Texas Tech University Accreditation Summary Report
As of July 24, 2012 DRAFT
Status of Review:
 = no known substantive problems
 = potentially significant issues that could result in a substantive problem *
 = substantive problems identified *
Texas Tech University
Academic Unit
to be Reviewed
Texas Tech
University
Type of
Accreditation
Accrediting
Agency
Conducting
Review
Southern
Association of
Colleges and
Schools
(SACSCOC)
Regional
Review
Timeline
Compliance
Certification September
2014
Reaffirmation
– Spring 2015
Next
Review
Date
September
2014Compliance
Certification;
Spring 2015 –
Reaffirmation
and On-Site
Visit;
QEP Due
1/2015
Institutional
Rep. in Charge
Vice Provost.
Valerie Paton
Chain of
Command
Provost Bob
Smith
Status
of
Review

College of Architecture
Academic Unit
to be Reviewed
College of
Architecture
Type of
Accreditation
National
Accrediting
Agency
Conducting
Review
National
Architectural
Accreditation
Board (NAAB)
Review
Timeline
Focused
Evaluation
2012
Next
Review
Date
2016
Institutional
Rep. in Charge
Dean Andrew
Vernooy
Chain of
Command
Dean Andrew
Vernooy
Status
of
Review

College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Academic Unit
to be Reviewed
Type of
Accreditation
Landscape
Architecture-undergraduate
and graduate
degree
programs
National
Landscape
Architecture-undergraduate
and graduate
degree
programs
National
Range
Management-undergraduate
degree program
(New name
National
Accrediting
Agency
Conducting
Review
Landscape
Architecture
Accreditation
Board (LAAB)
(This Board
functions as
part of the
American
Society of
Landscape
Architects)
Landscape
Architecture
Accreditation
Board (LAAB)
(This Board
functions as
part of the
American
Society of
Landscape
Architects)
Society for
Range
Management
Review
Timeline
Next
Review
Date
BLA program:
2012
2012
Dr. Alon
Kvashny
Dean Michael
Galyean

MLA program:
2013
2013
Dr. Alon
Kvashny
Dean Michael
Galyean

Every 10
years.
2018
Dean Michael
Galyean

Institutional
Rep. in Charge
Dr. Mark C.
Wallace
Chain of
Command
Status
of
Review
Natural
Resources
Management –
2011)
Meat Laboratory
National
Animal Care and
Use Program
National
Animal Care
National
Meat Laboratory
National
Animal Care
National
Meat Laboratory
National
United States
Department of
AgricultureFood Safety
and Inspection
Service
United States
Department of
AgricultureAnimal Plant
Health
Inspection
Service-Animal
Care (USDAAPHIS-AC)
National
Institutes of
Health-Office
of Laboratory
Animal Welfare
(NIH-OLAW)
United States
Department of
AgricultureFood Safety
and Inspection
Service
Association for
the
Assessment
and
Accreditation of
Laboratory
Animal Care
International
(AAALAC)
United States
Department of
AgricultureFood Safety
and Inspection
Service
USDA
inspector is
present during
every animal
harvest
2012
Dr. John
McGlone
Vice President of
Research
Taylor Eighmy

Unannounced
visits at least
once per year
2012
Dr. John
McGlone
Vice President of
Research
Taylor Eighmy

Letter of
Assurance
due January
31 of each
year;
2009
Dr. John
McGlone
USDA
inspector is
present during
every animal
harvest
Every three
years
USDA
inspector is
present during
every animal
harvest
Annually
2012
Dr. John
McGlone
2013
Dr. John
McGlone
Annually
2012
Dr. John
McGlone
Vice President
of Research
Taylor Eighmy
Vice President of
Research
Taylor Eighmy
Vice President of
Research
Taylor Eighmy
Vice President of
Research
Taylor Eighmy




College of Arts & Sciences
Academic Unit
to be Reviewed
All educator
preparation
programs at TTU
Master of Public
Administration
Natural Science
Collections
Type of
Accreditation
National
National
National
Accrediting
Agency
Conducting
Review
Review
Timeline
Next
Review
Date
National
Council for
Accreditation of
Teacher
Education
(NCATE)
Every 7 years;
Next full
review, fall
2013;
Focused
review on
limited
conditions
was held
Spring 2009
2013
National
Association of
Schools of
Public Affairs
and
Administration
American
Society of
Every 7 years.
Has been
reaccredited
Every 10
years. Last
2015
2013
Institutional
Rep. in Charge
Chain of
Command
Status
of
Review

Dr. Larry Hovey
Dean Scott
Ridley
Dr. David
Hamilton
Dr. Dennis
Patterson
Dr. Lawrence
Schovanec

Provost Bob

Dr. Robert
Baker
Mammologists
and the
American
Association of
Museums
Dept. of Physics
Component of
Engineering
Physics in the
College of
Engineering
National
Engineering
Accreditation
Commission of
ABET
review was in
2003
Six-year
review cycle
Smith
2017
Dr. Richard
Gale; Dr.
Charles Myles
Dean Lawrence
Schovanec

