On Monday, May 5, 2008, the Executive Accreditation Committee (EAC) met with President Fr. Walid Moussa, and Vice President Dr. Ameen A. Rihani to discuss the major concerns related to the Eligibility Report (ER) which is under review in preparation for its second draft. Dr. Kamal Abou Chedid, Chairperson of AEC, presented a PowerPoint on the subject focusing on the main observations given previously by Dr. B. Brittingham, Director of the Commission for Higher Education in the New England Association for Schools and Colleges (NEASC). Thorough discussions took place around these observations where different points of view were presented based on figures, percentages, and other informative statistics. The meeting started at 2:00 p.m. and was adjourned at 4:30.

It was decided that the following step is the preparation of the final draft of the Eligibility Report, in its twenty three set standards, before sending it to NEASC early July. It is expected that the official ER in its complete and final form, with full documentation, will be filed early October 2008. This step will be followed by a visiting team in order to observe, verify, and evaluate every single information before an answer comes back determining whether NDU is eligible or not for accreditation.

Special thanks go to each and every member of the EAC, namely Dr. Kamal Abou chedid, (Chairperson), Dr. Mary-Angela Willis, Dr. Roger Hajjar, Mr. Antoine Khalil, and Mr. Simon Abou-Jawdeh.