North Carolina Central University News February 22, 2011 NCCU Counseling Degrees Win Global OK Graduates of North Carolina Central University’s three counseling programs have been able to boast that their diplomas were sanctioned by a group that accredits programs across the United States. Now they can practice their vocation worldwide with the group’s blessing. NCCU’s Department of Counseling this month won placement on the International Registry of Counsellor Education Programs, which is an international quality-assurance review process. The registry was developed by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs, which accredits U.S. counseling programs at the university level. “We’re just honored to be able to be an international affiliate, and we’re hoping it will help us to attract more international students,” said Edward E. Moody Jr., chairman of NCCU’s counseling department. One of 17 institutions in the public University of North Carolina System, NCCU offers master’s degrees in school, community agency and career counseling. It has one of just eight accredited career counseling programs in the nation. NCCU is the first historically black university to win inclusion in the registry. The registry helps counseling programs to develop counselor training curricula appropriate to their country, regions or culture, while simultaneously recognizing the broad tenets of education and training common to the practice of counseling regardless of location. The council developed the registry in 2009 in response to a growing number of requests for an international recognition review process for counselor education programs. Moody said that for the near future, IRCEP recognition means more international students will be attracted to NCCU and other U.S. universities, particularly until more overseas schools seek and win IRCEP approval. Other North Carolina schools in the international registry are Wake Forest University, UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. State University. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Program Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 404.592.4820 Skype:sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree Street NW Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (Lyrasis) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children.