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Accreditation Decisions
COA meets two times each year (April and October) and utilizes special meetings, if necessary.
Current decisions of COA are reported on this webpage and decisions since October 2013, may be reviewed under the tab -
Past COA Decisions. Effective in 2019, accreditation decision information is included in the ABFSE Directory of Accredited
Programs.
Committee on Accreditation (COA) Actions:
October 2024
The Committee on
Accreditation of the American Board of Funeral Service Education took the following actions regarding these funeral service/mortuary science education programs at the October 18-19, 2024 meeting
in New Orleans, LA:
Re-accreditation for a period of seven (7) years
Cape Cod Community College, Bridgewater, MA
Reaccredited with the requirement to submit an updated assessment plan with the 2024 Annual Report
Columbus Technical College,
Columbus, GA
Reaccredited with the requirement to submit an updated assessment plan by September 1, 2025.
Dallas Institute of Funeral Service,
Dallas, TX
Reaccredited with one stipulation to be addressed during April 2025 meeting.
Goodwin University, E. Hartford, CT
Reaccredited with no stipulations.
San Antonio College, San Antonio, TX
Reaccredited with no stipulations.
Re-accreditation for a period of three (3) years
Southwest Tennessee Community College,
Memphis, TN
Reaccredited with the requirement to submit an updated assessment plan by September 1, 2025.
Distance Education substantive change application approved
State University of New York (SUNY), Canton, NY
Application approved with two (2) stipulations to
be addressed no later than April 2025.
Distance Education application denied
Miami Dade College, Miami, FL
Application and virtual site visit report
left unanswered questions requiring focus visit.
Probation:
Mid-America College of Funeral Service, Jeffersonville, IN
The institution
demonstrated significant progress to address Probation status. Questions regarding Standard 10 are still outstanding. Probation is continued until response is reviewed in April 2025.
• Standard 10 - Demonstrate that data collection and analysis is used for continuous program improvement.
’Show Cause’ why accreditation should not be removed
Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY
Teach-out plan submitted as part of 'Show Cause'
requirements was incomplete. Update is required by January 6, 2025.
The complete response to unresolved issues will be reviewed for an April 2025 decision. Program accreditation
remains in effect until that time
Candidacy
Cañada College, Redwood City,
CA.
Candidacy application withdrawn by the institution.
Other actions taken by the Committee on Accreditation in October 2024 did not affect the accredited status of the programs involved.
The following institutions/programs will be considered for scheduled re-accreditation and related action via a formal review by the Committee on Accreditation at the next scheduled meeting April 8-9, 2025 in Kansas City, MO.
Re-accreditation
Arapahoe Community College, Littleton, CO
University
of Arkansas - Hope/Texarkana, Hope, AR
Carl Sandburg College, Galesburg, IL
Community College of
Baltimore County, Catonsville, MD
Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service, Houston, TX
North Shore
Community College, Danvers, MA
Southern Illinois University, Evansville, IN
Distance Education approval
Miami Dade College, Miami, FL
Milwaukee Area
Technical College, West Allis, WI
The above schedule is subject to change.
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Public comment regarding the above may be submitted to the ABFSE office prior to March 1, 2025.
Robert C. Smith III
Executive Director
992 Mantua Pike, Suite
108
Woodbury Heights, NJ 08097
Office: (816) 233-3747
Email: exdir@abfse.org
Download the above information
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Past COA Decisions
(all documents below are presented in PDF format)
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