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Quincy University is accredited as a four-year university by The Higher Learning Commission, a Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, 230 S. LaSalle St., Suite 7-500, Chicago, Illinois 60604 (800.621.7440). It is approved by the Illinois State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, 100 N. First Street, Springfield, Illinois 62777 (217.782.4321), to offer education programs for early childhood, elementary and secondary educator teacher licensure. The Master of Science in Education in Counseling Program is accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs.
Quincy University is also a member of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, Council of Independent Colleges, Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, Association of Franciscan Colleges and Universities, Association of Governing Boards, College Consortium for International Studies, the Associated Colleges of Illinois, and the Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and Universities.
The University is approved by the State Approving Agency for educational assistance benefits to veterans and veterans’ dependents and by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
The Quincy University entry-level occupational therapy doctoral degree program has applied for accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), located at 7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 510E, Bethesda, MD 20814. ACOTE’s telephone number c/o AOTA is (301) 652-AOTA and its web address is www.acoteonline.org.
The program must be granted Candidacy Status, have a pre-accreditation review, complete an on-site evaluation, and be granted Accreditation Status before its graduates will be eligible to sit for the national certification examination for the occupational therapist administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT). After successful completion of this exam, the individual will be an Occupational Therapist, Registered (OTR). In addition, all states require licensure to practice; however, state licenses are usually based on the results of the NBCOT Certification Examination. Note that a felony conviction may affect a graduate’s ability to sit for the NBCOT certification examination or attain state licensure. Additional information about certification is available at www.nbcot.org.
Quincy University is seeking accreditation of a new physical therapist education program from CAPTE. The program has submitted an Application for Candidacy, which is the formal application required in the pre-accreditation stage. Submission of this document does not assure that the program will be granted Candidate for Accreditation status. Achievement of Candidate for Accreditation status is required prior to implementation of the professional phase of the program; therefore, no students may be enrolled in professional courses until Candidate for Accreditation status has been achieved. Further, though achievement of Candidate for Accreditation status signifies satisfactory progress toward accreditation, it does not assure that the program will be granted accreditation.
Graduation from a physical therapist education program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), is necessary for eligibility to sit for the licensure examination, which is required in all states. The Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education,3030 Potomac Ave., Suite 100, Alexandria, Virginia 22305-3085, 703-706-3245; accreditation@apta.org
Candidacy is considered to be an accredited status, as such the credits and degree earned from a program with Candidacy status are considered, by CAPTE, to be from an accredited program. Therefore, students in the charter (first) class should be eligible to take the licensure exam even if CAPTE withholds accreditation at the end of the candidacy period. That said, it is up to each state licensing agency, not CAPTE, to determine who is eligible for licensure. Information on licensing requirements should be directed to the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT; www.fsbpt.org) or specific state boards (a list of state boards and contact information is available on FSBPT’s website).
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