The University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Nursing has received continuing accreditation from the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), considered the leading authority in nursing education accreditation, through 2030 for its associate and bachelor’s degree programs.
“The UA Little Rock School of Nursing continues to offer programs of excellence,” said Ann Bain, PhD, executive vice chancellor and provost. “Dr. Sloan Davidson and her faculty did an outstanding job on their submitted Self Study Report and on conveying program excellence to the ACEN site visitors. The school is a model for ongoing program assessment that is data based and actively engages all faculty.”
The ACEN is recognized as an accrediting body by the U.S. Department of Education and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. ACEN’s Board of Commissioners granted UA Little Rock’s Associate of Applied Science and Bachelor of Science in Nursing programs continuing education this May, following a September 2022 site visit by a team of peer reviewers. The team recommended accreditation based on the demonstrated evidence of successful mastery of the 2023 Standards and Criteria.
Sloan Davidson, PhD, director of the School of Nursing, is shown speaking to nursing students in the Center for Simulation Innovation at UA Little Rock. Photo by Ben Krain.