Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) Board of Directors Appoints Dr. Jean A. Wyld to its Prestigious Committee on Recognition

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Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) Board of Directors Appoints Dr. Jean A. Wyld to its Prestigious Committee on Recognition  

The Committee on Recognition reviews accrediting organizations for initial or continuing recognition.

(Washington, D.C.)— The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) announced that its Board of Directors appointed Dr. Jean A. Wyld to a three-year term on its Committee on Recognition. The CHEA Committee on Recognition is responsible for considering the eligibility and recognition status of new and continuing accrediting organizations. The Committee consists of nine members, each serving a three-year term, and includes individuals who represent higher education leadership, faculty, accrediting organizations, and others with expertise and experience in accreditation and academe. 

“Dr. Wyld’s life-long dedication to higher education institutional quality and high academic standards are significant, said CHEA Board of Directors Chair Gena Glickman, who also serves as President Emerita of Manchester Community College. “Jean continues to serve CHEA at the highest levels and, based on her outstanding work as past CHEA Committee on Directors’ Chair, she will work to ensure accreditors maintain high standards for programs and institutions across the country.

Dr. Wyld is Professor Emeritus, Retired Provost, and former Vice President for Academic Affairs of Springfield College in Springfield, MA. She served in this position for 16 years, supporting the growth and development of the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral programs offered by the college’s five schools in Springfield and on the college’s regional campuses across the country. Promoted to Provost, Jean served as an elected member and then Chair of the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. She has served the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE) by chairing accreditation teams completing reviews of New England post-secondary institutions.

She served a six-year term as a member of the Board of Directors of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, and six years as a member of the Association of Chief Academic Officers Advisory Council. She serves on the editorial board of BioScience, a journal published by the American Institute of Biological Sciences. 

Prior to serving as Provost at Springfield College, she served as Chief Academic Officer of York College of Pennsylvania, and in various faculty and administrative roles at Colby-Sawyer College in New Hampshire. She is a former ACE Fellow, having completed her fellowship at Boston College. Dr. Wyld earned her Ph.D. in biology at the University of Connecticut.

About CHEA: The Council for Higher Education Accreditation serves its members, students; and society through advocacy for the value and independence of accreditation, recognition of accrediting organizations, and commitment to quality in higher education. To learn more, visit CHEA.org.

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