A national organization has approved Troy University ’s counseling program on the Troy Campus for specialized academic accreditation, according to Dr. Donna Jacobs, dean of the College of Education .

The agency, the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP), has accredited the master’s degree programs in community counseling and school counseling on the Troy Campus through 2013.
With this achievement, all counseling programs on the Troy campus now hold specialized accreditation. Troy ’s Rehabilitation Counseling program achieved accredited status from the Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE) in fall of 2003. “
CACREP accreditation affirms our commitment to providing quality programs that train professional counselors,” said Dr. Dianne Gossett, chair of the Psychology, Counseling and Foundations of Education Department

Dr. Gossett said the accrediting process began with the revising the curriculum to meet CACREP standards. The process also included construction of counseling laboratories for the purpose of training students. A CACREP review team visited the Troy Campus last summer and the department completed an extensive self-study. The department was notified Jan. 19 of the approval of accreditation.

“Receiving full, eight-year accreditation upon our initial review is an outstanding accomplishment for our programs,” Dr. Jacobs said. “Dr. Gossett and her entire staff rose to the occasion.” 

Dr. Jack Hawkins, chancellor of Troy University , received official notification of the accreditation from CACREP Executive Director Carol Bobby.

“The programs that received accredited status for an eight-year period deserve to be commended for the work that was completed throughout the accreditation process. This is indeed a worthy achievement,” said Bobby in her letter to Dr. Hawkins.

In April of 1999, CACREP notified Troy University that its Phenix City Campus had been approved for initial accreditation.

CACREP is an independent agency recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation to accredit master’s degree programs in: career counseling, college counseling, community counseling, marital, couple, and family counseling/therapy, mental health counseling, school counseling, student affairs, doctoral degree programs, and counselor education and supervision.