COUNCIL FOR
HIGHER EDUCATION
ACCREDITATION
SCHEDULE
FOR RECOGNITION REVIEW OF
ACCREDITING
ORGANIZATIONS
and
CALL FOR THIRD-PARTY COMMENT
These organizations will be reviewed
at the June 11-12, 2012 meeting of the Council for Higher Education
Accreditation (CHEA) Committee on Recognition. Third-party comment must be
received in the CHEA office no later than May 25, 2012 and may be
submitted by mail, fax or email to:
Council for Higher Education
Accreditation
One Dupont Circle, NW,
Suite 510, Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-955-6126 -
Fax: 202-955-6129 - Email: recognition@chea.org
The Committee on Recognition meeting
will take place at One Dupont Circle, Level 1B in Conference Room A.
CHEA
recognition review includes an opportunity for parties independent of the
accrediting organization under review to comment on whether the organization
meets the CHEA recognition standards. Third-party comment may be either oral
or written and is limited to the accrediting organization's efforts to meet the
CHEA recognition standards. This may include commentary from many
different sources, such as other accrediting organizations, institutions and
programs, or professional or higher education associations. The comments will
assist the CHEA Committee on Recognition as it considers the applications for
recognition. A list of the committee on recognition members is provided here.
CHEA staff
will review any third-party comment to assess its applicability to the
recognition review.
As provided in the 2006 CHEA Recognition Policy and Procedures,
Paragraph #21, third-party comments are reviewed by the CHEA Committee on
Recognition.*
"THIRD-PARTY COMMENT.
Third-party comment may be either oral or written and is limited to the
accrediting organization's efforts to meet the CHEA recognition
standards. All third parties requesting the opportunity to make comment
related to an accrediting organization's recognition review are to notify CHEA
staff and provide the names and affiliations of the persons requesting the
opportunity to make third-party comment and a description of the
organization(s) they represent. CHEA staff will review third-party
requests for oral or written comment for completeness and applicability to
eligibility and recognition standards.
Third parties who wish to appear
for oral comment before the CHEA Committee on Recognition are to provide an
outline of the proposed oral comment. Where in the judgment of the
Committee doing so may be useful, the Committee may invite third parties to appear
before the Committee. The accrediting organization will receive the
outline of the proposed oral comment of third parties invited to appear.
Accrediting organizations will have the opportunity to review and respond to
proposed oral comment.
Third parties wishing to make
written comment are to provide the text of the third-party comment. After
review by CHEA staff, written comment will be provided to the Committee and the
accrediting organization. Accrediting organizations will have the opportunity
to review and respond to written comment.
Third parties are to provide an
outline of their oral comment or the text of their written comment in
sufficient time to provide for review by CHEA staff, review and response by the
accrediting organization, and for the outline or text to be provided to the
Committee.
CHEA staff will notify all
concerned parties of the location, date, and time of the public
presentation."
*The 2006 CHEA Recognition
Policy and Procedures is
available on the CHEA Website at www.chea.org.
The 2010 CHEA
Recognition Policy and Procedures
will go into effect for accrediting organizations scheduled for an eligibility
review in June 2011 and thereafter.
Posted: April
25, 2012
Call for Comment on Accrediting Organizations Scheduled for CHEA Recognition Review
