ESU Communication Sciences and Disorders Master Program Receives Accreditation

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Posted by: Elizabeth Richardson on August 20, 2021, No Comments

The Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA) announced it would continue accreditation for the graduate communication sciences and disorders program at East Stroudsburg University. The CAA’s decisions of the accreditation status of graduate education programs in audiology and speech-language pathology are based on compliance with current standards—addressing administrative structure and governance, faculty, academic and clinical curriculum, students, assessment, and program resources. The CAA’s accreditation is sought voluntarily by education programs that offer clinical doctoral degrees in audiology or master’s degrees in speech-language pathology designed for graduates entering the professions. The CAA applies accreditation status classifications to each program that reflect CAA’s evaluation of the extent to which an education program complies with the Standards for Accreditation.

“The Council of Academic Accreditation (CAA) is recognized as an accrediting agency for speech-language pathology programs by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education,” explained LuAnn Batson-Magnuson, Ph.D., associate professor and graduate coordinator for the department of communication sciences and disorders. “CAA accreditation provides external validation of program excellence providing employers with confidence in the graduates that they hire.”

ESU’s Master of Science education program in communication sciences and disorders is now accredited through April 30, 2029.

The CAA found the program to meet or exceed the established CAA expectations in each of the areas reviewed: administrative structure, faculty, curriculum, student performance (program completion rates, employment rates, and Praxis examination rates), assessment and program resources.

For more information about the Master of Science communication sciences and disorders program at ESU, contact Dr. Batson-Magnuson at 570-422-3311 or email lmagnuson@esu.edu.