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Archive of Previous Accreditation Reports

You will find links below to documentation of the university’s official accreditation status, as well as to the most recent decennial self-study and periodic review report.

Background

Every ten years Cornell undergoes an institutional self-study and hosts an evaluation team appointed by the Middle States Association Commission on Higher Education (MSA/CHE) to reassess our accreditation status – most recently during the 2000-01 academic year. At the mid-point of each decennial cycle, the university must provide MSA/CHE with a Periodic Review Report.

Accreditation Status

On November 14-15, 2001, the Middle States Association Commission on Higher Education reaffirmed Cornell's accreditation without condition through the 2006-07 academic year, commending the institution for the quality of the self-study. Links to the transmittal letter from MSA/CHE's chair, William B. DeLauder can be found here as well as the official Statement of Accreditation Status.

• Transmittal Letter (pdf)
• Statement of Accreditation Status

2006 Periodic Review Report

• Periodic Review Report, June 2006 (pdf)

 

2001 Decennial Reaccreditation

• Final Report of the Evaluation Team (pdf)
• Decennial Reaccreditation Self-Study (pdf)
• Self-Study Design (pdf)
• Self-Study Design Acceptance Letter (pdf)

 

1996 Periodic Review Report

• Periodic Review Report for the Middle States Association Commission on Higher Education, March 11, 1996 (pdf)