MPCAC

Accreditation Council

Programs Deferred

New Applicants: The Deferral decision is for a maximum of 24 months; programs may submit documentation of corrections at any time during that two-year period; at that time the Board makes a decision: Accredit, Continue Deferral (for the same 24 month maximum).

At the end of the 24 months, if no materials have been submitted for review or if the submitted materials are deemed inadequate, the Board makes the decision: Deny accreditation.

Programs Seeking Re-Accreditation:

The Deferral decision is limited to any remaining time until a program’s accreditation expiration and two six-month extensions.  Each extension is a Board decision; the second six-month extension could include being placed on probation. Programs may submit documentation of corrections at any time during either six-month extensions and the Board makes a decision:  Re-accredit or continue the deferral, or the program could select a Voluntary Withdrawal.

At the end of the second six-month extension on probation, if no materials have been submitted for review or if the submitted materials are deemed inadequate, the Board makes the decision:  Accreditation Rescinded.

School and Program Date of Decision
Southern Nazarene University
M.A. Counseling Psychology & M.S. Counseling Psychology		 December 2024
  • Ensure sufficient coverage of ethics prior to starting practicum so students are prepared to adequately understand ethical situations as they arise. (Standard B.5)
  • Ensure that course syllabi accurately and adequately reflect coverage of trauma and that student knowledge is evaluated. (Standard B.5.b.i.2)
  • Ensure field placement courses have the appropriate faculty-to-student ratio of 1:8 and that practicum and internship class structure and class meeting frequency allows for adequate interaction with faculty for monitoring student progress and experience on field placement. (Standard C.2.a)
  • Clearly document responsibilities and procedures of the Internship Coordinator. (Standard C.2.b)
  • Supervision of practicum students is to be conducted in either a dyadic or triadic format for a minimum of 1 hour per 20 hours of practicum to ensure students have adequate time to address questions and issues. (Standard C.2.c)
  • Develop and implement a system to ensure that student skills are being consistently evaluated through live observation or review of recordings while on field placement. (Standard C.2.d)
  • Update the Graduate Academic Catalog for accuracy and consistency around applications and admission. (Standard D.1)
  • Develop and implement a system of oversight and management of contributing faculty. (Standard E.2)
  • Develop and implement a process for ongoing review of the program mission and learning objectives that involves feedback from stakeholders. (Standard G.1)
  • Develop and implement a process for contributing faculty to provide feedback on the program. (Standard G.2)
  • Develop and implement a process for dissemination of program evaluation results to stakeholders on a systematic basis. (Standard G.3)
Eastern University
M.A. in Counseling Psychology		 June 2025
  • Provide a written policy regarding oversight of contributory faculty.(Standard E.2)
  • Identify strategies to provide between-semesters support for the Chair or hire a replacement executive assistant. (Standard E.10)
  • Provide a description of the systematically implemented process to analyze collected program evaluation data, ensuring that systematic analyses will yield information about whether program modifications are needed and/or desired. (Standards G.1 and G.2)
  • Develop and implement a plan to solicit input from students about the program. (Standard G.2)
  • Develop a plan for the regular, systematic dissemination of the data collection efforts and the evaluation results. (Standard G.3)
Lehigh University
M.Ed. in Mental Health Counseling		 June 2025
  • Course Sequencing: Change course sequencing so that students take Ethics prior to taking Practicum. (Standard B.5)
  • Accuracy of Information on Website: Edit information on the program website and other documents (e.g., data required by MPCAC and date that accreditation expires; percentage of courses taught online given the in-person format of the program) so that it is consistent and accurate. (Standards D.1; H.1; H.4)
  • Contributing Faculty Oversight: Develop a formal oversight process for contributing faculty that does not rely solely on student evaluation of teaching. (Standard E.2)
  • Teaching Qualification for Ethics Course: Utilize experienced mental health professionals to teach foundational courses such as ethics. (Standard E.5)
  • Faculty insufficiency: Develop a plan and commitment to reach faculty sufficiency. (Standard E.6)
  • Program Director Workload: Clearly delineate the roles and responsibilities of the program director and the “lead”. Conduct an analysis to determine if the current structure is sustainable and effective and make any adjustments as appropriate such as formalizing the role of “lead” and providing compensation (e.g., course reduction, summer stipend). (Standard E.7)
  • Intensity and Structure of Program: Develop options that allow students to take a longer period to complete the program (e.g., an alternate program of study) that are discussed with students proactively, even prior to enrollment. (Standard F.1)
  • Program Manual – professional organizations: Add information about professional organizations for students to become engaged with to the Program Manual. (Standard F.7)
  • Program Manual – graduate assistantships: Add additional information to the Program Manual about graduate assistantships. (Standard F.10)
  • Program Manual – annual review of students: Add the annual review of student policies and procedures, including appeal processes, to the Program Manual. (Standard G.4)
  • Required Competencies: Create clear requirements for the “exit” Internship Evaluation Site Supervisor Form completed by internship supervisors for a student to demonstrate all required competencies and add this information to the Program Manual. (Standard G.5)
  • Website Accuracy: Correct the program data on the website. (Standard H.1)
University of South Carolina-Aiken
M.S. in Applied Psychology		 June 2025
