ACCREDITED                 
 

The UAA Human Services Department is very pleased to announce that both their Associate of Applied Science and Bachelor of Human Services degrees have been re-accredited by the Council for Standards in Human Service Education. The Human Services Department, led by Dr. Laura Kelley, Accreditation Committee Chair, prepared and submitted the re-accreditation Self-Study in July, 2008. The re-accreditation was approved at the October 2008 meeting of the entire Council for Standards in Human Service Education. Included in the re-accreditation are the Mat-Su Campus, Prince William Sound Community College, Kenai Peninsula Campus and the Kachemak Bay Branch. The Council approved both degree programs and commented on the excellence of the self-study  as well as on the quality of the program, and commended the Human Services Department for its work and dedication to the needs of the students and State of Alaska. Re-accreditation is for the period of October, 2008 to October 2013.