2003-2004
In the fall of 2003, Visible School increased again to seventy-nine first and second-year students, twenty faculty members, and added a School Board. Working towards institutional accreditation through TRACS, Visible School is nearing all of its original intended goals of one hundred new students per year, and programs in the arts to minister worldwide.
In the Spring of 2003, faculty and staff decided to gain independent accreditation from Crichton College through TRACS. Throughout the summer of 2003, investigation into several arts accrediting bodies and various Christian accrediting bodies was completed. The decision to pursue TRACS recognition was made, and the school moved forward.
Contact with TRACS administration in early Fall 2003 culminated with Visible School being accepted as an applicant for accreditation status with TRACS. Visible School’s objective of offering competent, personal, and professional courses of study for undergraduate students was one step closer to reality.
During Applicant status for accreditation with TRACS, Visible School began the Self-Study documents, completing mid-2004 and hosting a visiting TRACS Evaluation Team in the early Fall of 2004. This Team gave a report with 27 recommendations and 32 suggestions for improvement to Visible School, as the institution sought accreditation. As the President and Director of Academic Development stood in front of the Accreditation Commission with two months of prepared response to the recommendations and suggestions, the College received report from the TRACS Commission that the status of the College’s attempt to receive accreditation was “deferred” until April 2005. The staff and leadership of the college worked over the next six months to correct and amend the items that were in the Recommendations and Suggestions and received Candidate Status in the Fall of 2004.
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