COMMUNITY COLLEGE RECEIVES APPROVAL FOR SECOND BACCALAUREATE DEGREE FROM HIGHER LEARNING COMMISSION

Final approval pending from IAC, which is a medical professional accreditation organization. Dr. Rhine announces she will hold press conference Monday, October 16, outside Building 1 on Prescott Campus to reveal exactly what the degree is about

Dr. Lisa Rhine announced to the Yavapai Community College faculty on Thursday, September 15 that the College has received approval from the Higher Learning Commission to offer its second baccalaureate degree.  Full approval is pending before the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC). The IAC is a nonprofit, nationally recognized accrediting organization.

The IAC was founded by medical professionals to advance appropriate utilization, standardization and quality of diagnostic imaging, interventional and therapeutic procedures. The IAC programs for accreditation are dedicated to quality improvement and patient safety and all support one common company mission: Improving health care through accreditation®. Since its inception in 1991, the IAC has granted accreditation to more than 14,000 sites.

Dr. Rhine also announced that she would hold a press conference outside Building 1 on the Prescott Campus Monday,  October 16 “to reveal what it is,” referring to the new baccalaureate degree.  She did not provide a time for the conference.