Back From the Brink, Zayed University Sustains Its Accreditation

Zayed University, which faced the threat of losing its accreditation last fall, has been restored to accredited status by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

The U.S. accreditor said in a notification late last month that the Abu Dhabi–based university was now in compliance with the agency’s standards on governance, leadership and administration, and ethics and integrity.

Middle States had declared in November that Zayed faced the loss of accreditation if it did not prove to the accreditor why it should grant its approval. The university provided a report that persuaded Middle States officials that it had sufficiently resolved its shortcomings.