The program was re-accredited through December 31, 2003. Accreditation ensures that the programs meet the profession's education standards.
Accreditation provides an external review by academic and professional peers.
The process stimulates assessment, innovation and enhancements in educational quality. The American Institute of Certified Planners, the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, and the American Planning Association jointly sponsor the PAB and its activities. The students genuinely like the program, the quality and diversity of courses, and the faculty that guide them and their fellow students. The faculty believe in learning by doing not only for their students, but for themselves and the residents of the communities they serve in their studio courses. The region is truly the students' laboratory for learning the planning process.