June 2005

UB re-accredited; new programs OK, too

The University of Bridgeport won five-year reaccreditation from a unanimous state Board of Governors for Higher Education, June 15. The board also voted to accredit UB’s online bachelor’s degree program in dental hygiene and to license a doctoral program in computer science and engineering at UB.

University President Neil Salonen assured the board that there has been a “sea change” on campus since the state’s last visit. Enrollment is up. Private donations, particularly among alumni, are up. And red ink has finally turned to black. “We have a balanced budget and we’re proud of it. We still have a number of tasks ahead of us,” he said.

Board member William A. Bevacqua of Trumbull said he is pleased the university has been able to wean itself from the Professors World Peace Academy, which gets its money from the Rev. Sun Myung Moon’s Unification Church. Bevacqua said Salonen has done an admirable job to restore UB to its former prominence and go in new directions with programs such as chiropractic and naturopathic medicine.

By the spring of 2007, UB is asked to submit a report that details the university’s financial stability, relationship to the Professors World Peace Academy and its debt and related convenants.

The state board’s unanimous approval follows the 10-year reaccreditation UB received recently from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

Source: Connecticut Post, www.ctpost.com

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