MSA’s Basic Information about Higher Education Institutions in the Middle States Region—1973. Goldey Beacom is listed on pages 220-221 as having correspondent status (a preliminary step to accreditation). The listing includes an annual institutional data summary for Goldey Beacom as of September 1972.
Accreditation correspondence 1954-1970.
Accreditation correspondence 1971.
Accreditation correspondence, AICS, 1972-74.
Publications related to the accreditation of Goldey, Beacom, or Goldey Beacom College, 1929 – 1978.
May 1938. Contains article by Jay W. Miller of Goldey College.
November 1945. Goldey and Beacom Colleges are listed as members.
August 1947. Dr. Jay W. Miller of Goldey College listed as a regional chairman.
November 1947. Dr. Jay W. Miller of Goldey is appointed to Board of Governors.
3. A 1941 booklet titled The Private Business Schools of the United States of America, published by the National Association of Accredited Commercial Schools. The 20-page booklet is described as “a Review of the Private Business school as to Its History, Accomplishments, and Service."
4. The Accrediting Commission for Business Schools’ 1955-1956 Directory of Accredited Institutions and Operating Criteria. Dr. Jay W. Miller, President of Goldey Beacom School of Business, is listed as Chairman of the Commission on Page 1 and is the author of an explanation of accreditation by ACBS on the following page. Goldey Beacom is listed as an accredited junior college of business. The operating criteria of ACBS are set forth on pages 1-14.
5. Middle States Association Proceedings, 1976. Goldey Beacom’s accreditation by Middle States is announced on page 82. (2 copies)
6. MSA, The Accredited Membership and Candidates for Accreditation of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, July 1978. Goldey Beacom’s first listing with a bachelor’s degree accredited by MSA, page 9.
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