College of Education
Academic Unit
to be Reviewed
All educator
preparation
programs at TTU
Counselor
Education
Programs
HDFS - EC
(Early
Childhood) - 6
Degree Plan
Type of
Accreditation
National
National
National
Accrediting
Agency
Conducting
Review
National
Council for
Accreditation of
Teacher
Education
(NCATE)
Council for
Accreditation of
Counseling
and Related
Educational
Programs
(CACREP)
National
Council for the
Accreditation of
Teacher
Education
(NCATE)
Review
Timeline
Every 7 years;
Next full
review, fall
2013;
Focused
review on
limited
conditions
was held
Spring 2009
Every 7 years;
Next full
review, fall
2013;
Focused
review on
limited
conditions
was held April
2009
7 years - Fall
2013
Next
Review
Date
2013
2013
2013
Institutional
Rep. in Charge
Chain of
Command
Dr. Larry Hovey
Dean Scott
Ridley
Dr. Loretta
Bradley
Dean Scott
Ridley
Dr. Larry Hovey
Dean Linda
Hoover
Status
of
Review



College of Engineering
Academic Unit
to be Reviewed
Type of
Accreditation
Department of
Industrial
Engineering Graduate
Program in
Industrial
Engineering
National
College of
Engineering -Departments of
Chemical
Engineering,
Civil and
Environmental
Engineering,
Electrical and
Computer
Engineering,
Engineering
Physics,
National
Accrediting
Agency
Conducting
Review
Human Factors
and
Ergonomics
Society -- P.O.
Box 1369,
Santa Monica,
CA 904061369
ABET Engineering
Accreditation
Council (EAC)
and
Technology
Accreditation
Council (TAC) 111 Market
Place, Suite
1050,
Baltimore, MD
21202
Review
Timeline
Next
Review
Date
Institutional
Rep. in Charge
Six-year
review cycle
2016
Dr. Patrick
Patterson
Six-year
review cycle
2017
Dean Al Sacco
Chain of
Command
Dean Al Sacco
Dean Al Sacco
Status
of
Review


Engineering
Technology,
Industrial
Engineering,
Mechanical
Engineering,
and Petroleum
Engineering
Dept. of Physics
Component of
Engineering
Physics in the
College of
Engineering
National
Engineering
Accreditation
Commission of
ABET
Six-year
review cycle
2017
Dr. Richard
Gale; Dr.
Charles Myles
Dean Lawrence
Schovanec

College of Human Sciences
Academic Unit
to be Reviewed
Department of
Design (DOD)
Department of
Design (DOD)
Type of
Accreditation
National
National
APS - PFP
(Personal
Financial
Planning)
National
Family
Consumer
Sciences and
Education
Program (FCSE)
National
Department of
Community
Family and
Addiction
Services (CFAS)
National
Human
Development
and Family
Studies (HDFS)
National
HDFS - EHS
(Early Head
Start)
National
HDFS - CDRC
(Child
Development
Research
Center)
National
College of
Human Sciences
National
Accrediting
Agency
Conducting
Review
National
Association of
Schools of Art
and Design
(NASAD)
Council for
Interior Design
Accreditation
(CIDA)
Certified
Financial
Planners Board
of Standards
National
Council For
The
Accreditation of
Teacher
Education
(NCATE)
American
Association of
Marriage and
Family Therapy
(AAMFT)
National
Council on
Family
Relations
(NCFR)
National
Association for
the Education
of Young
Children
(NAEYC)
National
Association for
the Education
of Young
Children
(NAEYC)
American
Association of
Family and
Consumer
Sciences
(AAFCS)
Next
Review
Date
Institutional
Rep. in Charge
10 year
cycles- Fall
2012
2012
Dr. Cherif Amor
Dean Linda
Hoover
6 years - (with
a 3-year
interim
review) - Fall
2015
2015
Dr. Cherif Amor
Dean Linda
Hoover
1 year –
September
30th 2012
2012
Dr. Vickie
Hampton
7 year cycle –
Fall 2013
2013
Dr. Larry Hovey
Dr. Karen
Alexander
6 years January 2017
2017
Dr. Jason
Whiting
5 years – July
2016
2016
Dr. Jean Scott
Dean Linda
Hoover

5 years –
August 2012
2012
Stephanie
Shine
Dean Linda
Hoover

5 years November
2012
2012
Dr. Stacy
Johnson
10 years Fall 2013
2013
Dean Linda
Hoover
Review
Timeline
Chain of
Command
Dean Linda
Hoover
Dean Linda
Hoover
Dean Linda
Hoover
Dean Linda
Hoover
Dean Linda
Hoover
Status
of
Review







