Accreditation
Living & Learning has a bold academic vision that is unique in the world of education. We desire to offer academic programs of the highest quality, based on a platform of distinctly Christian education. Partner institutions can be assured that all Living & Learning programs are academically rigorous and employ best practices and documented standards of assessment and evaluation of student learning outcomes, which are available upon request.
School of Record
The leadership and staff of Living & Learning are committed to academically rigorous curricula. We offer academic programs of the highest quality with collaborative and specialized instruction by credentialed faculty from institutions such as Johns Hopkins University, Howard University, University of Maryland, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Morgan State University, and other prominent institutions of higher education. The curriculum of our programs is Christ-centered with targeted cognitive, psychosocial, and affective learning outcomes.
On August 6, 2021, the Messiah University offices of the Provost, President, Dean of Health Science, and a committee of faculty voted to become the "School of Record" for our domestics program in Baltimore. This decision provides regional and national accreditation of our course offerings and allows students from any college and university in the United States to earn transfer of credit through a transcript from Messiah University after completing our programs.
Messiah University is committed to playing a critical role in the academic oversight of the Living & Learning East Coast Program.
Standards of Good Practice
All Living & Learning programs are committed to adhering to the recognized standards of best practices in the field of study abroad.
All programs will be regularly assessed based on the Standards of Good Practice for Education Abroad, developed by the Forum on Education Abroad. The Forum is recognized by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission as the Standards Development Organization (SDO) for the field of education abroad.
These standards include baseline expectations regarding academic integrity, learning environments, health and safety, student learning and development, student conduct and advising, and student learning and development.