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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 November 19-20, 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 October 15, 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
AACSB International
Joint Review Committee on Education Programs in Nuclear Medicine Technology Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs American Psychological Association Commission on Accreditation Aviation Accreditation Board International
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 and 2010 CHEA Recognition Policy and
Procedures ,
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."
Posted: August 29, 2012 Updated: September 7, 2012
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