Accreditation
Trinity is currently working towards accreditation with a U.S. Department of Education (USDE) recognized agency for all of its programs. Please visit the USDE website at: http://www.ed.gov/print/admins/finaid/accred/accreditation.html for more information on accreditation.
In higher education, the measure of the quality of an academic institution is the credentials of its faculty, the integrity of its courses and programs, and ultimately the professional accomplishments of its students and graduates. Trinity has provided access to Christian higher education for over 40 years and currently has approximately 4500 students enrolled in its distance learning programs.
Trinity is pursuing official recognition for its academic programming in the form of United States (USA) based accreditation for the institution as a whole.
The majority of the Trinity faculty are credentialed with doctorate degrees from accredited institutions. Trinity’s faculty includes professors trained in or teaching at institutions such as:
- Columbia University Teachers College
- Dallas Theological Seminary
- Indiana State University
- Luther Rice Seminary
- Michigan State University
- Purdue University
- Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Syracuse University
- Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (Chicago)
- Westminster Theological Seminary
Each year, Trinity pursues comprehensive academic evaluations made by faculty from other accredited institutions. These external examiners who do not teach for Trinity assess student learning outcomes in light of the:
- mission and objectives of the institution
- academic rigor of course requirements by degree level
- integrity of student work
- institutional services
- faculty development
This external assessment guides Trinity in its internal processes of curriculum development, and also determines the targeted quality for its courses and programs.
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