Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH)

Accreditation

Meharry Medical College is fully accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). SACS is the college’s primary accrediting agency and may be contacted at the following address, telephone number, or Website to inquire about Meharry’s accreditation status: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges, 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097; telephone 404-679-4500; Website: http://sacs.org. The college also has accreditation for the Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, and Graduate Studies and Research. In addition to accreditation by SACS, the MSPH program is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH).

Timeline of events that correspond to the steps in the process:

Month/Year CEPH Self-Study Steering Committee Timeline Events
May 2006
  • Appoint CEPH Self-Study Director
April-May 2007
  • Preliminary Planning and development of Self-Study procedures to guide the work of committees
  • Meeting with Consultant
  • Meeting with MSPH Advisory Board
June 2007
  • Appointment of Steering Committee
  • First Meeting of Steering Committee
  • Appointment of Steering Committee’s team members to address criteria
  • Assignment of dates for teams’ presentations to Steering Committee
July-August 2007
  • Presentations of teams’ report to Steering Committee
  • Consultation visit of CEPH staff to campus
Sept- October 2007
  • Writing of first draft
November 2007
  • Review and comments of first draft
February - May 2008
  • Write second draft
  • Meeting of Steering committee members, consultant, members of Advisory Board, and other stakeholders
  • Forward draft to campus administrators for review
  • Prepare preliminary Self-study report for CEPH
June 2008
  • Finalize preliminary report for CEPH
January 12-13, 2009
  • CEPH Site Team Visit
March 2009
  • Site Team  Report to MSPH Program
May 6, 2009
  • MSPH Program response to CEPH report
June 17-20, 2009
  • CEPH meets to consider accreditation decision
July-August 2009
  • CEPH mails accreditation decision to MSPH Program
June 17-20, 2009
  • Accredited by CEPH

MSPH Self-Study Document | CEPH Site-Visit Team Report