Submitted on behalf of Tanya R. Saunders, assistant provost and dean of interdisciplinary and international studies.
The Division of Interdisciplinary and International Studies is pleased to announce that the major in Aging Studies has been granted Program of Merit status by the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE). This is a five-year, renewable designation.
In July 1998, AGHE's Executive Committee established and implemented a voluntary program of evaluation known as the Program of Merit (POM). The POM designation provides gerontology programs with an AGHE "stamp of approval."
To be considered for the designation, Gerontology Institute faculty and staff developed and submitted a self-study report which addressed the aging studies program's alignment with AGHE standards and guidelines for gerontology programs, and described the program's history, resources, organizational and administrative structure, students and faculty, mission and goals, and relationship with the community.
A framed Program of Merit certificate will be awarded at AGHE's annual conference in Baltimore in late February.
