Strategic Plan
Accreditation
Simpson College is accredited by:
The Higher Learning Commission
230 S. LaSalle Street
Suite 5-700
Chicago, IL 60604-2504
1-800-621-7440 or 312-263-0456
The Education Department is accredited by:
The Iowa Department of Education
Grimes State Office Building
400 E. 14th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319-0146
515-281-5294
The Athletic Training department is accredited by:
The Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education
6850 Austin Center Blvd
Suite 100
Austin, TX 78731-3184
512-733-9700
Simpson College is accredited by:
The National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)
11250 Roger Bacon Drive
Suite 21
Reston, VA 20190-5248
703-437-0700
Reaffirmation of Accreditation
The process of reaffirmation is called the Open Pathway. For the Open Pathway Simpson must:
- Write an Assurance Argument
- We have convened Criterion Teams, consisting of faculty, administration, staff and students, who will write the Assurance Argument
- Complete a Quality Initiative
- Our Quality Initiative is the assessment of the Engaged Citizenship Curriculum
- We are completing the Quality Initiative as a member of the HLC Academy for the Assessment of Student Learning
- Verify that we meet the Federal Compliance Program
The next site visit will be in 2025-26 as outlined in this 10-year schedule of the accreditation cycle.