UH Manoa Earns Maximum Reaccreditation
A decade after teetering on the edge of losing its accreditation, the University of Hawaii Manoa has received the maximum reaccreditation term possible from its accrediting organization.
The granted UH Manoa a 10-year reaccreditation period, Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw announced Thursday at a UH Board of Regents meeting. It’s a significant milestone for any school, but especially UH Manoa, which in 1999 received a reaccreditation that was granted in spite of some “major concerns” that led to a series of special visits from WASC officials in the years that followed.
Hinshaw received the good news earlier this week but waited to announce it at the meeting. Only a few colleges ever achieve 10-year accreditation terms, she said.
“This is a tremendous affirmation of all the great work and progress that is being accomplished at UH Manoa — truly a great Manoa Moment!” Hinshaw wrote later Thursday in a campus-wide email.