National
Council for the
Accreditation of 7 years - Fall
National
2013
Dr. Larry Hovey
Dean Linda
Teacher
2013
Hoover
Education
(NCATE)
Accreditation
10 years Ms. Lydia
Council for
Nutrition,
(with a 5-year
Dean Linda
Kloiber;
2014
Education in
Hospitality and
interim
National
Hoover
Ms. Shelley
Nutrition and
Retailing (NHR)
review) - Fall
Fillipp
Dietetics
2014
(ACEND)
Accrediting
Nutrition,
Commission
Hospitality and
for Programs in 7 years Dr. Shane C.
National
2014
Dean Linda
Retailing (NHR) Hospitality
Summer 2014
Blum
Hoover
RHIM
Administration
(ACPH)
HDFS - EC (Early Childhood) - 6 Degree Plan
National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) PENIDNG. The recent NCATE overview of programs does not include
HDFS EC-6 Bachelor's program. We are consulting with Dr. Larry Hovey in the College of Education. NCATE - 7 yr cycle - Next site visit:
FALL 2013
HDFS - EC
(Early
Childhood) - 6
Degree Plan



College of Mass Communications
Academic Unit
to be Reviewed
Type of
Accreditation
Accrediting
Agency
Conducting
Review
Review
Timeline
Next
Review
Date
Institutional
Rep. in Charge
Chain of
Command
Status
of
Review
Each
accredited
program is
Accrediting
reviewed
Council on
every six
Education in
College of Mass
Accreditation
Dean Jerry C.
Dean Jerry C.
N/A
Journalism and years. The
National
Communications
not sought
Hudson
Hudson
college will
Mass
seek
Communicatio
reaccreditatio
ns
n in 20092010.
The College of Mass Communications was last accredited by the Accrediting Council of Education in Journalism and Mass Communications
(ACEJMC) in 2003. The accrediting team found no substantive problems in the college’s performance based on ACEJMC accrediting
standards. However, the college administration and faculty articulated its concern with the visiting team about an ACEJMC standard limiting
the number of hours students might complete in mass communications courses to 40 hours. While the college agrees with the standard that
students complete 65 hours in liberal arts courses, the changes in the industry regarding convergence and social media have created new
career opportunities for students beyond the traditional career paths we taught 20 years ago. Therefore, squeezing new courses and
expanding the curriculum within the 40 hour limit created difficult challenges. Dean Jerry C. Hudson and several other administrators at
leading mass communication programs have supported a modification to the 40 hour limit. At the present time, there have been no changes
to this standard.
The college was scheduled to be reviewed for re-accreditation in 2009. The college faculty and the college’s National Professional Advisory
Board recommended unanimously that the college would not seek re-accreditation in 2009. The ACEJMC accreditation is a self-imposed
accreditation with no penalties for non-accreditation. Because several programs are now reviewing the values of accreditation, the ACEJMC
Council is re-evaluating the standard that limits the number of mass communication hours programs may require in its respective degree
program. Several major programs have chosen to not seek accreditation. Some of those programs are University of Wisconsin, The Ohio
State, Washington State, University of Michigan, University of Utah, New Mexico State, Oregon State, and the University Houston. Only
journalism is accredited at the University of Texas. Advertising, Public Relations, Broadcasting and Photography are not accredited at UT.
At some point in the future, the college may consider ACEJMC accreditation. At the present time, the college is not accredited by ACEJMC.
Rawls College of Business
Academic Unit
to be Reviewed
Rawls College of
Business,
Health
Organizations
Management
Rawls College of
Business,
Business overall
Type of
Accreditation
National
National
Accrediting
Agency
Conducting
Review
Commission on
Accreditation
on Healthcare
Management
Education
AACSB
International
Review
Timeline
Next
Review
Date
Six Year
Cycle with
next in Spring
of 2013.
2012
Dr. Mark
Thompson
Dean Lance Nail

Next visit in
Spring 2013
for activities in
2013
Dr. Debra
Laverie
Dean Lance Nail

Institutional
Rep. in Charge
Chain of
Command
Status
of
Review
Rawls College of
Business,
Accounting
National
AACSB
International
the Prior 5
years and
each 5 years
thereafter.
Next visit in
Spring 2013
for activities in
the Prior 5
years and
each 5 years
thereafter.
2013
Dr. Robert
Ricketts
Dean Lance Nail

College of Visual Performance & Arts
Academic Unit
to be Reviewed
Department of
Theatre and
Dance
Type of
Accreditation
National
Department of
Design (DOD)
National
School of Art
National
School of Music
National
Accrediting
Agency
Conducting
Review
National
Association of
Schools of
Theatre
National
Association of
Schools of Art
and Design
(NASAD)
National
Association of
Schools of Art
and Design
National
Association of
Schools of
Music
Review
Timeline
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Next
Review
Date
Institutional
Rep. in Charge
2019
Fred Christoffel
2020
Tina
Fuentes/Andre
w Martin/Cherif
Amor
Chain of
Command
Dean Carol
Edwards
Dean Carol
Edwards
Dean Linda
Hoover
2020
Tina Fuentes
Dean Carol
Edwards
2013
William L.
Ballenger
Dean Carol
Edwards
Status
of
Review




School of Law
Academic Unit
to be Reviewed
Juris Doctorate
Type of
Accreditation
National
Accrediting
Agency
Conducting
Review
American Bar
Association
Review
Timeline
2011
Next
Review
Date
2018
Institutional
Rep. in Charge
Dean Darby
Dickerson
Chain of
Command
Dean Darby
Dickerson
Status
of
Review
