RICHMOND, Va.
A national body will re-accredit Hampton University’s journalism school a year after threatening to downgrade its credentials for failure to meet standards, school officials have said.
The recommendation by members of the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications will be finalized in May.
Accreditation isn’t mandatory for journalism programs, but it is valued as a signal of excellence to students and future employers.
“This decision to re-accredit our program reinforces our determination to continue the excellence we have achieved in a very short period of time,” says Tony Brown, dean of Hampton’s Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications.
Brown cites new writing-improvement programs and upgraded broadcast software, as well as smoothed relations between the school and Hampton administration, for the recommendation.
“We’re beginning to see more and more demonstration of the results,” he says.
