  • Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
  • Maine College of Health Professions, Lewiston, ME
  • Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
  • SIT, Brattleboro, VT
  • University of North America, Fairfax, VA
  • Bay Atlantic University, Washington, DC
  • Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, MA
  • Endicott College, Beverly, MA
  • Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, NH
  • Les Roches Global Hospitality Education, Crans Montana, Switzerland
  • Post University, Waterbury, CT
  • University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA
  • American University of Madaba, Madaba, Jordan
  • Bennington College, Bennington, VT
  • Boston College, Boston, MA
  • Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT
  • Maine Maritime Academy, Castine, ME
  • New England College, Henniker, NH
  • Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI
  • The American University of Greece, Athens, Greece
  • White Mountains Community College, Berlin, NH
  • William James College, Newton, MA
  • Woodmont College, North Miami Beach, FL
  • Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
  • Boston University, Boston, MA (Master of Social Work degree at its Bedford, Cape Cod, and Fall River locations)
  • Gordon College, Wenham, MA (Associate of Arts in Bible and Theology for Northpoint Bible College Students)
  • Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT (Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, CA)
  • Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH (Latin American and India Programs)
  • Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, VT 
  • Keene State College, Keene, NH
  • Rivier University, Nashua, NH
  • University of Maine System, Orono, ME
  • Rivier University, Nashua, NH

Actions Following September 25-26, 2025 Meeting

(posted October 22, 2025)

At its meeting on September 25-26, 2025 the New England Commission of Higher Education took the following actions:

  • Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH (Next review Spring 2035)
  • Conway School of Landscape Design, Northampton, MA (Next review Spring 2035)
  • Roxbury Community college, Roxbury Crossing, MA (Next review Spring 2035)
  • Connecticut State Community College, Hartford, CT
  • Mitchell College, New London, CT
  • Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT
  • American University of Florence, Florence, Italy (Next review Spring 2030)
  • African Leadership College of Higher Ed, Pamplemousses, Mauritius
  • Bates College, Lewiston, ME
  • Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA
  • Keene State College, Keene, NH
  • Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, MA
  • Rhode Island College, Providence, RI
  • Saint John’s Seminary, Brighton, MA
  • United States Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT
  • University of New Haven, West Haven, CT
  • Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA
  • College of Our Lady of the Elms, Chicopee, MA
  • Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT
  • Husson University, Bangor, ME
  • Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT
  • Thomas College, Waterville, ME
  • University of Maine System, Orono, ME
  • Bay Path University, Longmeadow, MA
  • Bennington College, Bennington, VT
  • Community College of Vermont, Montpelier, VT
  • New England College, Henniker, NH
  • Paris College of Art, Paris, France
  • Unity Environmental University, New Gloucester, ME
  • Wheaton College, Norton, MA
  • Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology, Boston, MA
  • Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
  • Husson University, Bangor, ME
  • MCPHS University, Boston, MA
  • University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
  • Bay Path University, Longmeadow, MA
  • Clark University, Worcester, MA
  • Gordon College, Wenham, MA
  • Great Bay Community College, Portsmouth, NH
  • Lasell University, Newton, MA
  • Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon
  • Massachusetts School of Law at Andover, Andover, MA
  • Norwich University, Northfield, VT
  • Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH
  • University of Maine System, Orono, ME (two proposals)
  • Unity Environmental University, New Gloucester, ME
  • Johnson & Wales University, Providence, RI
  • New England Commission of Higher Education, Wakefield, MA

July 24, 2025 Action of the Executive Committee of the Commission

(posted August 4, 2025)

On July 24, 2025, the Executive Committee, acting on behalf of the New England Commission of Higher Education, took the following action:

  • Bennington College, Bennington, VT
  • Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Actions Following June 5-6, 2025 Meeting

(posted June 25, 2025)

At its meeting on June 5-6, 2025 the New England Commission of Higher Education took the following actions:

  • Maine Media College, Rockport, ME
  • Framingham State University, Framingham, MA (closure of ten international locations)
  • Framingham State University, Framingham, MA

Actions Following April 24-25, 2025 Meeting

(posted May 19, 2025)