  • Develop clear policies and procedures for ensuring that all students receive adequate amounts of individual supervision on a consistent and regular basis, consistent with MPCAC requirement of 1 hour per 20 hours of practical experience (e.g., one hour every 1-2 weeks).(Standard C.2.c)
  • Develop streamlined and documented processes and procedures for communication and tasks and responsibilities for each role to ensure that both staff and students have clarity. (Standard E.1)
  • Develop a plan designating who will be responsible for monitoring, supporting, and hiring/rehiring adjunct faculty.  Ensure person(s) in this role has access to course evaluations or other information needed for this oversight. (Standards G.1 and E.2)
William Paterson University
M.A. in Clinical and Counseling Psychology		 September 2025
  • Syllabi Review Process: Demonstrate the implementation of annual syllabi review procedure that includes assurance that updated readings and texts are being used by providing documentation of the outcome of this process (Standard B.5)
  • Class size in Skills-Based Courses: Create, implement, and demonstrate a monitoring process of class sizes in the skills-based courses so that they are no larger than about 20 (Standard C.1)
  • Documentation: Develop and implement a system for documenting information received from site supervisors including but not limited to concerns about students (Standard C.2.b)
  • Program Director Release Time/Compensation: Program is to examine and provide summary of this examination regarding the release time and summer compensation for the Program Director (Standard E. 3)
  • Clarity of Communication Regarding Program Size: Create, institute and provide a policy statement that clarifies the process for determining how the program will arrive at a maximum number of admitted students into the program each year to ensure adequate support for the program as well as faculty sufficiency (Standard E. 6)
  • Program Director Transition Practice and Accreditation Knowledge: Develop streamlined and documented processes and procedures for tasks and responsibilities of the program director including salient and required information regarding maintaining accreditation standards (Standard E. 7)
  • Remediation of Professional Expectations: Create and submit a remediation template that includes a dismissal description for personal and professional expectations (Standard F. 7).
  • Advisement Procedures: Demonstrate the implementation of a process that informs students of the advisement process and provides adequate advisement during the second year and beyond (Standard F. 8).
  • Professional Development Opportunities: Develop and submit a plan to provide all students in the program opportunities for professional development such as conferences, workshops, presentations, webinars, etc. (Standard F.9).
  • Outcome Evaluations and Program Modifications: Develop and submit a policy that states how the program will review the results from outcome evaluations of the program’s learning objectives, and how they are used to determine needed program modifications, along with documentation of the implementation of this policy (Standard G.1).
  • Systematic Method of Gathering Data: Develop and implement a policy regarding an ongoing systematic method of gathering data regarding feedback on the program’s learning objectives and/or evaluation of the program, such as curricular offerings and advising, from the following stakeholders in the program: adjuncts, alumni, site supervisors, current students (Standard G.1 & G. 2).
  • Systematic Sharing of Results to Stakeholders: Development and documentation of the implementation of a systematic plan that shares the results of program evaluations with the following stakeholders: adjuncts/contributing faculty, alumni, site supervisors, current students (Standard G. 3).
  • Missing and Incomplete Documentation in Student Files: Create a policy and submit the procedures that the program will take to ensure that all the students’ annual review documents are provided to the students each year the students are in the program, are in the student files and to ensure that all documents in the student files are fully completed, such as faculty signatures on required forms (Standard G.4)
Felician University
M.A. in Counseling Psychology		 September 2025
  • The program needs to develop and implement a policy to ensure there will not be a conflict of interest for students on field placement. (Standard B.3)
  • The program must ensure that internship students are receiving consistent supervision from a licensed mental provider. (Standard C.2.b.i-iii)
  • The program must ensure that internship on-site supervisors regularly provide “direct observation and/or review of audio/video recordings, with feedback” from a licensed mental health provider. (Standard C.2.d.i-ii)
  • A more structured approach is needed to ensure consistency and instructional quality; developing policies and procedures is needed to clarify expectations and provide needed support. (Standard E.2)
  • The program needs to ensure a sufficient number of faculty, particularly considering the addition of the online program, to meet MPCAC Standards of core faculty teaching above 50% of courses. This may require the hiring of additional faculty, but a clear plan needs to be developed with evidence of institutional support that does not rely on faculty overloads.  (Standards E.3, E.6)
  • The program needs to ensure the presence of core faculty expertise related to the school counseling and forensic tracks offered in the program. (Standards E.3, E.6)
  • Student files must be complete and consistent across students. (Standard F.2)
  • Develop and implement a systematic plan to assess learning objectives and other processes based on input from all stakeholders, including internship supervisors, students, alumni, and contributing faculty members. (Standards G.1, G.2)
  • Develop and implement a plan to make the results of program evaluations available on a regular and systematic basis to students, contributing faculty, and internship supervisors. (Standard G.3)
  • Develop and implement a plan to assess current students regularly and systematically on their clinical competencies and progress on all learning objectives. (Standard G.4)

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