CCNE
ACCREDITATION: A VALUE-BASED INITIATIVE
CCNE accreditation activities are
premised on a statement of principles or values.
These values are that the Commission will:
- Foster trust in the process,
in CCNE, and in the professional community.
- Focus on stimulating and supporting
continuous quality improvement in nursing education
programs and their outcomes.
- Be inclusive in the implementation
of its activities and maintain an openness to the
diverse institutional and individual issues and
opinions of the interested community.
- Rely on review and oversight by
peers from the community of interest.
- Maintain integrity through
a consistent, fair and honest accreditation process.
- Value and foster innovation
in both the accreditation process and the programs
to be accredited.
- Facilitate and engage in self-assessment.
- Foster an educational climate that
supports program students, graduates and faculty in
their pursuit of life-long learning.
- Maintain a high level of accountability
to the publics served by the process, including consumers,
students, employers, programs and institutions of
higher education.
- Maintain a process that is both cost-effective
and cost-accountable.
- Encourage programs to develop graduates
who are effective professionals and socially responsible
citizens.
- Assure autonomy and due process
in its deliberations and decision-making processes.
