At its December 3-4, 2024 meeting, the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) adopted a revised set of Accreditation Criteria for Standalone Baccalaureate Programs (SBPs). This revision was part of CEPH’s regularly scheduled cycle and reflects several years of Council and work group efforts, as well as a public comment period in summer/fall 2024. An overview of the changes made to the SBP criteria are available here.
Each accredited and applicant SBP will receive an individual letter via email in January 2025 that explains how the revised criteria will or will not impact their upcoming review activities. Units with a confirmed site visit date will not be required to switch to the new criteria set but may have the option to do so in some cases. Information by site visit year is available below:
Any SBP that has an initial application submission (IAS) accepted will use these revised criteria for all further review activities. While we encourage you to use the updated IAS template to ensure that your program aligns with the revised criteria, the Council will accept an IAS that aligns with the previous (2018) criteria through January 31, 2025 to account for programs that have already developed a draft IAS.
Units that are currently in the process of preparing an IAS can email Kristen Varol at [email protected] for additional information.
CEPH will host two webinars to provide an overview of the revised criteria and an opportunity to ask questions.