At its meeting on April 24-25, 2025 the New England Commission of Higher Education took the following actions:

  • Nichols College, Dudley, MA (next review Fall 2034)
  • University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT (next review Spring 2035)
  • Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY (next review Spring 2030)
  • Ralston College, Savannah, GA
  • Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, MA
  • Goodwin University, East Hartford, CT
  • University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA
  • Lasell University, Newton, MA
  • Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, VT
  • Vermont State University, Randolph, VT
  • Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA
  • Bay Atlantic University, Washington, DC
  • Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology, Boston, MA
  • Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield, MA
  • Champlain College, Burlington, VT
  • College Unbound, Providence, RI
  • EHL Hospitality Business School, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, NH
  • Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, MA
  • Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY
  • Hult International Business School, Cambridge, MA
  • Maine Media College, Rockport, ME
  • Mitchell College, New London, CT
  • Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, MA
  • New England Conservatory, Boston, MA
  • Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, MA
  • Notre Dame University-Louaize, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
  • Saint Joseph’s College of Maine, Standish, ME
  • Upper Valley Educators Institute, Lebanon, NH
  • Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT
  • Vermont Law & Graduate School, South Royalton, VT
  • Woodmont College, North Miami Beach, FL
  • Worcester State University, Worcester, MA
  • Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology, Boston, MA
  • Boston College, Boston, MA
  • Effat University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • Hellenic American University, Athens, Greece
  • Hellenic College, Inc., Brookline, MA
  • Les Roches Global Hospitality Education, Crans-Montana,  Switzerland
  • Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, MA
  • Paris College of Art, Paris, France
  • Sampoerna University, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Woodmont College, North Miami Beach, FL
  • Hebrew College, Newton, MA
  • Nichols College, Dudley, MA
  • Quincy College, Quincy, MA (Medical Laboratory Technician Program)
  • Framingham State University, Framingham, MA (closure of ten international locations)
  • College Unbound, Providence, RI
  • Glion Institute of Higher Education, Bulle, Switzerland
  • Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH
  • Merrimack College, North Andover, MA
  • Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH
  • Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
  • Yale University, New Haven, CT

Actions Following March 6-7, 2025 Meeting

(posted March 20, 2025)

At its meeting on March 6-7, 2025 the New England Commission of Higher Education took the following actions:

  • Middlesex Community College, Bedford, MA (next review Fall 2034)
  • U.S. Naval War College, Newport, RI (next review Fall 2034)
  • Bryant University, Smithfield, RI
  • Fisher College, Boston, MA
  • MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA
  • Hebrew College, Newton, MA
  • Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, VT
  • Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT
  • American International College, Springfield, MA
  • Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA (Issued Notation)
  • Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA
  • Cambridge College, Boston, MA
  • Curry College, Milton, MA
  • Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy, MA
  • Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
  • Hellenic College, Inc., Brookline, MA
  • Labouré College of Healthcare, Inc., Milton, MA
  • Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
  • Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
  • New York College of Health Professions, Syosset, NY
  • Quincy College, Quincy, MA
  • Regis College, Weston, MA
  • Saint John’s Seminary, Brighton, MA
  • Sampoerna University, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Simmons University, Boston, MA
  • Springfield College, Springfield, MA
  • Suffolk University, Boston, MA
  • Westfield State University, Westfield, MA
  • White Mountains Community College, Berlin, NH
  • American University of Kurdistan, Duhok, Kurdistan Region of Iraq
  • Charter Oak State College, New Britain, CT
  • Connecticut State Community College, Hartford, CT
  • Northeastern University, Boston, MA
  • Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH
  • Stonehill College, Easton, MA
  • University of Maine System, Orono, ME
  • Western New England University, Springfield, MA
  • White Mountains Community College, Berlin, NH
  • Merrimack College, North Andover, MA
  • Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH
  • Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco
  • Quincy College, Quincy, MA
  • New England Institute of Technology, East Greenwich, RI
  • Roxbury Community College, Roxbury Crossing, MA (Radiologic Technology Program)

Actions Following January 17, 2025 Meeting

(posted January 23, 2025)

At its meeting on January 17, 2025 the New England Commission of Higher Education took the following actions:

  • Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
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