The Committee on Accreditation

October 10-11, 2010 meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana

The Committee on Accreditation of the American Board of Funeral Service Education at its April 14, 2010 meeting in Sacramento, California, took the following actions:

Removed from Show Cause

Briarwood College (now Lincoln College of New England)
Southington, Connecticut

Ogeechee Technical College
Statesboro, Georgia

Removed from Probation

Hudson Valley Community College
Troy, New York

Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - De La Garza Campus
Gary, Indiana

Renewal of Accreditation

Fayetteville Technical Community College
Fayetteville, North Carolina
 [for 7 years]

Dallas Institute of Funeral Service
Dallas, Texas
[for 7 years]

Approved for Candidacy

Amarillo College
Amarillo, Texas

Lake Washington Technical College
Kirkland, Washington

Accreditation Withdrawn

Southern University at Shreveport
Funeral Service Administration Program
Shreveport, Louisiana
[Effective June 1, 2010]
 

The following institutions/programs will be considered for scheduled re-accreditation through a formal review by the Committee on Accreditation at their October 10, 2010 meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana:

San Antonio College
San Antonio, Texas

Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service
Houston, Texas
   
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, Illinois
 

Public comment regarding the above may be submitted to the ABFSE office prior to October 1, 2010, by letters addressed to:

Dr. Michael Smith, Executive Director
American Board of Funeral Service Education
3414 Ashland Avenue, Suite G
St. Joseph, MO  64506

ABFSE Accreditation Manual (includes Accreditiation Standards) (PDF 410K)

Accreditation Committee (PDF 23K)

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