[Plant-education] Horticulture - accreditation, consultant

[Karl Kleiner]

I teach at a small, private liberal arts college in south central PA. 
The school maintains a core of liberal arts, but also has several 
professional programs (e.g. nursing, business, engineering).
A local benefactor would like to see a Horticultural program be 
developed at the school. We would like it to be a B.S. degree and it 
would most likely be in ornamental horticulture. I've worked in 
Horticulture (botanic garden) and conducted research (Horticulture at a 
land grant), but I am not formally trained in the field. My questions are:

1) Since Horticulture is a professional field, are their accrediting 
bodies for horticultural programs? What are they?
2) Our college wants to bring in a consultant to essentially tell them 
what it will take (mostly in $$) to get a program up in running. Are you 
aware of people or programs we can contact for such a person?

I and another faculty member (who conducts plant trials) gave the 
administration a rough idea of what it would take, and now they want to 
proceed and develop more formal numbers.

I'd appreciate any useful input. Thanks!

-Karl Kleiner

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Karl Kleiner
Associate Professor of Biology
Department of Biological Sciences
York College of Pennsylvania
York, PA  17405
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(717) 849-1653 - FAX
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