Bermuda College has announced that it has received reaccreditation from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges Commission on Institutions of Higher Education.

In a letter to the college’s president, Duranda Greene, the Commission stated that, at its September meeting, it was resolved that the Bermuda College “be continued in accreditation” — and that “the next comprehensive evaluation be scheduled for Spring 2025”.

Dr Greene noted the significance of the achievement in that it proved that Bermuda College met the required standards for recognised quality education, specifically that it showed: substantial compliance with established qualitative standards; integrity in statements to the public about its programmes; institutional commitment to improvement; and sufficiency of institutional resources.

She said in a press release: “Accreditation assures quality and promotes improvement through rigorous scrutiny.

“And I am delighted that Bermuda College has been given an independent stamp of approval that we possess sufficient human, fiscal and physical resources and, I might add, the commitment to fulfil our mission of student success.

“The accreditation has put us one step closer to realising our vision of becoming an internationally recognised centre of excellence.

“The entire Bermuda College community is to be commended for a genuine team effort to set Bermuda’s students on their paths to success. As always, our focus is, and the primary beneficiaries are, our students.”

According to the press release, the College was specifically commended for:

• careful implementation and progress of its ten-year strategic plan;

• financial progress, evident through the trend of increasing revenue, through discontinuance of tuition discounts, and declining deficits;

• efforts to diversify its revenue base through fundraising and leveraging its hotel operation.

NEASC is the oldest and most recognised of the regional accrediting associations in the United States accrediting more than 2,000 public and independent schools, colleges and universities in the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont, and international schools in more than 65 nations.

American institutions include Dartmouth, Johnson & Wales, the Naval War College, and Harvard University. Bermuda falls in the company of Greece, Switzerland, Bulgaria and Lebanon as international institutions accredited by NEASC.