Nutrition Science & Dietetics Renews Accreditation

The Andrews University Nutrition Science & Dietetics program, as well as the Dietetic Internship program, have been accredited through 2030 by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND).

 

Andrews first received accreditation for its nutrition program in 1974. At the time, the school offered a combined program of both didactic and internship learning. In 1990, these programs split into the Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) and the Dietetic Internship Program (DI), as they are today. There are currently around 25 students in the DPD and DI programs. Accreditation from the ACEND has been upheld for both programs for the past 33 years.

 

ACEND outlines several standards that nutrition and dietetics programs are required to meet in order to maintain accreditation. These standards include “program characteristics and resources, program mission, goals, objectives and program evaluation and improvement, curriculum and learning activities, student learning assessment and curriculum improvement, faculty and preceptors, supervised practice sites, information to prospective students and the public, and policies and procedures for enrolled students,” describes Gretchen Krivak, director of the Didactic Program in Nutrition and Dietetics.

 

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