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Salus University is creating a new College of Health Sciences, Education and Rehabilitation (CHER). Formed by combining its existing College of Health Sciences and College of Education and Rehabilitation, CHER will house the University’s programs in Blindness & Low Vision studies, Physician Assistant studies, Biomedicine, Occupational Therapy, Speech-Language Pathology and a Post-Baccalaureate program.
Emphasizing Salus' health science, education and rehabilitation expertise, the new college will further our interprofessional education efforts and promote rehabilitation and interdisciplinary collaboration across all of our programs. CHER is expected to be operational by year end.
“I am excited about this next step in the evolution of Salus University, which has been charting The Future of Health Science Since 1919,” said President Dr. Michael Mittelman. “I want to thank our faculty, in particular, for their candor and invaluable input as we developed the structure of this new college. A search for a distinguished health science education leader to serve as its dean has been launched.”
No. Our existing programs provide successful outcomes for our students and we anticipate no need for programmatic changes.
No. Our existing programs have exemplary records of accreditation and we are in the process of notifying accreditation bodies of the creation of CHER. Since no programmatic changes are planned, we do not anticipate any disruption in regards to accreditation.
No. Curriculum and plans of study will remain as they are and there will be no impact to our students’ progress through their programs or their ability to graduate in a timely manner.
No increases in tuition will result as a result of the creation of CHER. As always, we are focused on containing cost structure in order to keep our tuition and fees affordable.
No. Our faculty is among the best in their fields. Faculty appointments, promotions and tenure will continue to be handled routinely according to existing University policies.
We have begun a search for a distinguished leader in health science education to serve as the dean of CHER. Otherwise, the program leadership and our overall administrative structure will remain the same.
Our hope is to have all major activities related to the transition completed before the end of the year.
