{"id":745,"date":"2026-06-16T11:54:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T15:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/xnursing\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=745"},"modified":"2026-07-09T11:26:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T15:26:00","slug":"accreditation","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/nursing\/docs\/handbook\/accreditation\/","title":{"rendered":"Accreditation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greenfield Community college was most recently accredited in 2020 by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE), the regional accreditation agency for colleges and universities in the six New England states.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/neche.org\"><strong>New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE)<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n301 Edgewater Place, Suite 210<br \/>\nWakefield, MA 01880<br \/>\n(781) 425-7785<\/p>\n<p>Greenfield Community College has demonstrated that it meets the Commission&#8217;s nine Standards for Accreditation and complies with its policies. GCC is a Title IV Federal Student Financial Aid eligible institution. A detailed accreditation report is available <a href=\"\/about\/public-disclosure\/#request\">upon request<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Associate Degree Nursing<\/h3>\n<p>The Associate Degree Nursing program at Greenfield Community College is accredited by the<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acenursing.org\/\"><strong>Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN)<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n3390 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 1400<br \/>\nAtlanta, GA 30326<br \/>\n(404) 975-5000<\/p>\n<p>The most recent accreditation decision made by the ACEN Board of Commissioners for the Associate Degree Nursing program is continued accreditation. View the public information disclosed by the ACEN regarding this program on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acenursing.org\/\">ACEN website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Appproved by the<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/orgs\/board-of-registration-in-nursing\">Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n250 Washington Street<br \/>\nBoston, MA 02108<\/p>\n\n<h3>Practical Nursing Certificate<\/h3>\n<p>Effective January 7, 2026 the Practical Nursing Certificate program at Greenfield Community College in Greenfield, MA is a candidate for initial accreditation by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing.\u00a0<em>This candidacy status expires on January 7, 2027<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acenursing.org\/\"><strong>Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN)<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n3390 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 1400<br \/>\nAtlanta, GA 30326<br \/>\n(404) 975-5000<\/p>\n<p>View the public information disclosed by the ACEN regarding this candidate program at the <a href=\"https:\/\/acenursing.org\/search-programs?status=Candidate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/acenursing.org\/search-programs?status%3DCandidate&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1783514312660000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0XIR5ip7wwA_kX9tXvba0B\">ACEN website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Approved by the<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/orgs\/board-of-registration-in-nursing\">Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n250 Washington Street<br \/>\nBoston, MA 02108<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":207,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_is_vendor_doc":"0","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-745","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry"],"comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":838,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/745\/revisions\/838"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/207"}],"next":[{"title":"Associate Degree Nursing","link":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/nursing\/docs\/handbook\/adn\/","href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}