Flags Magazine Volume 9 No 1: March 2014 Issue | Page 4

Academic

ACCREDITATION AFFIRMS
EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE
BY DOLF OBERHOLSTER

D

uring 2013, the Adventist
Accrediting Association
(AAA) granted AIIAS
its fourth consecutive fiveyear accreditation for the
institution and all its programs.
Subsequently the AAA Board, in
its October meeting, approved
“that AIIAS be considered a
Form B institution for future
AAA accreditation visits” (AAA
minutes October 9, 2013).

This implies that AIIAS is now
regarded as “a well-established
and mature institution [that]
has developed a strong record
of delivering quality and
foc